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Air Force -- Research Lab

Opportunities linked
10

Records in this library attributed to this funder.

Recorded awards (total)
$6,017,304,089

Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.

Median recorded award
$446,396

The midpoint of the awards we hold, not a cap and not a filing median.

Data year
Not stated

The most recent fiscal year among the awards we hold, as the source wrote it.

Why there is no giving history here

Award listings from USASpending are not connected yet. What is missing here is a feed on our side, not a document this funder has failed to publish - the listings are public and we have not connected them.

Derived from awards

Computed from the 727 recipients we hold an award to. This is where money we can see went, which is not the same as a statement of what this funder sets out to fund — and the gap between the two is widest where our coverage is thinnest.

Programmes, by money awarded

  • 12.800$6,017,304,0893863 awards

Where the recipients are

The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.

  • CA $1,038,695,265
  • NY $591,340,335
  • OH $261,828,452
  • MA $218,336,661
  • TX $187,528,175
  • FL $162,540,029
  • PA $154,710,166
  • CO $149,888,594
  • IL $135,056,472
  • MD $121,347,317
  • IN $97,124,636
  • CT $92,014,170
  • MI $84,671,385
  • GA $71,476,724
  • SC $67,816,479
  • MO $64,675,808
  • AZ $62,845,566
  • NM $49,587,537
  • NC $45,862,949
  • NJ $45,152,898

Award sizes

Fixed bands rather than this funder's own quantiles, so two funders can be compared. A per-funder split would make every distribution look the same shape.

  • 100k-500k 1975
  • 25k-100k 268
  • 500k-2m 1178
  • over-2m 302
  • under-25k 140

By fiscal year

A trend across the years we import, which is a bounded window. A year with no bar is a year outside it, not a year with no funding.

  • FY2004 $616,615 (1)
  • FY2007 $8,912,661 (1)
  • FY2009 $322,085 (1)
  • FY2011 $33,502,739 (2)
  • FY2012 $17,031,133 (3)
  • FY2013 $260,230,838 (6)
  • FY2014 $55,319,163 (9)
  • FY2015 $428,108,661 (18)
  • FY2016 $306,349,926 (22)
  • FY2017 $103,021,995 (43)
  • FY2018 $298,195,339 (140)
  • FY2019 $359,301,386 (279)
  • FY2020 $1,377,763,496 (401)
  • FY2021 $1,059,122,171 (493)
  • FY2022 $518,572,049 (617)
  • FY2023 $627,893,003 (884)
  • FY2024 $352,289,125 (456)
  • FY2025 $205,733,866 (470)
  • FY2026 $5,017,838 (17)

Giving history, from the awards we hold

No dated awards on file for this funder

This table takes one row per fiscal year, built from the awards we hold. We have connected none for this funder that state a year, so there is nothing to group. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the funder gave nothing.

Who has received money from this funder

3863 awards on file, largest first, ranging $0 to $688,099,542.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$460,1402021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$460,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$460,0002020
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$459,9982021
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$459,8942017
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$459,7902021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$459,6282023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$459,5002024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$459,4402021
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$459,3462020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$459,0522020
GROGGER MELANIENot stated$458,7772019
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITYNot stated$458,1602022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$458,0002019
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$457,9792023
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$457,2372025
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$457,0982024
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$457,0412025
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,8102023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$456,7042024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$456,5942022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,5812025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$456,4352021
UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA CCTNot stated$456,1072025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$455,9152018
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$455,8652020
EIDG. TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (ETHZ)Not stated$455,4002024
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,2222020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$455,0002021
YALE UNIVNot stated$454,6962020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$454,3002019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$454,1542022
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$454,0342023
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$453,8322023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$453,7752021
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNENot stated$453,7432022
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$453,4002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$453,0352023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$452,5782020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$452,1842021
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$451,8062022
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$451,6942020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$451,5792022
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$451,0062020
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$450,7922021
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESNot stated$450,7292016
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,7222022
LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHENNot stated$450,6152021
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$450,3352023
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$450,3192021
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$450,0022022
YALE UNIVNot stated$450,0022021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002023
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002020
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002023
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002021
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES, N.P.O.Not stated$450,0002023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$450,0002022
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$450,0002025
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002019
INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES (ICFO)Not stated$450,0002023
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$450,0002024
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002020
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$450,0002019
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$450,0002022
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$450,0002019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$450,0002022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002024
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$450,0002021
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$450,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$450,0002020

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.

What this funder funds

Derived from how this funder's 10 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.

  • Science, Technology, Research & Development10

Currently open opportunities

Verified against each record's own source. The date on every row is the day we last checked that record — not the day this page was built.

What this funder’s awards look like

Counted over the award rows we hold for this funder. These are statistics over published records, not a model’s reading of them, and not a prediction.

Awards on file3863
Distinct recipients690
Median award$446,396

Included with Studio

The counts and the median above stay free, because they are the evidence for everything else. Studio adds the breakdowns: which states the awards went to, what kind of organisation received them, and how the amounts are distributed.

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Where this came from

Source page
grants.gov
Retrieved
Oct 1, 2026
Data source
The funder's own published figures
Award listing
usaspending.gov

The portal page the recipient rows were read from.

Awards synced
2026-09-15

When the recipient rows were last confirmed against that listing.

The official page is authoritative. Agency and foundation pages change without notice, and the retrieval date above is the only claim we make about currency. Figures we have not connected are labelled as ours to connect, never as facts about the funder.

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