Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art
New York, NY Doing business as Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art Cooper Union
- UEI
- GZL9J8BULS73
- CAGE
- 05AN4
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 30 Cooper Sq #2nd, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Website
- cooper.edu
- Founded
- 1859
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational Services
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: to support the saturday program a free studio arts education program for high school students. | National Endowment for the Arts | $60,000 | |
| Purpose: the results of this grant will lower the barriers for small and medium manufacturers to assess the… | National Institute of Standards and Technology | $89,974 | |
| Purpose: to support teaching artist fees for a free intensive studio arts program for high school students. | National Endowment for the Arts | $50,000 | |
| Purpose: the purpose of this project is to build and implement low-cost, open-source, mobile tools for evaluating how… | National Institute of Standards and Technology | $77,454 | |
| Purpose: to support teaching artist fees for an intensive studio arts program for high school students. | National Endowment for the Arts | $40,000 |
About Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art, a New York–based private tax-exempt university, operates as a federal grant recipient rather than a federal contractor, serving primarily civilian research and education agencies as a prime grantee (89% of recent awards). The institution does not hold federal contract vehicles or act as a contract prime; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded research and educational support work.
Cooper Union's customer concentration is narrow and arts- and science-education heavy. The top five funding agencies account for 78% of recent awards: the National Endowment for the Arts (12 awards), the National Science Foundation (8 awards), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (3 awards), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (2 awards). The NEA–NSF split reflects the institution's dual identity as both an arts educator and an applied-research partner. Combined dollars obligated across 36 awards total $10.3 million, with thirteen distinct customer agencies, but activity over the past five years has flatlined at one to three awards per year.
Recent grant work spans two distinct capability areas. Cooper Union acts as a prime recipient on multiple NEA Project Grants supporting the Saturday Program, a free studio arts education program for high school students (awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026 for teaching artist fees and program supplies). In parallel, Cooper Union is a prime recipient on applied-research cooperative agreements and project grants with NIST and NSF: a NIST cooperative agreement (award date Sep 1, 2025, ultimate completion Aug 31, 2026) for development of low-cost open-source sensors based on camera systems and electronic textiles to evaluate robotic systems for small and medium manufacturers, a prior NIST cooperative agreement (award date Sep 1, 2023, ultimate completion Aug 31, 2024) on wearable electronic textile tools for exoskeleton fit validation, and an NSF project grant (award date Nov 1, 2021, ultimate completion Oct 31, 2024) on fluid-structure interactions in geophysical flows. Cooper Union also holds grants for archival and special-collections work — a National Endowment for the Humanities project grant (2022–2023) for preservation assessment of the Cooper Union Archives and Special Collections, and an Institute of Museum and Library Services project grant (2021–2024) for cataloging and digitizing the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture exhibitions collection. As a sub-recipient, Cooper Union received three COVID-19 expense reimbursements from New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (2022, 2024, 2025). Only two awards face completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in that window.
Quick answers
What is Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's UEI?
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is GZL9J8BULS73.
What is Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's CAGE code?
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's CAGE code is 05AN4.
Where is Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art located?
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's physical address in SAM.gov is 30 Cooper Sq #2nd, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Is Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's SAM.gov registration is active through September 18, 2027.
What is Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's most recent federal award?
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art's most recent federal grant award is Purpose: to support the saturday program a free studio arts education program for high school students (19467575126), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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