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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
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$450,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$450,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYNot stated$450,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$450,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$450,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$450,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$450,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$450,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$450,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$450,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$450,0002021
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002020
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$450,0002021
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,0002022
YALE UNIVNot stated$450,0002022
YALE UNIVNot stated$450,0002024
YALE UNIVNot stated$450,0002024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,9992020
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9992020
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,9992019
TECHNOLOGIES KI3 PHOTONIQUES INCNot stated$449,9992022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$449,9992022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$449,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$449,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$449,9992022
YALE UNIVNot stated$449,9992024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,9982019
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$449,9982022
YALE UNIVNot stated$449,9982024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9972023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$449,9972022
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$449,9972024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$449,9972023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$449,9972023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$449,9972020
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9962024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$449,9962023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,9962020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,9962021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9952023
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9952019
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9952021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9952020
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9932020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9922022
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,9862021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$449,9802022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$449,9752020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,9752023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$449,9722024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$449,9712023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$449,9712023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$449,9502021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$449,9502020
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDENot stated$449,9352023
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$449,9122022
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$449,8912023
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8832020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,8702023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$449,8622021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8562023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$449,8552018
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8542022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$449,8412022
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYNot stated$449,8372023
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8142021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$449,8062023
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$449,8062024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,8042024
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,8022024
YALE UNIVNot stated$449,7842024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$449,7832023
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$449,7782020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,7212020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$449,7052022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$449,6772023
ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLCNot stated$449,6652022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$449,6322023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$449,6162019
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,5772023
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$449,5372021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,5292019
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$449,4992024
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNot stated$449,4762025
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,4482023
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,3872024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$449,2632020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$449,2292023
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,2252024
LUNDS UNIVERSITETNot stated$449,2102022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$449,1652020
EMORY UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,1412020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$449,1152023
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,0662018
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$449,0462022

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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