Fathom Science, Inc.

Fathom Science, Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business based in Raleigh, North Carolina, delivers AI/ML-driven coastal and ocean modeling, marine science analytics, and geospatial analysis services to federal science and defense customers as a prime contractor (33% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on grant-funded research programs (67% of recent awards). The vendor operates across contract and grant channels, with recent prime work concentrated in specialized oceanographic and space-based infrared research under small-business set-asides and sole-source procurements.

Fathom Science's customer footprint is concentrated in climate and maritime science. The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accounts for ten awards (combined potential value $326 thousand) — the majority of the vendor's recent activity — primarily through grant sub-awards to NOAA-funded coastal observing and forecasting programs. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Shared Services Center ranks second in combined potential value at $629 thousand across two awards. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and the Navy's Office of Naval Research complete the five-agency customer set. All customer agencies together account for 100% of recent awards.

Recent prime contract work includes a $325.7 thousand NOAA purchase order awarded September 15, 2026, for GIS analyst services and computing to enhance and integrate NOAA's AI-based Neurocast system with physics-informed neural operators across the Surge and Tide Operational Forecast System (STOFS), awarded sole-source under FAR 6.103-1; and a $239.3 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command definitive contract from August 28, 2024, for Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS High) research and development work in infrared sensors, autonomous systems, machine learning, data fusion, and visualization. Fathom Science also held a prime federal grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (July 2023 completion) for developing AI/ML approaches to marine wave energy characterization for the blue economy.

As a sub-recipient, Fathom Science performs oceanographic and marine-science analytics under grants from Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (recurring multiple sub-awards for coastal information delivery), Rutgers University (East Coast Community Ocean Forecast System development), North Carolina State University (marine debris and plastic detection using machine learning and satellite data), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (vessel-strike risk forecasting to reduce North Atlantic right-whale collisions), and the University of Florida (real-time coastal forecasting for landfalling hurricane impacts). Activity has accelerated from one award in 2023 to five in 2024, with three awards in both 2025 and 2026. One award (the NOAA purchase order) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated dollars ($5.2 million) exceed combined potential value ($1.2 million), reflecting prior-year funding execution in the grant sub-award portfolio.

Fathom Science is founded and run by experts on the cutting edge of integrated data collection, analytics, and numerical modeling technology.

We deliver tailored, interactive marine environment maps, reports, and data of historical, current, and future marine conditions. From the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean, we o?er comprehensive Marine Environment Analytics to help clients make well-informed decisions to save time, money, and resources.