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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 MIAMINot stated$899,0662023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$899,0632018
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$898,3602021
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$896,6722020
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$895,1422023
STRONG EO IMAGING, INC.Not stated$894,8402019
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$894,7662021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$894,7242019
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTERNot stated$893,0082019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$888,3582020
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$887,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$886,5062021
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$882,2742018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$882,1902024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$882,0482018
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$880,0002021
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$879,5132021
UNIVERSITAET ZU LUEBECKNot stated$878,9212022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$878,6602023
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$878,1522019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$877,1122019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$875,0002022
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTONot stated$875,0002024
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$875,0002020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$875,0002023
UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURGNot stated$875,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$874,0602023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$873,7852021
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$873,6732024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$873,3422021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$871,9822020
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$871,7922021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$871,1292021
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$870,2572020
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$870,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$863,7902018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$861,9992019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$859,9942019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$858,6072024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$857,8802020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$857,5852021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$857,3712020
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$855,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$855,0002019
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$854,8162022
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$853,7682020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$853,4912020
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$852,6142018
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIANot stated$852,6092017
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITYNot stated$850,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$850,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$850,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$850,0002021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$850,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$849,9922019
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$846,8762024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$844,8932023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$844,5032022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$842,5712023
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$840,7382022
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$840,4742020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$840,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$840,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$839,5622023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$838,9512023
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$838,7312020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$838,1622025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$836,3962019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$836,3082018
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$835,9732023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$835,4222020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$830,8792017
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$829,3732024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$826,8772025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$826,2252023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$825,0002020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$821,3622019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$819,3832020
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$819,3002020
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$814,4742025
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$813,8772020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$813,7502026
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$813,5112022
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$813,1402023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$811,4882022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$810,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOONot stated$808,6142023
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$808,5552020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$807,3402024
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$805,6992018
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$804,9942022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$804,6682024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$804,0002022
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERNot stated$803,1652021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$801,4102021
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$801,3802023
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$800,3052023
DILLARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$800,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$800,0002019
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$800,0002019

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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