CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc.

CAL State La University Auxiliary Services Inc., doing business as UAS, is a California State University-affiliated nonprofit organization and Hispanic-serving institution operating as a federal grant recipient across research, STEM education, and workforce development programs. UAS acts primarily as a prime recipient (93% of recent awards) on federal research and educational grants, with 7% of awards originating as subawards from universities and other research organizations. The organization competes in full-and-open federal grant competitions with no set-aside designation.

UAS's federal footprint centers on research and educational grant work spanning STEM education, life sciences, materials science, planetary science, and social science. The organization holds primary recipient status on awards including a $944,196 NASA-funded balanced science program from the Shared Services Center (award date July 3, 2025, ultimate completion July 2, 2027), a $499,867 NSF STEM Education project grant on data science curriculum transformation at Hispanic-serving institutions (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028), and a $900,000 Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance award for the Prison to Careers Equity Pathway reentry program (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026). Earlier work includes a $210,000 NSF STEM Education grant for simulation-based pedagogical approaches in chemistry education, a $203,828 NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering award supporting the Socially Responsible Computing alliance across six California State University campuses to increase Latinx retention in early computing courses, and a $699,999 NSF STEM Education collaborative research award on mastery-based undergraduate programs.

Customer concentration is broad across the federal research and education landscape. The National Science Foundation anchors 99 awards (concentrated in STEM education, materials research, and environmental biology programs), the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration places 45 awards (primarily transportation workforce development), and the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education provides 33 awards (teacher preparation, upward bound, and prison education initiatives). The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services funds 27 awards focused on personnel development for special education and early intervention services. NASA's Shared Services Center, though fewer in count (25 awards), carries the highest potential value concentration at $13.4 million combined, reflecting planetary science and space exploration research initiatives. These five agencies account for 55% of recent award volume.

Activity has declined from a peak of 39 awards in 2023 to 11 in 2025 and 3 so far in 2026, reflecting natural variability in federal research grant cycles rather than a contracting footprint. Awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months total 40 (combined potential value $5.1 million), representing near-term recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $361.2 million against a combined potential value of $15.8 million, indicating significant invoiced federal spending relative to ceiling values—a pattern consistent with long-running cooperative research centers and sustained educational programs.

In its subrecipient role, UAS partners with university prime recipients including Iowa State University of Science and Technology (collaborative research on substance use prevention in foster care youth, 2025), the University of Colorado (Titan UVIS library maintenance and planetary atmosphere analysis, 2024–2025), the Regents of the University of Colorado (similar atmospheric research support), UCLA (machine learning for glaucoma progression detection), and northwestern University (child trauma assessment services). Subawards typically involve research execution, data collection, analysis, and dissemination support rather than contracting services.

UAS's organizational design as an auxiliary services entity affiliated with California State University, Los Angeles positions it to manage federal research funding, administer educational programs serving underrepresented student populations, and serve as fiscal and administrative steward for collaborative research initiatives. The organization's federal work reflects the CSU Los Angeles mission as a minority-serving institution: federal grants consistently target STEM pipeline building, early intervention for special populations, workforce development in underrepresented fields, and research training for first-generation and low-income students. Performance is executed primarily in Los Angeles, California, with some programs serving broader geographic regions (Los Angeles County, statewide, and national cohorts through online delivery).