Air Force -- Research Lab
- Opportunities linked
- 10
- Recorded awards (total)
- $6,017,304,089
- Median recorded award
- $446,396
Records in this library attributed to this funder.
Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.
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.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | Not stated | $557,034 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | Not stated | $556,741 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH | Not stated | $556,061 | 2017 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $555,593 | 2021 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $555,105 | 2023 |
| WILDTRACK INC | Not stated | $555,072 | 2025 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP | Not stated | $554,717 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM | Not stated | $553,237 | 2022 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $553,192 | 2024 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $553,170 | 2023 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $553,100 | 2021 |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | Not stated | $552,815 | 2020 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $552,581 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $552,408 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | Not stated | $551,947 | 2021 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $551,860 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | Not stated | $550,118 | 2021 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $550,020 | 2021 |
| GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $550,000 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE | Not stated | $550,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $550,000 | 2025 |
| NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $549,998 | 2020 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $549,950 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE | Not stated | $549,941 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $549,876 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE | Not stated | $549,115 | 2019 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $548,000 | 2022 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $547,966 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $547,250 | 2021 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE | Not stated | $547,015 | 2022 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $545,229 | 2024 |
| DECKER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | Not stated | $544,809 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | Not stated | $544,809 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $544,022 | 2023 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $543,398 | 2023 |
| NUMERICAL MODELLING LTD | Not stated | $543,318 | 2023 |
| NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $543,196 | 2023 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $542,485 | 2023 |
| BVZ INC | Not stated | $542,003 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Not stated | $541,088 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $540,532 | 2023 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $540,007 | 2023 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2024 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| RIKEN | Not stated | $540,000 | 2020 |
| TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2022 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $540,000 | 2021 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $540,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2019 |
| WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $540,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED | Not stated | $539,978 | 2023 |
| OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE | Not stated | $539,791 | 2023 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $539,668 | 2021 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $539,380 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $539,338 | 2020 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $539,208 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $539,134 | 2019 |
| TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM | Not stated | $538,671 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $538,583 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $537,990 | 2023 |
| RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $537,113 | 2020 |
| CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $536,476 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | Not stated | $534,853 | 2021 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $534,124 | 2022 |
| NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | Not stated | $532,806 | 2021 |
| CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $531,798 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | Not stated | $530,680 | 2023 |
| MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $530,548 | 2019 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $530,000 | 2020 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $530,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA | Not stated | $530,000 | 2019 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $529,999 | 2018 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE | Not stated | $528,063 | 2024 |
| THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING | Not stated | $527,995 | 2019 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $527,797 | 2023 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $527,333 | 2023 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | Not stated | $526,444 | 2024 |
| SHUMWAY ENGINEERING RESEARCH LLC | Not stated | $525,938 | 2021 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $525,673 | 2021 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $525,000 | 2021 |
| THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Not stated | $525,000 | 2019 |
| THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Not stated | $525,000 | 2019 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $525,000 | 2019 |
| THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $525,000 | 2025 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $525,000 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS | Not stated | $524,986 | 2023 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $524,494 | 2020 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $523,971 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE | Not stated | $523,654 | 2021 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $523,581 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | Not stated | $522,046 | 2025 |
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.
- STARBASE Wright PattCloses Not statedChecked 2026-10-22
- CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical AreasCloses Sep 30, 2027Checked 2026-10-22
- CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical AreasCloses Sep 30, 2027Checked 2026-10-22
- FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMSCloses Dec 5, 2028Awards up to $99,900,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)Closes May 22, 2029Awards up to $24,900,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance InstrumentsCloses Jul 18, 2029Awards up to $49,000,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information RetrievalCloses Sep 9, 2029Awards up to $99,000,000Checked 2026-10-22
- Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)Closes May 10, 2043Checked 2026-10-22
- Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and SustainingCloses Aug 22, 2044Checked 2026-10-22
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.
Included with Studio
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