Federal AI Contracts

Grant · 60NANB26D053

NIST AI grant to University of Washington (60NANB26D053)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) awarded a grant with University of Washington on 10 Sep 2026 for: Purpose: the university of washington (uw) will deploy the husky secure computing data & infrastructure project to build a secure, integrated computing and data platform for advanced artificial intelligence (AI)… $10M obligated.

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Obligated
$10M 1
Signed
10 Sep 2026 1
Runs to
30 Sep 2028 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 4 of 11 Commerce awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 11% of the agency's $94.5M.
  • University of Washington holds 2 awards here, $51.1M obligated in total.
  • Period of performance: 24 months, one of 101 AI awards signed in FY2026.

Award record

Source per value
Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
60NANB26D0531
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2026-09-101
Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
FY20261
AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
Department of Commerce1
Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.
National Institute of Standards and Technology1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
University of Washington1
Parent companyThe recipient's parent entity in SAM.gov, when it differs from the recipient.
University of Washington Board of Regents1
Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.
Grant1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$10,000,0001
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2026-10-011
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2028-09-301
Assistance listingAssistance Listing (CFDA) program number and title for grants and cooperative agreements.
11.617: Congressionally-Identified Projects1
Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
PURPOSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (UW) WILL DEPLOY THE HUSKY SECURE COMPUTING DATA & INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO BUILD A SECURE, INTEGRATED COMPUTING AND DATA PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE PLATFORM WILL COMBINE HETEROGENEOUS HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING GPU-ACCELERATED SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE AI TRAINING AND INFERENCE AND CPU-RICH SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATION, DATA…1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award 60NANB26D053 accessed 2026-11-11

Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.

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