The Rockefeller University
New York, NY
- UEI
- LHGDNJMZ64Y1
- CAGE
- 4B882
- Primary NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Website
- rockefeller.edu
- Founded
- 1901
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $126,389 |
| FY2025 | $494,865 |
| FY2024 | $428,804 |
| FY2023 | -$49,083 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office of the Secretary of Defense | $126,389 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai | 75N93019C00051 | $3,364,714 |
Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Einstein College Of Medicine | P30AI124414 | $218,773 | |
| Weill Medical College Of Cornell University | P30AI168433 | $158,258 | |
| The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation | P01AG078116 | $34,693 | |
| Weill Medical College Of Cornell University | P01AI181935 | $576,300 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | U24TR004432 | $67,803 |
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About the company
The Rockefeller University, a private tax-exempt research institution headquartered in New York, New York, operates as a prime recipient of federal research grants—particularly from the National Institutes of Health—across biomedical and life sciences, with emerging work on federal defense research contracts. The University does not hold federal service contracts above the SCI reporting threshold and does not report as a federal contractor in the traditional sense; its federal footprint consists almost entirely of research grants and the occasional research-support contract exercise.
The University's capability portfolio centers on basic biomedical research, infectious disease immunology, cancer biology, neuroscience, structural biology, and genomics. Representative work includes a $1.649 million Defense Health Agency grant (FY2026) on therapeutic targeting of breast cancer metastasis drivers; a $3.61 million NIH Office of the Director construction grant (FY2025) to expand the Precision Instrumentation Technologies Resource Center; and a $1.443 million NIMH award (FY2025) on two-photon optical imaging for voltage recording in neural tissue. The University also received a $1.107 million firm fixed-price DoD contract (FY2024) for special studies and research—an exception to its typical grant-focused model and an option-year exercise.
Customer concentration is acute: the National Institutes of Health (215 awards across its component institutes) dominates the portfolio, followed by NSF, the Defense Health Agency, and NOAA. Within NIH, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (122 awards) and National Cancer Institute (67 awards) are the largest funders. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke leads in combined potential value ($18.6 million across 51 awards), followed by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the NIH Office of the Director. This concentration reflects the University's position as a premier basic-research institution rather than a defense contractor or service provider.
The University holds no major parent IDIQ or GWAC vehicles; its work flows through direct NIH grant mechanisms and occasional OTAs. Five older, inactive Defense Contract Management Agency indefinite-delivery contracts appear in historical records but carry minimal current activity (one to three task orders each). Teaming is sparse in the traditional sense. The University acts as a prime recipient on the vast majority of its grants and does not typically operate as a federal contractor subcontractor; SCI records show three named-sub records totaling 1.0 FTE across FY2022–FY2025, indicating minimal service-contract sub-work. However, the University frequently manages subawards to partner institutions—Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University, Stanford University, Mayo Clinic, and others participate as sub-recipients on NIH and NSF grants, with The Rockefeller investigator serving as administrative prime or collaborating PI.
Award activity has grown modestly over the past five years: 31 awards in 2022 rising to a peak of 55 in 2024, then settling to 38 in 2025 and 35 in 2026 (through mid-October). Sixty-six awards are scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months, representing a routine recompete cycle typical for research-grant programs rather than a cliff. The University's federal footprint is grant-dependent and non-contract-intensive; competitors in the federal R&D marketplace should regard Rockefeller as a potential partner (sub-recipient on larger grants) or scientific collaborator rather than as a prime contractor or service provider on GSA Schedules or GWACs.
Quick answers
Is The Rockefeller University registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. The Rockefeller University's SAM.gov registration is active through August 31, 2027.
How much has The Rockefeller University received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $494,865 to The Rockefeller University in fiscal year 2025 and $1,000,975 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does The Rockefeller University rank among federal contractors?
The Rockefeller University ranked #60 in PSC B506 and #90 in NAICS 54172 in FY2025.
What is The Rockefeller University's most recent federal award?
The Rockefeller University's most recent federal grant award is Identifying the genes that function to fuel RAS driven sccs (F31CA301906), from National Cancer Institute (NIH), on December 1, 2026.
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