American Geophysical Union
Washington, DC Doing business as A G U
- UEI
- QSTAN1HJRXJ5
- CAGE
- 6M099
- Primary NAICS
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Other
- NAICS codes registered in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA
- Website
- agu.org
- Founded
- 1919
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Consulting
- SIC code
- 89 Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Recent federal awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding participation and professional development for faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions -this award… | Office of Integrative Activities | $99,987 | |
| Meeting space for two meetings: 1) orap and 2) SAB/eiswg | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | $5,500 | |
| Conference: 2026 geosciences open science ecosystem principal investigator meeting -the 2026 principal investigator… | Office of Integrative Activities | $49,998 | |
| GEO OSE track 1: forging cross-stakeholder partnerships to accelerate geoscience discoveries: cultivating sustainable… | Office of Integrative Activities | $499,943 | |
| Conference: understanding projections of sea level change and the drivers -sea level projections have impacts on coastal… | Office of Integrative Activities | $99,960 |
About American Geophysical Union
American Geophysical Union, a nonprofit scientific organization headquartered in Washington, DC, acts as a prime recipient for federal research grants and conference-support awards across 47 civilian federal agencies, with no role as a prime contractor or subcontractor on federal supply or service contracts. AGU competes in full-and-open acquisition and holds no SBA set-aside designations.
AGU's federal footprint centers on research grants and conference services delivered as recipient for the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Department of the Interior. The organization hosts and manages scientific conferences and Chapman Conferences on topics spanning Earth science, space physics, hydrology, climate resilience, and environmental health. Representative grant work includes a $1.7 million NASA recipient award (completed 2025) supporting early-career researchers post-pandemic, a $1.4 million NASA research grant on the AGU TOPS MVP MOOC training program (completed 2023), and a $499 thousand NSF Project Grant (awarded September 2025, running through August 2027) to develop discipline-specific open science frameworks and FAIR data practices in hydrology, oceanography, and seismology. AGU also delivers smaller contract work for NOAA on conference meeting room services ($9.5 thousand in August 2024, $5.5 thousand in March 2026) and NSF on hosting the AGU Fall Meeting ($19.1 thousand in June 2024, $18.5 thousand in July 2023). The organization received an NEH Promotion of the Humanities Research grant ($148 thousand, May 2024) for ethnographic and geoheritage storytelling work in Puerto Rico addressing human dimensions of geological encounters.
Customer concentration is broad but reveals NASA's leading dollar share. NASA's Shared Services Center anchors 57% of combined potential value across the portfolio ($5 million on 16 awards), while NOAA (92 awards, $273 thousand) and the Navy's Office of Naval Research (69 awards, $255 thousand) lead by award count. NSF places 43 awards in recent activity, collectively lower-dollar, supporting travel, conference organization, curriculum development, and diversity-and-inclusion programming in geosciences. The portfolio breakdown by category reflects AGU's publishing and convening roles: periodical publishers account for 194 awards, geophysical surveying and mapping services for 97 awards, and greeting card publishers (likely a misclassification artifact) for 51 awards. Awards per year have declined from 12 in 2022 to 4 in 2026 year-to-date, and only $6 thousand in combined potential value faces recompete in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term pipeline pressure.
AGU subcontracts minimally. Recent sub-awards include conference services support to Amentum Services (Astrobiology Science Conference 2026, September 2025) and KBR Wyle Services under the FILMSS contract supporting NASA biosciences flight development projects (May 2024). Grant sub-awards show AGU as sub-recipient on the University of Illinois OneEarth OneHealth ecosystem RCN and the American Physical Society's IGEN Bridge Program (February 2025).
Quick answers
What is American Geophysical Union's UEI?
American Geophysical Union's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is QSTAN1HJRXJ5.
What is American Geophysical Union's CAGE code?
American Geophysical Union's CAGE code is 6M099.
What is American Geophysical Union's primary NAICS code?
American Geophysical Union's primary NAICS code is 813920 (Professional Organizations).
Where is American Geophysical Union located?
American Geophysical Union's physical address in SAM.gov is 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
Is American Geophysical Union registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. American Geophysical Union's SAM.gov registration is active through March 13, 2027.
What is American Geophysical Union's most recent federal award?
American Geophysical Union's most recent federal grant award is Expanding participation and professional development for faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions -this award… (2629268), from Office of Integrative Activities, on August 15, 2026.
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