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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
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,453,9092019
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$1,452,2922023
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,452,0002022
RTX CORPORATIONNot stated$1,443,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$1,441,5382020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,440,0802023
TOPOS INSTITUTENot stated$1,423,2452023
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,420,0012023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,416,8882018
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,404,3292023
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,400,0002018
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,395,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,389,1412023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,389,1182021
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,386,7242023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,378,1722024
DE VISSER RESEARCH, LLCNot stated$1,374,5692025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$1,368,8192023
ULNot stated$1,363,2312019
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$1,357,0522023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,352,3362018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,350,1542022
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,350,0002019
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,349,8502020
DANSI ENGINEERING LTD.Not stated$1,338,2462020
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,334,1342019
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,329,9002024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,329,5912023
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,325,4562020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$1,317,9752023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,317,1992021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,316,9812019
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,313,3872020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$1,307,3552022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,303,6432022
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,302,6572021
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$1,302,0162020
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,300,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,300,0002018
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,298,4362024
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,292,2622021
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,289,9072019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,289,0852024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,287,4062024
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,287,3982021
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$1,284,6222023
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,282,6932020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$1,275,1102019
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,271,9572022
YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,267,5852018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,266,0002025
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,264,6452024
AIMDYN, INC.Not stated$1,262,9972022
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,254,0972018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,253,4202019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,250,8052022
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,250,0002016
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,250,0002019
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,250,0002022
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,250,0002023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,248,7042020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,247,2892018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,246,9382020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,245,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,240,7882018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,237,5742025
TOBB EKONOMI VE TEKNOLOJI UNIVERSITESINot stated$1,235,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$1,234,9882019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,233,9352023
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,233,5192023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,230,4782020
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, EPFLNot stated$1,227,1082019
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$1,227,0002018
THE GENEVA FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,225,1782017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,224,7922020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$1,222,0632023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$1,221,5172022
YALE UNIVNot stated$1,220,5642018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$1,220,0002020
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,216,0642023
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,207,0752022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$1,206,8562020
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$1,205,4682020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$1,202,2592022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$1,200,6512023
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,200,0002019
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,200,0002023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,200,0002022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,200,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,200,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$1,195,7282023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,193,4682019
THE GENEVA FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,188,7262020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$1,187,7612020
RTX CORPORATIONNot stated$1,187,0002016
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$1,185,2492022
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONNot stated$1,178,5112023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,168,7202020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,164,2492024
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,158,7242022

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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