Who National Science Foundation funded
18,263 award records for National Science Foundation: recipients, amounts and fiscal years, with what the figures cover and what they do not.
We hold 18,263 award records for National Science Foundation. That is what we have connected, not what the funder has given: recipient history is a layer the catalogue is thin on, and the number below describes our coverage before it describes the funder.
What the records say
- Awards on record: 18,263
- Total across those awards: $11,471,374,758
- Distinct fiscal years covered: 16
The total is a sum over the awards we hold and nothing more. It is not the funder's giving for any year, and it should not be compared with the 990-PF figures on the profile, which come from a filing and cover everything the funder gave.
The awards
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. CIVILIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | Not stated | $136,862,066 | 1995 |
| INTERNAT HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAMM | Not stated | $115,625,377 | 2014 |
| EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC. | Not stated | $59,141,331 | 2026 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $48,897,079 | 2010 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | Not stated | $41,269,373 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $37,023,406 | 2025 |
| INTERNAT HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAMM | Not stated | $33,000,000 | 2025 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $31,200,000 | 2025 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $31,000,000 | 2024 |
| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | Not stated | $29,976,122 | 2025 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP | Not stated | $28,999,998 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $28,479,901 | 2025 |
Every empty cell reads Not stated rather than being left blank. A blank in a table is read as a zero, and an award whose recipient state the source did not publish is not an award in no state.
What this is good for, and what it is not
Past awards tell you what a funder has been willing to fund and at what size. They do not tell you what it will fund next, they are not a ranking, and a recipient appearing here is not an endorsement of anything.
They are also not a competitive signal. We publish no success rate and no estimate of how many applicants there were, because we hold neither.
What we cannot tell you
Whether this is all of it. Almost certainly not: 18,263 records is what our connected sources published, and the funder's own filings cover more. For federal award history, USAspending is free, has a documented API and is authoritative about the past in a way no listing service is.
What is open now from this funder is a different question, answered on National Science Foundation and in the forecasted opportunities we hold.
Sources
- GrantTrove funder profile - https://granttrove.com/funders/national-science-foundation - 2026-09-08
- GrantTrove award records for this funder, counted 2026-09-08T18:23:13Z
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