Office of Integrative Activities

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, a sub-agency of the civilian National Science Foundation, administers federal research funding and analytical contracts supporting cross-disciplinary science and technology initiatives. The Office operates dual contracting and grant-making portfolios, with grant-making substantially dominating the funding volume.

The Office has issued 193 federal contracts totaling $289.7 million in combined potential value since 2006, with $228.3 million obligated. Recent contract activity has declined: 23 awards in 2022, 18 in 2023, 22 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 9 so far in 2026. The most recent award closed on October 1, 2026. Across 89 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is moderately concentrated: over the last five years, the top five primes by award count (Institute For Defense Analyses, Mathematica Inc., Research Triangle Institute, Westat Inc., and SRI International) hold 46 percent of recent awards, while the top five by potential value (Federal Management Partners LLC, SRI International, Research Triangle Institute, Mathematica Inc., and Westat Inc.) hold 26 percent of combined value over that window. The contract portfolio is predominantly open-market: 80 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 12 percent are 8(a) sole-source awards; the remainder splits among small-business, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and woman-owned small-business categories.

Grant-making represents the Office's primary funding vehicle. The Office has awarded 3,460 grants totaling $2.71 billion in federal dollars obligated since 2002, with activity at 433 awards in 2023, 525 in 2024, 344 in 2025, 424 in 2026, and 46 so far in 2027. Grant recipients are highly fragmented across 662 distinct institutions: the top five recipients by award count (University Of Alaska Fairbanks, University Of Hawaii, Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska, University Of Delaware, and University Of New Mexico) hold 7 percent of recent awards, while the top five by federal dollars (Regents Of The University Of Idaho, University Of Hawaii, University System Of New Hampshire, University Of Oklahoma, and University Of Delaware) hold 5 percent of federal dollars obligated over the last five years. Nearly all awards are Project Grants (96 percent), with Cooperative Agreements comprising the remainder.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the current source data.