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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
BAYLOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$88,2642019
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIASNot stated$88,2522023
FACULDADES CATOLICASNot stated$88,2502025
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINESNot stated$88,1692023
INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION. HANYANG UNIVERSITYNot stated$88,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$88,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$87,8102019
FUNDACAO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA UNICAMP FUNCAMPNot stated$87,7102023
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$87,3752023
KOC UNIVERSITESINot stated$87,3232024
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$86,9502022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$86,7142025
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$86,3162024
JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$86,0002022
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$86,0002022
JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$85,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$85,0002021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$84,6582023
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$82,9992025
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$81,7522025
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILENot stated$81,3002022
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$81,2722025
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$80,8202023
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,8062023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$80,7902025
MONASH UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,3692025
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$80,3422025
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AKTIEBOLAGNot stated$80,0342025
TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0062022
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$80,0012026
HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$80,0002023
JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$80,0002022
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLANNot stated$80,0002025
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002021
NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002020
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002023
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002025
TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002022
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYANot stated$80,0002024
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIANot stated$80,0002022
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY MIRAE CAMPUSNot stated$80,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$80,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTENot stated$79,9042024
INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOESNot stated$79,8592023
LARSEN CONSULTING GROUP LLCNot stated$79,6662021
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNANot stated$79,2002020
UPPSALA UNIVERSITETNot stated$79,2002025
MONASH UNIVERSITYNot stated$78,9482021
FUNDACAO DE APOIO INST AO DESENV CIENT E TECNOLOGICONot stated$78,6502025
JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$78,0002022
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMANNot stated$77,9132021
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONNot stated$77,7652025
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$76,8232025
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$76,3952022
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICASNot stated$76,0152024
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOONot stated$75,8882024
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002021
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002022
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPURNot stated$75,0002024
INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION. HANYANG UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002022
LABAM24 CO., LTDNot stated$75,0002024
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$75,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$75,0002021
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$75,0002022
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002021
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN NASIONAL MALAYSIANot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNENot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$75,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$75,0002021
UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002022
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTERNot stated$74,9962022
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$74,9612022
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW COURTNot stated$74,3432021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$73,2142024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$72,5072021
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYNot stated$72,3172025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$71,4452021
MIAMI UNIVERSITYNot stated$71,2272024
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAMERINONot stated$70,3742023
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRONot stated$70,3172025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$70,0012025
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$70,0002022
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$70,0002023
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK, CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITYNot stated$70,0002022
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ANDRES BELLONot stated$70,0002022
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$69,9872023
FUNDACAO CASIMIRO MONTENEGRO FILHONot stated$69,9202025
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF CAMBODIANot stated$69,8002021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$69,4192024
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINASNot stated$69,0002025
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$68,9642024
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHILENot stated$68,0902025
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLANDNot stated$68,0002021

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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