The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Sponsored Projects Services, is a non-profit research administration organization that serves as the fiscal agent and sponsored programs administrator for the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Based in West Amherst, New York, RF SUNY manages and executes federal contracts, grants, and research initiatives across diverse scientific and technical domains on behalf of SUNY institutions, particularly the University at Buffalo. The organization is registered in SAM.gov and maintains active engagement with federal agencies across multiple sectors, including civilian agencies, Department of Defense entities, and the National Institutes of Health.

Through federal contract awards, RF SUNY has demonstrated substantial capability in executing research and development initiatives across varied scientific and technical domains. The organization has received contract awards from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the Women's Health Initiative Regional Center, involving delivery order contracts valued at approximately $2.87 million for Task Areas A and A2, which represent ongoing research and analytical services in cardiovascular health. RF SUNY has also executed contracts with the Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 for human mRNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis services at the VA Western New York Health Care System, valued at $63,089.12. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded RF SUNY a $250,000 purchase order contract for SERDP Project ER25-4734 addressing the destruction of PFAS on spent granular activated carbon through thermal desorption and off-gas treatment with warm thermal microwave plasma. Additionally, RF SUNY has received grant contracts from the Shared Services Center for executing balanced science programs based on guidance from the National Academies, totaling approximately $297,697 combined across multiple awards. These contracts demonstrate RF SUNY's competency in managing complex federal research initiatives without set-aside designations, working directly with federal agencies and utilizing standard contracting vehicles for research administration and scientific services.

RF SUNY's federal grant portfolio reflects extensive expertise in supporting academic research across health sciences, engineering, materials science, and social sciences. The organization administers grants from the National Science Foundation across multiple programs including Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and Geosciences, with award values ranging from approximately $100,000 to over $3.3 million. Notable NSF grants include support for digital twin systems for diabetes management ($716,195), accelerated discovery of perovskite nanomaterials using self-driving laboratories ($480,000), and integrated air-ground-underwater network research ($525,000). From the National Institutes of Health, RF SUNY manages grants addressing diverse research areas including catheter-associated urinary tract infections, polyomavirus transcription mechanisms, and novel neural indices for multiple sclerosis. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded multiple grants for research on emotion regulation in PTSD-related drinking risk and alcohol use disorder recovery. Department of Energy grants support smart wildfire arrival forecasting technology ($3.36 million cooperative agreement) and semiconductor supply chain development initiatives. RF SUNY also administers grants from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Eye Institute, and other specialized NIH institutes. The organization serves as both prime grantee and sub-recipient on collaborative projects, with sub-award partnerships extending to institutions including Cornell University, University of California system institutions, Johns Hopkins University, and numerous other research universities, demonstrating its capacity to coordinate complex, multi-institutional research efforts.

RF SUNY holds a significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Transfer from Imprecise and Abstract Models to Autonomous Technologies (TIAMAT) Program, valued at $3,717,165. This IDV enables RF SUNY to provide flexible task order execution across various technological readiness levels and research domains supporting DARPA's mission of advancing autonomous technologies. The TIAMAT IDV represents RF SUNY's ability to maintain standing relationships with federal defense agencies and execute research and development services on a task order basis, allowing for responsive engagement with emerging technological priorities. The IDV demonstrates RF SUNY's technical breadth and capacity to support advanced research initiatives in areas critical to national defense and technological innovation, with the contract structure enabling efficient allocation of resources across multiple concurrent research efforts.