U.s. Civilian Research And Development Foundation

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, doing business as CRDF Global, a non-profit organization established under the Freedom Support Act of 1992, delivers international scientific capacity building, technical assistance, and program administration services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) and sub-recipient on grant programs. The organization competes full-and-open with no set-aside posture and operates from Arlington, Virginia with two subsidiaries: Development Innovations Group, LLC and CRDF Global Government Services, LLC.

CRDF Global's capability portfolio centers on facilitating international scientific collaboration, nonproliferation training and workshops, foreign visiting scientist program administration, cybersecurity capacity building, and technical assistance on strategic trade controls, border security, and counterterrorism. Recent representative contracts include a $8.448 million USAID definitive contract (awarded December 2024, through January 2030) to provide security resources and risk-reduction support to USAID/Ukraine implementing partners; an $8 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle with the Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation for the FIRST Initiative supporting nuclear and radiological security workshops, study tours, and training modules; a $9.5 million USDA Agricultural Research Service IDV (awarded May 2022, through May 2025) delivering J-1 visa processing, researcher stipends, and coordination for the Foreign Visiting Scientist Program; and a $12.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Fogarty International Center (National Institutes of Health) for strategic planning, evaluation, and programmatic support. Recent delivery orders exemplify the scope: a $262,355 State Department FIRST Small Modular Reactor Technology Workshop (December 2025), a $420,000 NIH/Fogarty Adolescent HIV Implementation Science Alliance support task (September 2024), a $500,000 Fogarty Local Implementation Science Network services order (September 2024), and a $1.519 million State Department cooperative agreement for International Visitor Leadership Program support (March 2026, through January 2029).

Customer concentration is moderate and concentrated in foreign policy and international development. The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation leads across both award count and dollar value: 79 awards totaling $29.8 million combined potential value account for 42% of all awards by count. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service ranks second in volume with 31 awards but carries minimal potential value ($29 thousand combined), reflecting the Foreign Visiting Scientist Program's structure of numerous small visa and logistics delivery orders. By potential dollars, the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (6 awards, $9.7 million) and USDA Central Program Planning Coordination and Support (13 awards, $9.6 million) rank second and third. Top 5 customers by either metric collectively account for roughly half the awards but less than half the potential value, indicating long-tail exposure across 57 distinct federal agencies.

CRDF Global holds three significant parent IDVs: the $9.5 million USDA Foreign Visiting Scientist Program vehicle (54 task orders, $816 thousand combined potential value); the Air Force FA865503D0001 contract (31 task orders, $2.9 million); and the State Department ISN/ECC Strategic Trade Control Training master agreement (5 task orders, $14.4 million). A $16 million Federal Supply Schedule (GSA MAS) contract awarded May 2025 spans 18 labor categories at hourly rates from $81.75 (associate roles, bachelor's, no experience) to $329.98 (executive/subject-matter expert, master's, 15 years' experience). Mid-spectrum pricing includes IT Systems Engineers at $113.07/hr, program managers at $176–194/hr, and senior subject-matter experts at $209–235/hr. No security-cleared roles are offered on the GSA Schedule.

Recent activity shows contraction: awards per year fell from 44 in 2022 to 37 in 2023–2024, and only 3 awards appear in 2026 year-to-date (data snapshot at July 2026 captures partial year). Seventeen awards with ultimate completion in the next 24 months carry combined potential value of $1.5 million, representing modest recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data captures only $1.5 million in invoiced revenue in FY2024 (across 4.0 FTEs on prime contracts) and $0 in FY2022–FY2023, indicating SCI covers a narrow slice of the organization's federal footprint; median government-paid rates on SCI records run $152.18/hr, with the 90th percentile at $191.53/hr, substantially below GSA Schedule senior rates.

CRDF Global acts primarily as a prime implementer (97% of awards) with minimal subcontracting exposure (3% of awards). On sub-awarded contracts, the organization performs under Parsons Government Services International Inc. on facility and equipment training for Eastern European partner nations and biological threat reduction fellowship exchanges. Grant sub-recipients include Michigan State University (Avian Zoonotic Disease Network research along the Mediterranean-Black Sea Flyway), the University of Iowa (Bogomoletz Institute financial administration), Rutgers University (TB-RICC 3.0), the University of Texas at Austin (phase transitions research), and the Task Force For Global Health (maternal immunization surveys). The organization operates as a pass-through administrator and research partner rather than as a core subcontractor to large defense or IT primes.

Federal grant activity is substantial: 35+ prime grant awards from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other agencies totaling over $50 million in cumulative awards. Grant work spans nonproliferation capacity building (Global Threat Reduction program cooperative agreements for strategic trade controls, cybersecurity, counterterrorism training, and WMD threat response in partner countries), international scientific exchange (Professional Fellows Program, International Visitor Leadership Program, journalist exchange programs), agricultural research administration (commodity research alliances, antimicrobial resistance initiatives), and pandemic preparedness (healthcare-associated infections surveillance, avian zoonotic disease networks). Awards span FY2021 forward, with recent cooperative agreements running through 2026–2029, indicating multi-year sustained engagement in these domains.

NAICS and service category concentration reflects the international development and technical assistance mission. Top NAICS codes are All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (63 awards), All Other Support Services (55 awards), and International Affairs (28 awards). PSC codes align: Support-Professional (Other) leads at 75 awards, followed by Program Management/Support (30 awards) and Administrative Support (28 awards). This profile—professional services, program administration, and international affairs—is consistent with a capacity-building and facilitation organization rather than a research performer or technology developer.