Duke University Federal Spending Profile
Duke University is a smaller federal recipient, with $64.1M in total federal obligations across 25 awards in the USAspending.gov record. That places Duke University #1192 among federal contractors ranked by total obligations.
Every one of Duke University's 25 federal awards is a procurement contract rather than a grant — the company sells goods or services to the government rather than receiving grant funding.
Duke University's federal business is heavily concentrated in one customer: Department of Health and Human Services accounts for roughly 87% of its top-agency obligations, with Department of Veterans Affairs a distant second. Across the full record the company works with 3 agencies, but a single relationship dominates the dollars.
What the federal government buys from Duke University is led by Research & Development ($256.6M), followed by Other Services ($180.7M); together these categories describe the goods and services the company is paid to deliver.
Its largest single recent award is a $37.3M contract from the Department of Health and Human Services, described in the federal record as "Igf::Ot::Igf External Quality Assurance Program Oversight Laboratory (Eqapol)."
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Spending by Agency
Recent Awards
| Description | Agency | Start Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) COMPONENT B: VACCINE MANUFACTURING AND TOXICOLOGY CORE | Department of Health and Human Services | Aug 26, 2019 | $78.2M |
| THIS CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT COMPONENT A OF THE COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE APPROACHES, BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF INFLUENZA IMMUNITY, THAT ACHIEVE DURABLE, ROBUST | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 10, 2019 | $66.5M |
| IGF::OT::IGF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM OVERSIGHT LABORATORY (EQAPOL) | Department of Health and Human Services | Aug 29, 2017 | $37.3M |
| COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) - COMPONENT C: CLINICAL CORE (AWARDED POP: SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2020) | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 16, 2019 | $35.8M |
| ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIAN SERVICES | Department of Veterans Affairs | Dec 1, 2020 | $31.7M |
| NATIONAL CORD BLOOD INVENTORY | Department of Health and Human Services | Jul 10, 2020 | $26.5M |
| IGF::OT::IGF NIAID VIROLOGY QUALITY ASSURANCE (VQA) | Department of Health and Human Services | Jun 21, 2019 | $24.2M |
| "ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT OF A NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY VACCINE FOR PANDEMIC AND PRE-EMERGENT CORONAVIRUSES" | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 19, 2022 | $18.2M |
| IGF::OT::IGF NONHUMAN PRIMATE CORE HUMORAL IMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY FOR AIDS VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | Department of Health and Human Services | Mar 28, 2018 | $18.0M |
| RADIATION ONCOLOGY SERVICES | Department of Veterans Affairs | Dec 1, 2021 | $15.8M |
| IGF::OT::IGF1300017I DUKE UNIVERSITY; TASK ORDER HHSN27200008-14-0053.A1B1C1D1.0026- A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL IN ADULTS WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; BASE $141,485, OPTION 1 $67,837, OPTION 2 $4,049,893, AND OPTION 4 $798,412 | Department of Health and Human Services | Jun 5, 2015 | $12.0M |
| TO PERFORM INNOVATIVE TRIAL DESIGNS WITH CLINICALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES SUCH AS ENDPOINTS, BIOMARKERS, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY DATA INCLUDED ASPART OF EVERY PROTOCOL, TO OBTAIN COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA FOR THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE AND | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 12, 2019 | $10.6M |
| BPCA PHARMACOLOGY STUDIES - PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 9/14/18 - 9/13/22 | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 11, 2018 | $9.8M |
| IGF::OT::IGF - IMMUNOLOGY QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 30, 2014 | $9.6M |
| THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY FOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A HYBRID TRANSMISSION AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION SCANNER FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPLOSIVE DETECTION. | Department of Homeland Security | Sep 27, 2018 | $9.3M |
| IMMUNOLOGY QUALITY ASSESSMENT (IQA) PROGRAM | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 30, 2021 | $9.1M |
| BPCA INNOVATIVE TRIAL DESIGNS AND ASSAY DEVELOPMENTS IN PEDIATRIC THERAPEUTICS | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 28, 2023 | $8.8M |
| ADJUVANT COMPARISON AND CHARACTERIZATION | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 1, 2022 | $8.5M |
| EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM OVERSIGHT LABORATORY (EQAPOL) | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 30, 2024 | $7.9M |
| 2020.500-COVID-19 - BEST PHARMACEUTICALS FOR CHILDREN ACT PEDIATRIC TRIALS NETWORK - COVID-19 STUDIES | Department of Health and Human Services | Sep 21, 2020 | $7.4M |
All federal spending data sourced from USAspending.gov, the official source for federal award data as mandated by the Government Accountability Office.
Duke University Federal Contracts FAQ
Duke University has received $64,090,346 in total federal obligations across 25 awards and 25 contracts.
Duke University works with 3 federal agencies, including Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security. The largest agency relationships are based on total dollar obligations.
Duke University has received federal awards in multiple states.
Duke University is ranked #1192 among the largest federal contractors by total obligation amount. Rankings are based on USASpending.gov data for FY2024.
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