Signals
A merged, date-sorted feed of what 25 funders and 8 peer institutes have been doing, with RTI’s own federal awards from USASpending.gov alongside them.
About this feed: what is in it and what the New mark means
Three kinds of item: recent RTI news and publications that mention a known funder (25 tracked), real federal award data from USASpending.gov ($14.7B across 3,914 contracts and grants since 2007, ground truth rather than a news mention), and recent events at 8 known competitor organizations, hand-seeded through web research.
This is a first-pass snapshot, not a live alert system: nothing here refreshes on its own or pushes notifications yet. Competitor data was seeded once; funder data is re-derived from RTI’s own ingested news and publications whenever those are refreshed.
The New mark (1 below) is deliberately narrow. It marks items from the last 14 days that are also higher priority: competitor contract awards and program launches, plus all tracked funder mentions. Routine competitor publications and market signals never get it, even when recent.
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The feed
98 items, newest first
- FunderNew2026-09-04
National Science Foundation
RTI International supports development of Alabama S&T Plan update (opens in a new tab)
Economic Development, Innovation Economics, Economics and Financing
- Funder2026-08-26
Environmental Protection Agency
RTI International, CDM Smith to evaluate microplastic testing methods for drinking water (opens in a new tab)
Water, Environment, Environmental Sciences
- Funder2026-08-24
World Health Organization
Chuck Stevens named president of RTI Health Solutions (opens in a new tab)
Health, Public Health and Well-Being, Substance Use Research
- Funder2026-08-06
World Health Organization
U.S. News & World Report honors RTI International for supporting family caregiving (opens in a new tab)
Health, Public Health and Well-Being, Substance Use Research
- Competitor2026-08-03
Mathematica
Mathematica publishes new case study on public-policy evaluation work (opens in a new tab)
Economics & Innovation
- Funder2026-07-23
Department of Energy
RTI International congratulates DOE and research teams advancing the Genesis Mission (opens in a new tab)
Energy Research, Energy Technology and Renewables, RTI Center for Climate Solutions
- Funder2026-07-22
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Large-scale study finds 61% of US adults with a mental health disorder received treatment; 34% received minimally adequate care (opens in a new tab)
Behavioral Health Research, Public Health and Well-Being, Health
- Competitor2026-07-16
Westat
Westat receives $17.0M contract award from Department of Health and Human Services (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Funder2026-07-14
National Institute of Justice
RTI International and Othram awarded NIJ funding for major study of forensic genetic genealogy across ancestral populations (opens in a new tab)
Justice Research and Policy, Crime and Corrections, Investigations and Forensic Science
- Funder2026-07-07
World Health Organization
Youth tobacco use continues to decline: RTI publishes results of the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey in partnership with FDA (opens in a new tab)
Health, Public Health and Well-Being, Substance Use Research
- Funder2026-07-07
Food and Drug Administration
Youth tobacco use continues to decline: RTI publishes results of the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey in partnership with FDA (opens in a new tab)
Health, Public Health and Well-Being, E-cigarette Research
- Competitor2026-07
Westat
Westat wins HHS ACF OPRE Evidence Capacity Support contract ($4.6M, 5 years) (opens in a new tab)
Health, Economics & Innovation
- Competitor2026-06
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC presents at AcademyHealth 2026 on AI and the transformation of health care (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Funder2026-05-28
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RTI statistician Matt Williams receives Links Lecture Award from American Statistical Association (opens in a new tab)
Water Management, Environmental Sciences, RTI Center for Water Resources
- Funder2026-05-22
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ebola official government surveillance and response system activated in DRC by RTI International (opens in a new tab)
Health, Public Health and Well-Being, COVID-19 Research + Response
- Funder2026-04-27
National Institutes of Health
RTI experts contribute to national trial on symptom-based dosing for newborn infants with opioid withdrawal (opens in a new tab)
Public Health and Well-Being, Health, Behavioral Health Research
- Funder2026-04-22
National Institutes of Health
New RTI study: More Medicaid patients received opioid use disorder treatment medications in US (opens in a new tab)
Public Health and Well-Being, Health, Behavioral Health Research
- Funder2026-04-02
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress and RTI support agricultural development project to promote U.S. technologies in Ethiopia (opens in a new tab)
Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity, Food and Nutrition, Food Safety
- Funder2026-03-31
Department of Education
Test-optional admissions policies show mixed links to graduation rates, new study finds (opens in a new tab)
Education Research Methodologies, RTI Center for Education Services, Education Policy, Systems, and Governance
- Funder2026-03-30
Department of Agriculture
Study identifies opportunities to expand agricultural manufacturing and processing in North Carolina (opens in a new tab)
Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity, Food and Nutrition, Food Safety