University Of Arizona

University Of Arizona, operating as Arizona Board Of Regents, is a public research institution and 1862 land grant university that receives federal funding as a prime recipient for research grants and as a prime contractor for scientific and technical services, with no SBA set-aside designations across its award portfolio. Based in Tucson, Arizona, the university is a Hispanic Serving Institution competing full-and-open across the federal marketplace.

The university's concrete capability footprint centers on basic and applied research across life sciences, physical sciences, space science, and engineering. Specific work includes NASA lunar surface imaging payload development (EMILIA 3-D, $9 million cost-no-fee contract to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center through July 2030); tree-ring paleoclimate reconstruction using giant sequoia chronologies to reconstruct 3,000 years of western U.S. hydroclimate ($328 thousand NSF grant); diagnostic testing services for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network under a $25 million single-award IDIQ extending through September 2031 encompassing culture, isolation, PCR, whole genome sequencing, and ancillary testing for endemic and foreign animal diseases; Valley Fever research support ($349 thousand CDC purchase order); and broad-portfolio basic research in biomedical sciences, neuroscience, cardiovascular health, cancer biology, and environmental science. The university's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward federal research agencies. The National Science Foundation leads by award count with 1,505 awards across the portfolio, followed by NASA (988 awards with Shared Services Center accounting for $306.7 million combined potential value), and the National Institutes of Health (492 awards). The top-customer ranking by potential value diverges significantly: NASA Goddard Space Center anchors the dollars at $580.9 million across 86 awards, with NASA Shared Services Center second at $306.7 million, followed by NIH's National Cancer Institute ($64.1 million) and NASA Headquarters ($58.5 million). These five customers account for 61 percent of combined potential value across the award portfolio.

The university holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for NAHLN diagnostic testing services ($25 million ceiling through September 2031) and participates in multiple task-order vehicles including Basic Ordering Agreement N0018916GZ023 (20 task orders, $1.3 million combined value) and Indefinite Delivery Contracts 12639522D0050 (19 task orders) and N0060085G1687 (23 task orders, $1.5 million). Vehicle participation is weighted heavily toward research grants and cooperative agreements rather than commercial GWAC or BPA activity; the university competes predominantly through open federal research solicitations in NSF, NIH, NASA, and USDA channels.

Recent activity shows volatility: 529 awards in 2023, 650 in 2024, declining to 271 in 2026 in the source snapshot (October 2026 data). Six hundred thirty-eight awards (combined potential value $544.1 million) reach ultimate completion within the next 24 months, creating significant recompete exposure in basic research and federal research services. Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2025 shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $20.4 million across 40 prime records; FY2022 invoicing peaked at $16.6 million with 52.7 FTEs, then declined sharply to $701 thousand and 4.6 FTEs in FY2023 before recovering to $2.1 million and 18.7 FTEs in FY2025. This trajectory suggests SCI-captured federal service contracts represent a small and volatile component of the university's federal revenue; the bulk of federal activity flows through research grants and cooperative agreements not captured in SCI. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts run $70.38/hr, with rates spanning from $2.56/hr (10th percentile, likely reflecting low-cost administrative labor) to $187.05/hr (90th percentile, consistent with senior scientific and engineering labor). The university subcontracts on approximately 10 percent of contractor hours across SCI-reportable prime contracts, with eight named subcontractors reported, indicating the university builds most delivery capacity internally rather than relying on sub-networks.

On the subcontractor side, the university performs research services to prime recipients including University of Pittsburgh (MATIC-2 trauma resuscitation clinical trial), Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (James Webb Space Telescope Calibration and Operations), University of Pennsylvania (NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response, characterizing influenza pathogens and pandemic potential), Stevens Institute of Technology (Systems Engineering research), and National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NSF I-CORPS Teams program). The university also acts as sub-recipient on federal research grants through UCLA (Bridge2AI Training and Mentoring), University of New Mexico (NSF IDSS and MESA cyberinfrastructure), and Texas Tech University (coccidioid vaccine development).

The university is a mature federal research institution with nine thousand four hundred eighty-six total awards (90 percent as prime, 10 percent as sub) spanning 323 distinct customer agencies since 1965. The portfolio is heavily concentrated in research and education (NAICS: Colleges, Universities, Professional Schools; PSC: R&D–Space Science/Applications Basic Research). Federal research funding dominates the institution's mission and revenue model, with the grant portfolio anchored to NSF, NASA, NIH, and USDA supporting investigator-initiated research, training programs, research infrastructure, and specialized scientific services. The university does not compete under federal set-asides; it operates as a full-and-open research institution subject to standard federal research procurement and cost-accounting rules applicable to educational institutions under 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance).