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)
NAICS codes registered in SAM.gov
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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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About The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, operating as Sponsored Programs Office - System Administration, is a nonprofit research foundation administering federal research grants and contracts across the SUNY system as the prime recipient on 642 awards (96% of its footprint) and as a sub-recipient on 28 awards, delivering basic and applied research across defense, life sciences, and engineering domains.

RF SUNY functions as the fiscal and administrative agent for SUNY institutions, channeling federal funding to university researchers and collaborating institutions. The organization holds no SBA certifications; it competes as a nonprofit educational research entity serving as the contracting and grant vehicle for the State University of New York's distributed research enterprise. The foundation manages awards valued at $68.1 million in combined potential value and $189.3 million in obligated dollars across 670 total awards spanning 71 distinct federal agencies, with administrative headquarters in Albany, New York.

Customer concentration centers on Department of Defense agencies. The Department of the Navy (147 awards), Department of the Army (129 awards), and Department of the Air Force (61 awards) together represent 337 awards (56% of the award count), though they account for only 2% of combined potential value, indicating that DoD work consists of small, high-volume basic research awards. The National Institutes of Health (21 awards), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (19 awards), and NASA Goddard Space Center (4 awards, $1.1 million) round out the top customer set. Activity has accelerated markedly—from 4 awards in 2021 to 21 in 2025 and 9 in the first half of 2026—with only 5 awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure.

RF SUNY's capability portfolio is research administration and grant stewardship, not direct service delivery. The foundation houses 140 awards under R&D defense basic research PSC coding and 97 under general R&D basic research coding; top NAICS categories reflect the underlying research scope (offices of physicians at 9 awards, research and development in physical and life sciences at 5 awards). Representative prime grant work includes a $248,737 National Eye Institute project grant on mitochondrial and autophagy dysfunction in age-related macular degeneration (performance in Baltimore, Maryland, June 2026–May 2029), a $448,250 National Institute of General Medical Sciences award on RNA Polymerase I biogenesis and transcription regulation (May 2026–January 2031), and a $266,771 National Science Foundation collaborative project on spatial organization and urbanization's drivers of health and longevity across U.S. and UK sites (January 2026–December 2028). Recent awards also include three NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grants—a $400,000 EPIIC A-SPARK project on agricultural biotechnology workforce development across four regional colleges (October 2025–September 2028), a $366,670 EPIIC SPECIAL project on industry-aligned learning capacity across five higher-education institutions (October 2025–September 2028), and a $399,959 EPIIC COMPEET project on regional innovation ecosystems (October 2025–September 2028)—as well as a $520,512 EPA Region 2 award for community-driven air quality monitoring in underserved New York State neighborhoods with subawards to the City University of New York ($74,884) and Bard College ($44,892). Federal grant sub-awards flow through RF SUNY from prime recipients including Syracuse University, University of Illinois, University of Vermont, Harvard College, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh, where SUNY investigators contribute as sub-recipients to national science and health research initiatives.

In its subcontractor role on federal contracts, RF SUNY performs specialized technical work on defense and energy programs. Named prime contractors include Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operation, June 2026) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation (photonic integrated circuit fabrication for the Heterogeneous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces program, October 2025). The top parent vehicles listed carry military IDIQ designations—DAAA1585C0046 (8 task orders, Army), V528A7P2286 (8 task orders, $1.9 million, Navy), N0001480C0771 (7 task orders, Navy), N0001479C0403 (6 task orders, Navy), and N0001482K0566 (6 task orders, Navy)—reflecting RF SUNY's role as a research institution embedded in the defense research enterprise rather than as a commercial contractor pursuing task orders.

The corporate structure comprises 33 named subsidiaries spanning multiple SUNY institutions, including SUNY at Delhi and other state-controlled higher-learning institutions. The foundation operates as the centralized administrative entity managing federal research funding flows across the distributed SUNY campus system, with individual campus research centers, departments, and investigators appearing as named sub-recipients or performance sites within individual awards rather than as separate contracting entities.

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What is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's UEI?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is GMZUKXFDJMA9.

What is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's CAGE code?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's CAGE code is 0ECA7.

What is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's primary NAICS code?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's primary NAICS code is 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Where is The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York located?

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York's physical address in SAM.gov is 35 State St, Albany, NY 12207, USA.

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.

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 -telecommunication networks have become an essential… (2551848), from Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, on October 1, 2026.

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