Fogarty International Center

The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center, a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers international collaborative research and training programs in health sciences, funding and contracting for global health partnerships, capacity building, and scientific exchange across both grant and contract vehicles.

The Fogarty Center operates a modest contract portfolio of 188 awards totaling $23.5 million in combined potential value, with $17.4 million obligated. Contract activity has declined from 13 awards in 2022 to 7 year-to-date in 2026, after dropping to 4 awards in 2025. Across 70 distinct prime contractors, the competitive landscape is moderately concentrated by award count, with Netcomm, Inc. (6 awards, $377 thousand), Contemporaries, Inc. (5 awards, $4 million), and Sterling Computers Corporation (4 awards, $175 thousand) holding 43 percent of recent awards over the last five years. By potential value, concentration is similarly moderate at 41 percent, dominated by Contemporaries, Inc. ($4 million across 5 awards) and Integres, LLC ($3.7 million from a single award), with GVS International Inc., Kelly Services, Inc., and the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation rounding out the top tier. The contract set-aside mix is dominated by open competition, with 85 percent of awards carrying no set-aside designation; small-business awards account for 10 percent, and 8(a) sole-source, woman-owned small-business, and HUBZone awards together represent 5 percent.

The Fogarty Center's grant portfolio is substantially larger, with 830 awards obligating $1.16 billion in federal dollars (combined total with non-federal share of $1.23 billion) across 240 distinct recipients. Grant activity has trended downward, from 60 awards in 2022 to 32 year-to-date in 2026, with 37 awards in 2025. By award count over the last five years, the top five recipients—Makerere University College of Health Sciences (11 awards, $7.2 million federal), University of California, Los Angeles (8 awards, $10.8 million federal), and University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Cape Town, and Duke University (each 6 awards)—hold 15 percent of recent awards, indicating a highly fragmented recipient base. By federal dollars obligated, concentration is even more dispersed at 3 percent of recent federal funding, with UCLA ($10.8 million), University of Maryland, Baltimore ($7.6 million), and Makerere University ($7.2 million) leading a diverse international-academic recipient community. Project Grants dominate the assistance type at 95 percent of awards, with Cooperative Agreements accounting for 5 percent. The most recent grant award closed on September 1, 2026.

No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Fogarty Center or its descendant offices. No recent grant opportunities are recorded against the agency.