Search icon

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Company Details

Name: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Jurisdiction: New York
Legal type: DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
Status: Active
Date of registration: 24 Apr 1863 (162 years ago)
Entity Number: 26620
ZIP code: 10017
County: New York
Place of Formation: New York
Address: 8TH FLOOR, 3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA, NEW YORK, NY, United States, 10017

DOS Process Agent

Name Role Address
THE CORPORATION DOS Process Agent 8TH FLOOR, 3 DAG HAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA, NEW YORK, NY, United States, 10017

Unique Entity ID

A UEI is a government-provided number, like a tax ID number, that’s used to identify businesses eligible for federal grants, awards and contracts.

Note: In April 2022, the federal government replaced its old identifier of choice, the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, with a government-issued UEI. Now all the federal government’s Integrated Award Environment systems use UEI numbers instead of DUNS numbers. So any entity doing business with the federal government must register for a UEI.

Unique Entity ID:
JA17A756E3E1
CAGE Code:
4B7J1
UEI Expiration Date:
2024-10-05

Business Information

Activation Date:
2023-10-06
Initial Registration Date:
2005-03-03

Commercial and government entity program

The The Commercial And Government Entity Code (CAGE) is assigned by the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and represents your company's physical address for GSA's mailings, payments, and administrative records.

Note: A CAGE Code enables a company to contract with the U.S. government, allowing bid on government contracts and to receive government payments. Also for business this means that it's a Verified business entity and Has a validated physical address.

CAGE number:
4B7J1
Status:
Active
Type:
Non-Manufacturer
CAGE Update Date:
2024-08-13
CAGE Expiration:
2029-08-13
SAM Expiration:
2025-08-12

Contact Information

POC:
ZAHER DAWY
Phone:
+1 212-583-7600
Fax:
+1 212-583-7650

History

Start date End date Type Value
1973-08-22 2003-11-24 Address 305 E. 45TH ST., NEW YORK, NY, 10017, USA (Type of address: Service of Process)

Filings

Filing Number Date Filed Type Effective Date
031124000775 2003-11-24 CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE 2003-11-24
A94103-3 1973-08-22 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT 1973-08-22
19838 1956-05-25 CERTIFICATE OF ANNULMENT OF DISSOLUTION AND REINSTATEMENT OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE 1956-05-25
18557 1956-05-16 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT 1956-05-16
DP-652 1952-10-15 DISSOLUTION BY PROCLAMATION 1952-10-15

USAspending Awards / Contracts

Procurement Instrument Identifier:
140E0124C0004
Award Or Idv Flag:
AWARD
Award Type:
DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of the Interior
Performance Start Date:
2024-09-09
Total Dollars Obligated:
684279.13
Current Total Value Of Award:
684279.13
Potential Total Value Of Award:
684279.13
Description:
ECT SENSOR ADVANCEMENT
Naics Code:
611310: COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Product Or Service Code:
AH42: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT R&D SERVICES; POLLUTION CONTROL AND ABATEMENT; APPLIED RESEARCH
Procurement Instrument Identifier:
75D30121C12132
Award Or Idv Flag:
AWARD
Award Type:
DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Health and Human Services
Performance Start Date:
2021-09-01
Total Dollars Obligated:
375888.00
Current Total Value Of Award:
375888.00
Potential Total Value Of Award:
375888.00
Description:
FY 21 BAA TOPIC 4.3 - CAMPINAS
Naics Code:
541715: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Product Or Service Code:
AJ12: GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH
Procurement Instrument Identifier:
140E0120C0007
Award Or Idv Flag:
AWARD
Award Type:
DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of the Interior
Performance Start Date:
2020-09-23
Total Dollars Obligated:
386627.11
Current Total Value Of Award:
386627.11
Potential Total Value Of Award:
386627.11
Description:
BAA REMOTE SENSING FOR ARTIC ENVIRONMENT
Naics Code:
541715: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Product Or Service Code:
AG62: R&D- ENERGY: PETROLEUM (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT)

USAspending Awards / Financial Assistance

Date:
2022-09-12
Awarding Agency Name:
Agency for International Development
Transaction Description:
HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PHASE 2, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Obligated Amount:
48161714.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2022-09-14
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of State
Transaction Description:
TO PROVIDE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MENA STUDENTS.
Obligated Amount:
2000000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2022-08-10
Awarding Agency Name:
National Science Foundation
Transaction Description:
SPACE-TIME QUANTIZATION AND DARK MATTER -THIS AWARD FUNDS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR ALI CHAMSEDDINE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT. THEORETICAL ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATURE AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. THIS IS DONE BY SEARCHING FOR AND BUILDING THEORETICAL MODELS WHICH GO BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AND WHICH COULD BE TESTED BY EXPERIMENTS OR WHICH SATISFY STRINGENT MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS. THIS FORCES RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD TO EXPLORE THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INVENT NEW METHODS FOR THEIR ANALYSIS OF SUCH THEORIES. THUS, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ADVANCES THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DIRECTIONS REQUIRING HUMAN INGENUITY: FINDING THE PHYSICAL LAWS THAT GOVERN THE UNIVERSE AND ITS MATTER CONSTITUENTS RANGING FROM COSMIC TO SUBATOMIC SCALES. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL INVENT NEW MATHEMATICS TO REACH THIS SCIENTIFIC GOAL. IN PARTICULAR, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW GEOMETRY THAT DESCRIBES THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME AND HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY NATURE BEHAVES IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS OBSERVED. PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL ALSO STUDY A MODIFIED MODEL OF EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY WHICH EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF DARK MATTER AND HELPS TO SOLVE SOME LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS SUCH AS REMOVING SINGULARITIES IN COSMOLOGICAL MODELS AT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE AND FOR BLACK HOLES. THIS WORK WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT BROADER IMPACT. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS GRANT WILL THEREFORE HELP TO SUSTAIN A WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING CONSISTENT NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRIC MODELS AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL. ONE IMPORTANT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY QUANTA OF GEOMETRY THAT COULD BE USED AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER TO CONSTRUCT FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLDS AND THEIR NONCOMMUTATIVE EXTENSION. IN ADDITION, THE WORK OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE ON THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MIMETIC GRAVITY WILL BE APPLIED TO SOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN COSMOLOGY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
Obligated Amount:
30000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2022-07-15
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of State
Transaction Description:
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION.
Obligated Amount:
3800000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2022-05-30
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Health and Human Services
Transaction Description:
1/2 - THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION (GEOHEALTH-MENA) - LEBANON - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) REGION, ESPECIALLY ITS LMIC COUNTRIES, FACES A MYRIAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (EOH) CHALLENGES IN A CONTEXT OF DYNAMIC POLITICAL CHANGES, MULTIPLE CONCURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISES, WEAK REGULATIONS, AND LIMITED INVESTMENT IN EOH RESEARCH AND RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) IN LEBANON (U01 APPLICATION) IS PARTNERING WITH YALE UNIVERSITY (U2R APPLICATION) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN THE US TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MENA REGION (GEOHEALTH MENA), WHERE AUB SERVES AS THE HUB INSTITUTION AND ONE UNIVERSITY IN EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN WILL SERVE AS SPOKE INSTITUTIONS. THE AIM OF GEOHEALTH MENA IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN EOH RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, AT AUB, SISTER INSTITUTIONS, AND RELEVANT NGOS IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION. THE FOCUS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL BE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDE AMONG REFUGEE POPULATIONS. THE MENA REGION HOSTS MORE THAN 50% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES. THE U01 APPLICATION PROPOSES TO EVALUATE THE PATHWAYS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION OF SUCH EXPOSURE WITH NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES, AND EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN THIS ASSOCIATION. FINDINGS WILL INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM AT AUB WILL BUILD ON A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF STUDYING REFUGEE AND MIGRANT POPULATIONS AND TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO POLICY. YALE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE AUB TEAM IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROBEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE. THE U2R WILL PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED APPLICANTS (ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT, LEBANON, AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE A PHD IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AT AUB’S FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FHS) FOCUSING ON EOH ISSUES. THE U2R WILL ALSO PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED MDS (TWO FROM LEBANON AND ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE AN MPH AT AUB’S FHS AND A FELLOWSHIP IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AT AUB’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE. THE 7 TRAINEES WILL SPEND 3 MONTHS (MD/MPH) OR 6 MONTHS (PHD) DURING THEIR STUDY PERIOD AT YALE AND IOWA FOR ADVANCED AND RELEVANT RESEARCH TRAINING AND TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AGS&H). ADDITIONALLY, THE U01/U2R APPLICATIONS WILL OFFER SHORT-TERM RESEARCH AND AGS&H TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY.
Obligated Amount:
1445250.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00

Tax Exempt

Employer Identification Number (EIN) :
13-5596846
In Care Of Name:
% ADA PORTER
Classification:
Educational Organization, Local Association of Employees, Horticultural Organization, Business League, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Govt. Emps.), Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Co., Cemetery Company, Other Mutual Corp. or Assoc.
Ruling Date:
1947-12
Deductibility:
Type of organization and use of contribution: A public charity. Deductibility Limitation: 50% (60% for cash contributions)

Court Cases

Court Case Summary

Filing Date:
2020-05-27
Status:
Terminated
Nature Of Judgment:
no monetary award
Jury Demand:
Neither plaintiff nor defendant demands jury
Nature Of Suit:
Other Civil Rights

Parties

Party Name:
BIBLIOTECHNICAL ATHENAEUM
Party Role:
Plaintiff
Party Name:
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Party Role:
Defendant

Court Case Summary

Filing Date:
2014-08-25
Status:
Terminated
Nature Of Judgment:
no monetary award
Jury Demand:
Neither plaintiff nor defendant demands jury
Nature Of Suit:
False Claims Act

Parties

Party Name:
UNITED STATES OF AMERIC,
Party Role:
Plaintiff
Party Name:
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
Party Role:
Defendant

Date of last update: 19 Mar 2025

Sources: New York Secretary of State