University Of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy, a private non-profit Catholic university based in Detroit, Michigan, operates as a federal grant and contract recipient, delivering continuing education and professional training to military and civilian health agencies with no SBA set-aside designations. The institution competes in full-and-open procurements and serves primarily as a prime recipient (99% of recent awards) with minimal subcontract activity.

UDM's federal footprint concentrates heavily on medical and dental continuing education for the Navy. The Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery dominates the customer set, accounting for 54 awards ($8.6 million combined potential value) out of 242 total awards tracked—representing approximately 22% of award count and roughly 90% of named potential value. The top five customer agencies by award count (Navy BUMED, Health Resources and Services Administration, Veterans Affairs VISN 10, Army, and HRSA Bureau of Health Professionals) collectively account for 61% of awards. UDM holds a Basic Ordering Agreement with Navy BUMED effective through April 2036, established April 15, 2026, with a $0.00 ceiling—orders are placed as firm fixed-price delivery orders for tuition and fees supporting medical and dental training for sailors and Marines. Representative Navy contracts include a $361,091 delivery order awarded March 2, 2026 (completion June 1, 2026), a $324,077 delivery order awarded August 27, 2025 (completion December 31, 2025), and a $359,924 delivery order awarded January 2, 2025 (completion May 30, 2025). The largest named IDV is Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018907GZ040, carrying 40 task orders and $7.4 million in combined potential value, all flowing through Navy BUMED.

Beyond Navy tuition and fees, UDM's capability portfolio spans federal research grants and workforce development. The National Science Foundation has funded $400,000 in Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program work (CFDA 47.084) running September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027 to build external partnerships and accelerate innovation and technology transfer in engineering and computer science. NSF also funded a three-year $672,181 Computer and Information Science and Engineering grant (CFDA 47.070) through September 2024 on equity-focused high school computing curriculum development in Detroit. The Department of Energy awarded a Cooperative Agreement (October 1, 2024 through May 31, 2026) supporting energy efficiency retrofits on 10 to 13 non-profit facilities in Detroit-area Justice40 communities, with embedded workforce development through UDM's College of Engineering and Science and Detroit Collaborative Design Center. The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has funded UDM as a recipient under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042) with a $272,364 award effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. Additional grant work includes behavioral health workforce education from the Bureau of Health Professionals (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029), HIV/AIDS dental reimbursement grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau (most recent $116,595 award September 1, 2025), and biomedical research training through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences U-RISE program (concluded March 31, 2025). UDM also acts as a sub-recipient under University of Rochester prime grants for a Primary Care Dental Faculty Development Program (sub-awards dated July 9, 2025 and June 12, 2024).

The federal grant footprint includes work with the National Endowment for the Humanities on critical philosophical editions (January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026) and the Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on a Cooperative Agreement for drug-device combination product human factors research and taxonomy development (August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025). Activity has remained modest but stable—six to nine awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with two awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. UDM's combined potential value across all 242 awards stands at $9.6 million, though obligated dollars total $121.6 million, reflecting the institution's sustained performance on long-running educational delivery and grant programs. The university competes across full civilian health and education agencies without set-aside restriction.