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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$800,0002025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$800,0002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$800,0002020
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$800,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$800,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$800,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$800,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$800,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONNot stated$800,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$800,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$800,0002021
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$799,9012023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$799,7772023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$799,7762020
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$799,7372023
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCENot stated$799,5882022
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$798,4632024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$797,1372023
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNENot stated$796,6502023
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$796,6282022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$796,0322019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$795,8032020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$795,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$793,7502022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$793,7472021
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$792,0672023
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITYNot stated$790,9752019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$790,6672023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$790,3602019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$788,2802019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$786,7582023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$783,3312020
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE VIZ ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$780,5202018
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$780,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$779,9212018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$777,6672020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$776,4552020
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$775,3652020
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$775,3362018
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$775,1422018
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$775,0002020
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$774,4562022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$772,9362024
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$772,8742024
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$770,8972023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$770,6522022
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$770,0912024
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$770,0002018
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$770,0002018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$770,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$767,4002024
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$767,2692023
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$765,0002023
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$764,9432021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$764,1992020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$763,9072021
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$762,9572023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$760,0002023
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$757,0372023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$756,1372023
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$756,1132021
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$755,0002023
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$753,5012020
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTONot stated$751,9602022
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$751,0002022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$750,0012021
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002024
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002022
MONASH UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002021
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002025
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$750,0002017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$750,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$750,0002019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$750,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$750,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$750,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$750,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$750,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$750,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$750,0002025
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9982023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$749,9972020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9912023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$749,9742021
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$749,6622022
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$749,4762023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,0702023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$748,5702019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$748,3332022
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELNot stated$748,2722021
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGENot stated$748,1762019
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$747,5982023
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLINNot stated$747,5682024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$746,6742023
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$746,2582023
URBAN LOGIC, INC.Not stated$746,1872023

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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