Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA Doing business as W P I
- UEI
- HJNQME41NBU4
- CAGE
- 81359
- Primary NAICS
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
- Website
- wpi.edu
- Founded
- 1865
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- Education
- SIC code
- 82 Educational 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 | -$41,942 |
| FY2025 | $1,019,358 |
| FY2024 | $1,069,522 |
| FY2023 | $1,367,198 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $10,000 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | W52P1J2293009 | $126,906 | |
| Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 140D042690005 | $399,461 | |
| Purdue University | W52P1J2293009 | $23,000 | |
| HX5 LLC | 0001 | $86,755 | |
| Pantexas Deterrence, LLC | 89233224CNA000004 | $342,030 |
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Grant awards
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida International University | W911NF2020256 | $149,999 | |
| Weill Medical College Of Cornell University | P01AI143575 | $248,000 | |
| The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation | R01HL168085 | $257,619 | |
| Trustees Of Boston University | R01GM117150 | $54,250 | |
| University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education | R01AI176327 | $17,907 |
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About the company
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a private nonprofit research university based in Worcester, Massachusetts, serves as a prime recipient on federal grants and a prime contractor on federal research and development awards across 121 federal agencies, with no significant subcontracting footprint and no held government contract vehicles.
WPI operates as a research institution and education provider, not a vendor offering commercial goods or services. The institution competes in full-and-open federal grant and contract competitions without set-aside designations. Recent prime work spans fundamental research, advanced prototype development, and educational programs funded through National Science Foundation research divisions, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and civilian agencies. Representative examples include a $6.31 million DARPA Other Transaction IDIQ (November 2024) for modeling and simulation ecosystem development in multi-domain operations; a $1.375 million Department of Energy cooperative agreement (August 2026) for autonomous high-throughput experimentation to accelerate catalyst development; and a $2.5 million NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant (January 2024) providing scholarships and support to low-income computer science undergraduates. Academic grant work includes a $817,942 NSF Biological Sciences award (January 2025) for molecular and analytic tools to disrupt illegal wildlife trade, and a $2 million NSF Division of Undergraduate Education award (September 2026) for hydrogen energy workforce development.
Customer concentration sits heavily with the National Science Foundation, which accounts for 265 awards (24% of the prime portfolio) across its multiple research divisions. The Department of the Army, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Air Force, and NASA round out the top tier. By potential value, NASA's Shared Services Center, the Army Materiel Command, and other defense laboratories represent the highest-dollar customers, though the top five customers by award count cover only 41% of recent awards, indicating broad distribution across the federal research enterprise.
SCI-reported invoiced revenue from federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $1.5 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $638 thousand; FY2023: $603 thousand; FY2024: $251 thousand), representing a small slice of WPI's total federal activity and negligible share of institutional revenue. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from $58/hr at the tenth percentile to $935/hr at the ninetieth percentile, with a median of $441/hr, reflecting a mix of research support labor and specialized technical roles. Subcontractor engagement on SCI-reportable work is minimal—WPI performs 100% of contractor hours on its prime service contracts, indicating the institution builds its own delivery teams rather than relying on subcontractors for federal research execution.
Activity shows growth through FY2024 (91 awards) before declining in FY2025–FY2026 (60 and 37 awards respectively), with 85 awards (combined potential value $2.2 million) reaching completion within the next 24 months and facing recompete exposure. WPI's subcontractor role is negligible: only 102 of 1,091 total awards (9%) place WPI as a sub-recipient or subcontractor; named prime contractors on recent sub-awards include MIT, Purdue University, Boston University, and various Army and DOE prime contractors. The institution's federal footprint is defined by direct receipt of research grants and R&D contracts from federal agencies, with no held GWACs, IDIQs, or agency-wide vehicles as a prime contractor. WPI operates across STEM disciplines including robotics, materials science, advanced manufacturing, computational intelligence, bioengineering, and emerging technologies, with demonstrated federal research capacity as a leading research-intensive institution.
Quick answers
Is Worcester Polytechnic Institute registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Worcester Polytechnic Institute's SAM.gov registration is active through October 8, 2027.
How much has Worcester Polytechnic Institute received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,019,358 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in fiscal year 2025 and $3,414,137 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Worcester Polytechnic Institute rank among federal contractors?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #37 in PSC AH in FY2025.
What is Worcester Polytechnic Institute's most recent federal award?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's most recent federal grant award is Collaborative research: FDT-biotech: mathematical foundations of adaptable digital twins for glioblastoma (2625744), from Division of Mathematical Sciences, on January 1, 2027.
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- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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