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Vanderbilt University: $28.5M in DoD and DHS awards since FY2024
Vanderbilt University holds 31 DoD and DHS prime awards across 2 registrations, with $28.5M obligated Oct 1, 2023 to Mar 24, 2026 (USAspending).
Registrations included: Vanderbilt University (31 awards on 2 registrations).
| Obligated FY2024+, all registrations | $28.5M |
|---|---|
| Awards, all registrations | 31 |
| Registrations | 2 |
| FY2024 | $10.4M |
| FY2025 | $11.9M |
| FY2026 to date | $6.3M |
| This registration | Vanderbilt University: $14.8M on 13 awards · its award list |
USAspending reports a parent company for each registration. These registrations report The Vanderbilt University as their parent, directly or through a subsidiary, with their own award counts and obligations since Oct 1, 2023. Joint ventures with other companies are not included.
| Registration | Awards | Obligated FY2024+ |
|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | 13 | $14.8M |
| Vanderbilt University | 18 | $13.7M |
| # | Category | Obligated FY2024+ | Awards | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense systems R&D | $14.2M | 8 awards | 96% |
| 2 | Science and technology R&D | $358K | 1 awards | 2.4% |
| 3 | Education and training services | $158K | 1 awards | 1.1% |
| 4 | Energy R&D | $100K | 1 awards | 0.7% |
| 5 | Studies and analysis | $0 | 1 awards | 0.0% |
| 6 | Environment and natural resources R&D | $0 | 1 awards | 0.0% |
| # | Agency | Obligated FY2024+ | Awards | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Air Force | $4.9M | 3 awards | 33% |
| 2 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $4.7M | 2 awards | 32% |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $4.7M | 3 awards | 32% |
| 4 | Department of the Army | $457K | 4 awards | 3.1% |
| 5 | Washington Headquarters Services | $0 | 1 awards | 0.0% |
| Award | Obligated FY2024+ | What | Agency | Category | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA875023C0518 definitive contract | $4.3M | Assured neuro-symbolic components and systems (anscs) | Air Force | Defense systems R&D | Feb 4, 2026 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0425 definitive contract | $3.7M | Cyber agents for security testing and learning environments (castle) program. | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Defense systems R&D | Jan 8, 2026 DoD 90d |
| N6523624C8008 definitive contract | $3.3M | Darpa meta-bpl ta1- phase i | Navy | Defense systems R&D | Aug 19, 2025 DoD 90d |
| N6600121C4021 definitive contract | $1.2M | Research iaw sow in support of darpa v-spells program for effort titled "codes" | Navy | Defense systems R&D | Jun 10, 2025 DoD 90d |
| HR001124C0520 definitive contract | $1.0M | Continuous-correctness on opaque processors (coop) develop hardware and software tools to guarantee that software is running correctly by combining formal methods and side-channels | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Defense systems R&D | Jun 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875018C0089 definitive contract | $652K | Assurancebased learning-enabled cyber-physical systems (alc) | Air Force | Defense systems R&D | Mar 25, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912CG23C0028 definitive contract | $358K | New darpa award, rampart: reinforcement against malicious penetration by adversaries in realistic topologies, from baa hr001123s0002 | Army | Science and technology R&D | Apr 5, 2024 DoD 90d |
| N0018925PZ312 purchase order | $158K | Mhic services training | Navy | Education and training services | Dec 22, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T25CA011 definitive contract | $100K | Cso contract for hybrid surrogate-ai modeling framework for resilience analysis | Army | Energy R&D | Sep 29, 2025 DoD 90d |
| FA875020C0537 definitive contract | $0 | Design.r - artificial intelligence (ai)-assisted cyber physical systems (cps) design | Air Force | Defense systems R&D | Mar 6, 2024 DoD 90d |
| HQ003423C0135 definitive contract | $0 | Stable light isotopes study | Washington Headquarters Services | Studies and analysis | May 1, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W912HQ20C0040 definitive contract | $0 | Project ew20-5139 | Army | Environment and natural resources R&D | Jun 3, 2025 DoD 90d |
| W9132T23C0002 definitive contract | $0 | Baa #22-021 information fusion aircraft hangar digital twin construction - vanderbilt university u435cei-m | Army | Defense systems R&D | Oct 16, 2023 DoD 90d |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award data (FPDS), DoD and DHS contracts, orders and IDVs with any action since Oct 1, 2023. Obligated FY2024+ sums the obligations on those actions; total obligated is the award's lifetime figure. DoD contract actions publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the latest DoD actions here trail the calendar by about 3 months. Data as of Oct 9, 2026.
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