University Of San Diego

University Of San Diego, doing business as University Of San Diego School Of Law, is a private nonprofit Catholic university based in San Diego, California, that delivers tuition assistance and educational services to federal agencies, primarily the Department of the Navy, as a prime recipient under delivery orders and basic ordering agreements with no set-aside designations. The university operates across 534 total awards (97% prime, 3% sub-awards) spanning contracts, grants, and sub-awards, with combined potential value of $52 million against obligated dollars of $210.7 million, reflecting heavy reliance on Navy tuition reimbursement orders that obligate multiyear funding upfront.

Navy tuition support dominates the footprint. The top five funding agencies account for 55% of recent awards by count, but the dollar concentration is sharper: the Department of the Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel anchors $18.3 million across 26 awards, the Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel obligates $14.7 million across 21 awards, and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery carries $8.7 million across 97 awards (highest award volume). The Naval Education and Training Command contributes $5.8 million across 58 orders. Delivery orders for NROTC midshipmen tuition and allowable fees and tuition assistance for military medical and education personnel dominate the contract portfolio; a single $2.6 million order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel in March 2026 funded Spring 2026 NROTC midshipment tuition retroactively. These orders are issued against underlying vehicle N0018919GZ046, a Basic Ordering Agreement that has generated 41 task orders worth $30.6 million in combined potential value.

National Science Foundation grants comprise the second major customer category with 50 awards spanning research, education, and equipment acquisition. Recent NSF grants include a $199,999 Engineering Research Initiation award (May 2026, CFDA 47.041) for an AI framework integrating wearable biosensors to enhance classroom learning environments; a $720,641 Office of Integrative Activities award (October 2025, CFDA 47.083) to develop ResDataNexus, an open-source data infrastructure platform for emerging research institutions; a $499,840 Mathematical and Physical Sciences award (October 2024, CFDA 47.049) for quantum analog simulation with Bose-Einstein condensates; and a $642,440 Integrative Activities award (September 2024) for acquisition of an X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer for materials chemistry research. The university also holds an NSF International Research Experience award (September 2024, CFDA 47.079, $448,222) supporting 24 undergraduate students in supervised research at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm on AI and data science for disease understanding.

Federal grant recipients beyond NSF include the Department of Education (TRIO Student Support Services, $272,364 in September 2025; Violence, Inequality, and Power Lab Fellowship Program, $580,000 in 2023), the National Endowment for the Humanities (AI for disability community convening, $100,000 in January 2026; CFDA 45.161), the Internal Revenue Service (Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic program grants through the School of Law, recurring multi-year awards starting January 2022), the Air Force (Proof Assistants for Formalization of Higher Category Theory, $958,112 in April 2026; CFDA 12.800), and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (bean beetle identification tools via geometric morphometrics and machine learning, cooperative agreements). The university serves as prime recipient on research training, education delivery, and clinical legal services for low-income taxpayers.

Subcontract and sub-recipient work is limited (15 awards, 3% of total). The university appears as a sub-awardee on Villanova University's NSF Building Capacity in STEM Education Research project (bio-inspired robots in integrated STEM education), providing mentoring and evaluation support; on University of Illinois's HIV education and training program for health professions institutions in priority jurisdictions; on New York University's Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime contract for restorative justice evaluation; and on San Diego State University Foundation's EPA-funded climate and energy justice work through USD's Energy Policy Initiatives Center. Carnegie Mellon University sub-awarded to USD under the Air Force proof-assistant research grant (May 2026, $250,011 for technology development and student mentoring).

A February 2026 Basic Ordering Agreement with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BOA N0018919GZ046, issued February 15, 2026, completion February 14, 2036) establishes the framework for tuition and educational services delivery across the ten-year ordering period. Individual delivery orders against this and other BOAs are issued as needed, with recent completions clustering around spring and fall semesters for NROTC and military medical personnel enrollment cycles. Within the next twenty-four months, 18 awards reach ultimate completion and face recompete risk.

Activity has fluctuated modestly but remained substantial: 29 awards in 2022, declining to 21 in 2023, rising to 32 in 2024, moderating to 22 in 2025, and 9 year-to-date in 2026 (through May). The university's contract footprint reflects its role as a specialized provider of firm fixed-price tuition and fees for Navy personnel training and development, particularly NROTC scholarship support and continuing education for active duty and medical service members, alongside a secondary but growing portfolio of NSF-funded research in quantum physics, materials chemistry, artificial intelligence education, and environmental data infrastructure for emerging research institutions. All Navy contracts carry full-and-open competition designation with no set-asides; grant work similarly reflects open competition across federal agencies.