The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York

Albany, NY Doing business as Sponsored Programs Office - System Administration

UEI
GMZUKXFDJMA9
CAGE
0ECA7
Primary NAICS
541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
SAM.gov registration
Expired

Company facts

Self-certified in SAM.gov
  • Non-Profit Organization
Entity structure
Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
Corporate family

25 subsidiaries listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

SAM.gov registration date
Physical address
35 State St, Albany, NY 12207, USA
Website
rfsuny.org
Founded
1951
Employees
251-1K
Estimated annual revenue
$100M-$250M
Industry
  1. Consumer Discretionary
  2. Diversified Consumer Services
  3. Education Services
  4. Education
SIC code
82 Educational Services
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Contract obligations

Most of The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's contract dollars go to its subsidiaries: $6.12 million across 1 awardee in PSC AD92 in FY2025.

Contract awards

Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Contract subawards

Prime contractor Prime award Amount Awarded
Triad National Security, LLC IGF::CL::IGF COMPETITION FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY State University of New York at Buffalo 89233218CNA000001 $400,000
Georgia TECH Research Corp THE HETEROGENEOUS ADAPTIVELY PRODUCED PHOTONIC INTERFACES (HAPPI) PROGRAM AIMS TO CREATE A 1000X INCREASE IN THE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DENSITY WITH A… HR001125C0045 $342,347

Grant awards

Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Grant subawards

Prime recipient Prime award Amount Awarded
University Of Vermont & State Agricultural College Testing Strategies for Balancing Biodiversity and Forest Resilience 24DG11242311081 $149,630
University Of Vermont & State Agricultural College Does Thiamine Deficiency Limit Lake Trout Natural Recruitment in Lake Champlain? NA24OARX417C0145 $86,053
Syracuse University SUNY Cortland PI Erblin Shehu will contribute to the design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of a multi-year research project examining how… 90RTEM0016 $34,084
University Of Illinois Transportation Infrastructure Precast Innovation Center (TRANS-IPIC) 69A3552348333 $217,382
New York State Education Department Perkins CTE 25E55EP000025 $151,177

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About the company

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Sponsored Programs Office - System Administration, is a tax-exempt non-profit research administrator that acts as the prime recipient for federal research grants and contracts across the SUNY system. The foundation manages $68.2 million in combined potential value across 680 recent federal awards (95% as prime recipient, 5% as subrecipient), with obligated dollars of $192.8 million, reflecting a mature, high-volume federal research enterprise spanning basic research, applied development, and clinical studies across 78 federal customer agencies.

The foundation's portfolio concentrates heavily in defense and life sciences research. The top five customer agencies by award count—the Department of the Navy (147 awards), the Department of the Army (129 awards), the Department of the Air Force (61 awards), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (21 awards), and the National Institutes of Health (21 awards)—account for 56% of recent awards. Defense basic research dominates the category mix: "R&D-Defense Other: Other (Basic Research)" carries 140 awards, followed by 97 awards in general R&D basic research and 45 awards in general science and technology basic research. Clinical and medical research rounds out the portfolio, with 27 awards in applied medical R&D and exploratory development. Representative prime grant work includes a $155 thousand NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering award to develop data-centric artificial intelligence for proactive telecommunication network operations (CFDA 47.070), a $294 thousand USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative award on antimicrobial resistance in the food chain (CFDA 10.310), a $300 thousand NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences award on thermally robust organophosphorus ionic liquids for high-temperature applications (CFDA 47.049), and a $411,477 NSF Geosciences award on paleosalinity proxies in the Maritimes Basin (CFDA 47.050). Representative contract work includes a $42,386 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers purchase order for mist-netting and radio telemetry of imperiled bats at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, awarded in June 2026.

The foundation seats task orders on multiple navy and army indefinite-delivery contracts: IDC V528A7P2286 carries 8 task orders worth $1.9 million combined, IDC DAAA1585C0046 carries 8 task orders, IDC N0001480C0771 carries 7 task orders, IDC N0001479C0403 carries 6 task orders, and IDC N0001482K0566 carries 6 task orders. Activity has grown from five awards in 2021 to twenty in 2025 and nineteen in 2026. Eight awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure.

The foundation functions as a research administration intermediary for SUNY institutions, with subawards to partner universities and research entities. Recent subrecipient relationships include service as a clinical site under a Harvard College HOPE protocol award investigating health outcomes around pregnancy and HIV exposure (sub-award January 2025), and participation in a Carnegie Mellon University project on labor impact assessment of AI technologies in transportation (sub-award September 2025). The foundation also holds sub-contract position on Triad National Security's Los Alamos National Laboratory operations contract (sub-award June 2026) and on Georgia Tech Research Corporation's HAPPI photonic integration program (sub-award October 2025), where SUNY develops photonic integrated circuit wafers with grating-based coupling structures.

The corporate structure comprises 33 subsidiaries, all bearing The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York name, registered as business organizations and non-profits. This subsidiary architecture reflects the foundation's role as the consolidated research and grant administration vehicle for the SUNY system.

Quick answers

Is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York registered in SAM.gov?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's SAM.gov registration expired on September 23, 2026.

How does The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York rank among federal contractors?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York ranked #6 in PSC AD92, #25 in PSC AD and #40 in PSC AN11 in FY2025.

What is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's most recent federal award?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's most recent federal grant award is RUI: nets: data-centric AI for proactive telecom network operations (2551848), from Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, on October 1, 2026.

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