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Contractors / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI GFKFBWG2TV98 ✓ from source
$182M
obligated · FY2025
9
funding agencies
71%
from National Scien…
3
states
99%
in Massachusetts
7
industries

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$212.9M
FY23
$222.4M
FY24
$182M
FY25
▼ 15%
since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source
FUNDING AGENCIES
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC
National Science
$0.1B
8 other agencies
$0.1B
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
$0.2B
FY2025 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

Management and Operation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (Ooi)
awarded 2018$220.7M
Research Infrastructure: Management and Operations of the Ocean Observatories Initiative…
awarded 2023$106.6M
National Deep Submergence Facility (2022-2026) -This Award Provides Funds to the Woods…
awarded 2022$74.3M
Cinar: A Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region
awarded 2019$66.3M
R/V Atlantis Operations
awarded 2018$63.9M
National Deep Submergence Facility (CY16-CY20)
awarded 2016$58.1M
Renewal: Cooperative Institute of the North Atlantic Region
awarded 2014$57.5M
Onr Shiptime Operations, Technician & Nsdf Support 2015-2019
awarded 2015$42.5M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Geosciences$119.3M
Basic and Applied Scientific Research$12M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$12M
Polar Programs$7.2M
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$5.5M
All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing$4.9M
Sea Grant Support$2.5M
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program$2.3M

Where the work lands

Massachusetts✓ from source$180.9M
North Carolina✓ from source$212K
Colorado✓ from source$46.1K

Competitors

Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$5.9B
Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC≈ computed$3.6B
California Institute of Technology≈ computed$2.4B
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC≈ computed$2B
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC≈ computed$1.7B
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$1.5B
The Aerospace Corporation≈ computed$1.4B
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc≈ computed$1B

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

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