Northeastern University

Northeastern University, a private research institution located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a leading vendor of federal research, development, and educational services. The university holds a UEI (HLTMVS2JZBS6) and has been registered in SAM.gov since July 2001. Northeastern has established itself as a comprehensive research university with particular strength in engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, biotechnology, and quantum technologies. The institution provides the federal government with advanced research and development services, educational support, and technical expertise across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, while simultaneously serving as a hub for training the next generation of researchers and professionals in critical national priority areas.

Through federal contract awards, Northeastern University has demonstrated significant capability in delivering specialized research and development solutions to defense and civilian agencies. The largest recent contract award is an $18.76 million Other Transaction Agreement from the National Institutes of Health to develop the PATCH (Patch of Asclepius: Technology for Cybersecure Healthcare) solution, addressing cybersecurity challenges in healthcare systems with completion expected by September 2028. Additional prime contracts include a $250,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity for research on soil microbiomes in saltmarsh ecosystems under the Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. The university has also received contracts from the Bureau of Naval Personnel for NROTC midshipmen tuition support and educational services, including awards of $8,124 for Summer 2025 tuition and $32,121 for Spring 2025 retroactive tuition. Beyond these examples, Northeastern serves as a subcontractor for prime contractors including KRI at Northeastern University LLC, Systems & Technology Research LLC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, with sub-contract work spanning areas such as weather model ensemble analysis, business process reengineering, and specialized materials research. These contracts carry no set-aside designations and are funded by agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, and the Veterans Affairs system.

Northeastern University maintains an extensive portfolio of federal grant awards across research, education, and workforce development initiatives. The university serves as a prime recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) across multiple programs including Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Geosciences, and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences programs. Recent significant NSF grants include a $900,000 award for the REPAIRT project to secure AI applications in Open Radio Access Networks, a $755,040 grant for robust machine learning at the edge, and a $759,422 award for exploring spectrum sharing infrastructure. Beyond NSF, Northeastern receives substantial funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including awards from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ($1,375,384 for an extended-reality vision research platform), the National Institute on Aging (multiple awards for cognitive training, Alzheimer's research, and advance care planning totaling over $2 million), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (awards exceeding $1.3 million for pain management research). The National Eye Institute, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and other NIH components also fund Northeastern research. Additional grant funding flows from the Department of Energy (for quantum sensor technology), Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (for basic and applied scientific research), DARPA (for young faculty and other advanced research), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (for weather and fire-atmospheric coupling research), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (for digital humanities projects totaling $838,357). The university also receives significant support through sub-grants from leading institutions including Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, MIT, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and others, demonstrating its role as both an independent research center and collaborative partner in multi-institutional research initiatives. Research areas span artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, biotechnology, renewable energy, environmental science, health informatics, materials science, and fundamental physics.

Northeastern University holds one prime federal contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDV) vehicle: an Other Transaction IDV valued at $2.18 million awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on August 8, 2025 for the Microsystems Induced Catalysis (MICA) program. This vehicle does not operate as a child contract under a parent vehicle but represents a direct prime relationship with DARPA. Under this IDV, Northeastern develops modeling, simulation tools, and fabrication techniques that enable precise control of catalytic activity in molecular catalysts, addressing DARPA's interests in microsystems technology and catalysis control. The vehicle structure is indefinite in quantity and delivery schedule, allowing flexible task order issuance as research needs evolve across the MICA program phases. Through this IDV, Northeastern demonstrates its capacity to support advanced defense research and technology development initiatives while maintaining the flexibility to scale research activities according to programmatic requirements and available funding.