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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of Troy, NY, was obligated $160M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $32M, of which $3.1M (10%) came through contracts.
That is about level on FY2025 ($32M).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranks 141 of 1,532 listed organisations located in NY by five-year obligations, and 3,741 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Energy and 5 other agencies: 34 awards worth $46M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), where it ranks 35 of 93 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $49,857,833 | $4,146,544 | $45,711,289 | — |
| FY2024 | $46,068,844 | $3,111,685 | $42,957,159 | -8% |
| FY2025 | $32,334,954 | $3,712,163 | $28,622,791 | -30% |
| FY2026 | $32,182,385 | $3,138,771 | $29,043,614 | 0% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in NY | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $160M | $279B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $32M | $75B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $14M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $146M | $279B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 3,741 of 30,000 | 1 of 1,532 in NY | 1 |
Largest in state: NYS Department of Health. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Defense | 12 | $16M | 35% |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | 9 | $14M | 30% |
| 3 | Department of Energy | 6 | $7.9M | 17% |
| 4 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2 | $2.2M | 5% |
| 5 | Department of Commerce | 2 | $2.0M | 4% |
| 6 | Department of the Interior | 1 | $1.5M | 3% |
| 7 | National Science Foundation | 1 | $1.4M | 3% |
| 8 | Department of Education | 1 | $1.0M | 2% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 611310: 35 of 93 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Rensselaer County, NY $41M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.396 Cancer Biology Research | $2.6M | 19 May 2023 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.866 Aging Research | $2.3M | 3 May 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health | GrantProject Grant (B) | 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | $2.0M | 8 Jul 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.121 Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | $2.0M | 19 Sep 2023 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $1.6M | 18 Mar 2026 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $1.5M | 16 Dec 2025 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Army | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 12.630 Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering | $1.5M | 27 Jun 2025 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.086 Conservation Research and Development | $1.5M | 20 Sep 2023 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 15.808 U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection | $1.5M | 20 Dec 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| National Science Foundation | GrantProject Grant (B) | 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences | $1.4M | 13 Sep 2023 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $1.4M | 12 Oct 2022 | NY | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | GrantProject Grant (B) | 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research | $1.4M | 21 Dec 2022 | NY | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $2.6M, Department of Health and Human Services, 19 May 2023: AI ENHANCED LIFETIME-BASED MESOSCOPIC IN VIVO IMAGING OF TISSUE MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY - ABSTRACT QUANTIFICATION OF DRUG-TARGET ENGAGEMENT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE
- $2.3M, Department of Health and Human Services, 3 May 2024: APOE AND HEPARAN SULFATE INTERACTION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - PROJECT SUMMARY POLYMORPHISM IN THE APOE GENE IS THE LEADING RISK MODULATOR FOR LATE ONSET ALZHEIM
- $2.0M, Department of Health and Human Services, 8 Jul 2024: RESPIRATION AND FITNESS IN BACTEROIDES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT BACTEROIDALES IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ORDER OF BACTERIA IN THE HUMAN GUT, YET WE STILL KNOW LITTL
- $2.0M, Department of Energy, 19 Sep 2023: NEW CONSENT BASED SITTING AWARD TO RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
- $1.6M, Department of Defense, 18 Mar 2026: RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR SPRING 2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.
- $1.5M, Department of Defense, 16 Dec 2025: RATIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT-AT-FALUT RETROACTIVE TUITION FOR FALL SEMESTER 2025 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.
- $1.5M, Department of Defense, 27 Jun 2025: EFFECT: ENHANCED FORMATION OF EXPLAINABLE COLLECTIVE-JUDGMENT IN AI-ASSISTED TEAMS (TECHNICAL AREA 2)
- $1.5M, Department of Energy, 20 Sep 2023: HEMP RETROFIT SIPS (HERS): HEMP-BASED INSULATED SIDING FOR RESIDENTIAL RETROFIT APPLICATIONS
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receive?
$160M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $50M; FY2024: $46M; FY2025: $32M; FY2026: $32M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($16M), Department of Health and Human Services ($14M), Department of Energy ($7.9M), National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($2.2M) and Department of Commerce ($2.0M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools and NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Assistance falls under Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859), Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (81.049) and Basic and Applied Scientific Research (12.300).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: NY ($46M).
Is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a large federal recipient?
It ranks 3,741 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 141 of 1,532 located in NY. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.