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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
PURDUE APPLIED RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LLCNot stated$599,9852022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,9532021
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$599,8932022
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,8132018
RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$599,8032023
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,6142022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$599,5982022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,5912020
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,5662023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$599,5382021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,4532025
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$599,3742020
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLINNot stated$599,3302020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$599,3222023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,0572023
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTONot stated$598,8772020
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$598,8152021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$598,7592021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$598,6482022
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$598,0702019
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$597,8952025
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITYNot stated$597,7652024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$597,4722021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$596,7952022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$596,6912021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$595,1562018
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$595,1452022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$595,0372022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$592,1542022
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$591,0832022
JIRASEK TECHNOLOGY LLCNot stated$590,9612022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$590,6172023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$590,4422025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$590,3032019
YALE UNIVNot stated$590,2712024
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$589,7522022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$589,5442019
TOPOS INSTITUTENot stated$589,4362023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$589,4002020
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITNot stated$587,3922020
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$586,8252022
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$586,6642020
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$586,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$584,9402023
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$584,4322022
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$584,1862019
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$583,8672018
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITYNot stated$583,6442020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$583,3302023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$582,4362019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$582,0022022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$581,3272023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$580,1032025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$580,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$580,0002021
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$579,7602023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$579,4242019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$579,0942023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$578,6782023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$578,1582022
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$578,1552019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$577,7842020
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$577,5742020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$577,3832020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$576,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$575,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$575,0002021
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$574,6842024
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$574,5042021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$574,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$573,5272024
AQUINTAS LLCNot stated$573,4812023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$572,7002022
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$572,5582023
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$570,9692022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$570,3562019
FUND CIENCIA PARA LA VIDANot stated$570,0682020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$570,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$569,5832019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$569,0292023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$568,7702023
QUEENS UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTONNot stated$566,7752021
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$566,7292022
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGENot stated$566,6232019
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$565,7662020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$563,9602023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$562,6912019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$561,9512018
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$561,6862020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$560,5092024
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$560,1592023
JIRASEK TECHNOLOGY LLCNot stated$560,0002018
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$559,9992020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$559,9582019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$559,7132020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$559,4902025
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDSNot stated$559,1052021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$558,0552021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$557,5512022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$557,4312019

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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