UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

SEC insider activity covers quarterly filings through June 30, 2026. Later filings are not included. Reported roles do not establish current employment or current holdings. SEC filing documents, sections and filing-text search cover filings dated January 1, 2000 onward. Earlier filings are deferred until after launch.

organization

Active: 2008–2025

Contract Awards

$15.5M

27 awards

Summary

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE is an organization. Its political footprint includes $15.5 million in government contracts. Their largest government contract source is Department of Defense at $13.8 million. Political activity spans from 2008 to 2025.

Cross-Source Financial Activity

These are different money flows and are not added together: contributions and lobbying expenses flow out, while contract awards flow to the organization.

Contract awards $15.5M

Political Money Flow

How Money Flows

Government agencies → UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (contracts) → political recipients & lobbying. Hover for details.

Contracts by Agency

5 agencies

#	Agency	Total Awarded	Awards
1	Department of Defense	$13.8M	14
2	Department of Agriculture	$845K	7
3	Department of Labor	$466K	1
4	Department of the Interior	$319K	4
5	Environmental Protection Agency	$50K	1

Individual Awards

27 awards (top by amount)

Date	Agency	Description	Amount	NAICS
2024-08-19	Department of Defense	LEXI PROGRAM	$11.0M	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (EXCEPT NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY)
2008-02-12	Department of Labor	WAGE SURVEYS	$466K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2020-06-10	Department of Agriculture	CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE SRS FIA KNOXVILLE OFFICE	$397K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2010-09-15	Department of Defense	ER-1586(B) TENNESSEE	$314K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2024-02-28	Department of the Interior	RAPID, LOW-COST, FIELD-DEPLOYABLE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR VIRAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN ANIMALS	$266K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2012-09-20	Department of Agriculture	SESSION 4: ADVANCED SILVICULTURE TOPICS NATIONAL ADVANCED SILVICULTURE PROGRAM (NASP) 31 PARTICIPANTS FROM 3/27/2011 - 4/15/2011 NATIONAL ADVANCED SILVICULTURE PROGRAM (NASP) 2012 28 PARTICIPANTS FROM 3/18/2012 - 4/06/2012 RATIFICATION APPROVED BY GEORGE SEARSON 9/12/2012 PAPERWORK CAN BE FOUND IN FILE FOLDER FAR 52.204-10 INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE	$266K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2015-02-23	Department of Defense	IGF::OT::IGF ANALYSIS OF AAARS U433F60	$181K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2025-04-28	Department of Defense	ADMBA PROGRAM TUITION	$148K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2021-05-26	Department of Agriculture	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO: A. DE-OBLIGATE THE CONTRACT BY $.83 AND B. CLOSEOUT THIS CONTRACT PURSUANT TO FAR 4.804-1(A)1) "CLOSEOUT BY THE OFFICE ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACT" - FILES FOR CONTRACTS USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION	$135K	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE ORGANIZATIONS
2010-04-06	Department of Defense	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	$115K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2010-03-09	Department of Defense	ER-1741	$76K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2010-09-13	Department of Defense	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	$27K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2013-09-04	Department of the Interior	IGF::OT::IGF. MOIST-SOIL INVENTORY AND MONITORING AT TN NWR.	$27K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2009-01-16	Department of Defense	EXPERIMENTS USING SOPHISTOCATED	$26K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2018-08-07	Department of Agriculture	SRS/FIA TICK AND PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING FOR SRS FIA BY UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE	$25K	ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
2008-11-25	Department of Defense	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	$20K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2017-02-27	Department of Agriculture	IGF::CL::IGF CLOSELY ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS UT SRS FIA TICK AND PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING	$10K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2013-08-21	Department of Agriculture	IGF::OT::IGF NASP6 MODULE 4 SILVICULTURE TRAINING ORIGINAL REQUISITION WAS ACCIDENTALLY DELETED. THIS WAS SUBMITTED AS A RATIFICATION AND WAS APPROVED ON JULY 18, 2013 BY RONALD WESTER CHIEF OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICE	$9K	EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
2011-07-11	Department of the Interior	SAMPLE PROCESSING	$6K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2013-05-14	Department of Defense	NOVEL NON-THERMAL "COOL" PLASMA METHODS	$5K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2008-08-20	Department of the Interior	DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MONITORING PLAN FOR THE GOLEN-EWIGNED WARBLERES TO DOCUMENT POPULATION	$5K	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2018-04-10	Department of Agriculture	LABORATORY GENETIC ANALYSES TO EXAMINE FOR THE PRESENCE OF THREE PATHOGENS	$4K	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
2013-03-19	Environmental Protection Agency	12262HC067 INCORPORATING THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP) AND RELATED CONSERVATION PROGRAMS INTO DYNAMIC AGRICULTURAL-ECONOMETRIC MODELING IGF::OT::IGF	$0	ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES
2011-07-20	Department of Defense	CHANGING AWARD AMOUNT FOR PROJECT ER-2130, "ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSURFACE BIOREMEDIATION: FE-OXIDE BIOREDUCTIVE PROCESSES AND THE PROPENSITY FOR CONTAMINANT-COLLOID CO-TRANSPORT AND MEDIA STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN"	$0	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
2008-09-30	Department of Defense	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	$0	COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

1–25 of 27

1 / 2

Activity data: USAspending.gov

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — Contributions, Lobbying & Contracts | Poliscope