CORNELL UNIVERSITY Federal Contracts — Government Award History

Total (All Time)$34M
Latest FY$2M
Primary AgencyDepartment of Agriculture

CORNELL UNIVERSITY has received $34M in total federal contract awards
across 10 fiscal year(s). ▼ 38.7% vs FY2025 Peak year was FY2017 ($8M).
Primary awarding agency: Department of Agriculture.

Data covers largest contracts by award amount. Source: USASpending.gov (FPDS).

Awards by Fiscal Year

Year Spending Total Contracts Top Agency
FY2026

$2.5M 10건 Department of Agriculture
FY2025

$4.0M 15건 Department of Agriculture
FY2024

$4.8M 13건 Department of Defense
FY2023

$5.3M 17건 Department of Defense
FY2022

$644,692 7건 Department of Housing and Urban Development
FY2021

$2.6M 19건 Department of Commerce
FY2020

$1.6M 6건 Department of Defense
FY2019

$2.3M 9건 Department of Defense
FY2018

$2.8M 4건 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2017

$7.6M 3건 Department of Health and Human Services

Notable Contracts

Date Agency Amount Description
2017-09-30 Department of Health and Human Services $4.1M IGF::OT::IGF NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (NDACAN)
2017-03-01 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $2.5M IGF::OT::IGF HIRMES FABRY PEROT ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INTERFEROMETERS HIGH RESOLUT
2018-03-16 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $2.0M CAESAR (COMET ASTROBIOLOGY EXPLORATION SAMPLE RETURN) MISSION WILL ACQUIRE A SAM
2015-09-30 Department of Health and Human Services $1.8M IGF::OT::IGF NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (NDACAN)
2019-09-20 Department of Defense $1.7M CORNELL UNIVERSITY, SERDP RC19-1004
2024-01-09 Department of Defense $1.7M ESTCP PROJECT ER23-3628 – ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCING NATURAL ABIOTIC A
2022-12-20 Department of Defense $1.6M ESTCP PROJECT RC22-7256 “FIT FOR PURPOSE? AN INTEGRATIVE ASSESSMENT OF STATE-OF-
2023-09-25 Department of Defense $1.5M NEW DARPA BAA – CASTLE – LANCER: LEARNING NETWORK CYBERAGENTS
2023-12-22 Department of Defense $1.2M SERDP PROJECT ER23-3697
2020-05-11 Department of Defense $1.0M DERECHO CASCADE: FAST REACTIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR ADVANCED SENSOR PLATFORMS
2025-12-16 Department of Agriculture $1.0M NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI-EMERGING EVENT TESTING.
2013-07-31 Nuclear Regulatory Commission $998,337 IGF::OT::IGF NEUTRAL SERVICES SUPPORTING THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFIC
2017-03-27 Nuclear Regulatory Commission $900,000 IGF::OT::IGF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES
2023-04-18 Department of Defense $819,330 SERDP ER21-3964 (ER18-1026 FOLLOW-ON) “NEXT GENERATION – CYCLODEXTRIN-BASED ADSO
2018-05-31 Department of Defense $785,308 IGF::OT::IGF PROJECT ER18-1026
2025-08-12 Department of Agriculture $750,000 MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC
2025-04-17 Department of Agriculture $700,000 NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR HPAI TESTING.
2025-03-04 Department of Agriculture $700,000 PURPOSE: MORATORIUM EXCEPTION: HPAI NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK DI
2021-04-17 Department of Commerce $687,503 CORE TASK ORDER FOR REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER SERVICES FOR THE NORTHEAST REGION
2024-07-01 Department of Defense $677,783 CYBER AGENTS FOR SECURITY TESTING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (CASTLE) PROGRAM