Contractor profile

Carnegie-Mellon University

FY2025 · complete year · data as of 2026-09-01

No FY2026 activity recorded for this recipient. Showing FY2025, its most recent year with data.

combined across 1 registration Computed
$333.7M
Obligated
FY2025
10
Funding agencies
51%
From Defense
100%
Non-competed
6
States
99%
In Pennsylvania
8
Industries

In FY2025, Carnegie-Mellon University received $333.7M in federal awards from 10 agencies, 51% of it from the Department of Defense, with 99% of the work performed in Pennsylvania. Across FY2020 to FY2025 its recorded total is $1.7B. Computed

Where this money comes from

Source
FUNDING AGENCIES
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSI
Defense
$0.2B
9 other agencies
$0.2B
Carnegie-Mellon University
$0.3B
FY2025 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Where the work lands

Source
Pennsylvania$330.7M
Maryland$533K
Virginia$315K
Ohio$200K
Alabama$26.8K
Oklahoma$10K

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2025 · complete year · data as of 2026-09-01
  • Carnegie-Mellon University received $333.7M in federal obligations in FY2025, down 7% from $359.8M in FY2024.
  • The Department of Defense accounted for 51% of it.
  • Of its $133.4M in contract obligations, 100% was non-competed, based on FPDS extent-competed codes.
  • Its largest recorded industry was Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), at $113.3M.

Obligations by year

Computed
$312.6M
FY20
$345.9M
FY22
$334.1M
FY23
$359.8M
FY24
$333.7M
FY25
▲ 7%
since FY20

Awards

Source

Largest active awards by total value

Awards whose period of performance overlaps FY2025, by the amount obligated on each so far.

AwardIDAgencyObligatedStartEndPlace
Line Funding Execution for Cmu-Sei0003Department of Defense$202.4M2016-03-012030-06-29Pennsylvania
Research and Development Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering InstituteFA870220F0003Department of Defense$148.7M2020-09-092030-06-29Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Federally Funded Research andFA870218F0003Department of Defense$141.5M2018-04-032030-06-29Pennsylvania

Largest FY2025 awards

Awards that started in FY2025, by the amount obligated on each so far.

No award on record started in FY2025.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$113.3M
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$29.9M
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H)$27.2M
Computer and Information Science and Engineering$27.2M
Mathematical and Physical Sciences$11.5M
STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)$10.8M
Trans-NIH Research Support$9.8M
Basic and Applied Scientific Research$9.6M

Competition

100%non-competed (often called no-bid), of $133.4M in contract obligations in FY2025Computed

This describes how contracts were awarded, not wrongdoing.

Registrations & divisions

Carnegie Mellon UniversityG4P3TF8PFH73$133.4M

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