NAICS category

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities

NAICS 541720

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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$783.2M
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
99
Recipients
NAICS 541720
Code

NAICS code 541720 (Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities) accounted for $783.2M in federal contracts in FY2026, led by the Department of Health and Human Services, across 99 recipients. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$1.5B
FY20
$1.1B
FY21
$1.3B
FY22
$1.1B
FY23
$1.3B
FY24
$732.3M
FY25
$783.2M
FY26 partial
▼ 51%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (NAICS 541720) accounted for $783.2M in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $732.3M in FY2025.
  • It ranked #95 among industries by federal contract dollars in FY2026 (data still posting).
  • The Department of Health and Human Services provided 48% of it.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 44% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 60%.

Mathematica Inc.$109.2M
Westat, Inc.$70.3M
The Rand Corporation$65M
National Opinion Research Center$61.1M
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$44.1M
Research Triangle Institute$44.1M
The Mitre Corporation$36.6M
University of Maryland, College Park$27.9M
Abt Global LLC$11.4M
Regents of the University of Michigan$5.7M

Recipient breakdown available for 64% of obligations shown

Awards

Source

Largest FY2026 awards in this category

Awards coded NAICS 541720 that started in FY2026, by the amount obligated on each so far.

No award on record in this category started in FY2026.

Largest awards in this category

Contract HQ000601C0001
awarded 2000$18.8B
System Development Support Integration
awarded 2016$556.4M
Contract FA920007C0006
awarded 2006$479.9M
Contract HQ085321F0004
awarded 2021$429.6M
Critical Functions" the Sampling and Data Collection Contractor Designs and…
awarded 2013$344.4M
Engineering Infrastructure Services
awarded 2015$250.4M
National Assessment of Educational Progress Sampling and Data…
awarded 2019$250M
NAEP 2008 -2012 Sampling and Data Collecgtion
awarded 2007$242.5M

Total value over each award’s life, largest first.

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