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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
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$425,0002025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$425,0002026
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$425,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$425,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$425,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE VIZ ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$425,0002024
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYNot stated$424,7762022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$424,4412021
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$424,0002019
OAKLAND UNIVERSITYNot stated$423,7982020
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$423,4602020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$422,8732022
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERNot stated$422,7602024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$422,6112022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$422,1022020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$422,0962022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$421,9102020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$421,9032024
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$421,4952023
CURTIN UNIVERSITYNot stated$421,3902024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$421,0802020
INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIA BIOMEDICANot stated$420,9852021
THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELDNot stated$420,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$420,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$419,9912018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$419,9342020
IHSAN DOGRAMACI BILKENT UNIVERSITESINot stated$419,8432021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$419,8392021
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$419,7042021
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$418,9732022
EIDG. TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (ETHZ)Not stated$418,9412022
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$418,4302025
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$417,2472019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$416,5312024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$416,4432019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$416,0012025
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$415,9122021
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$415,8082020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$415,4522024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$414,5802023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$413,6712022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$413,2442021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$413,2072023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$412,5002025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$412,4302023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$412,0652019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$410,6392023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$410,5162023
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$410,1702022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$410,0002023
ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESINot stated$410,0002020
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$409,8382023
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDONNot stated$409,0002020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$408,4172019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$408,1442022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$407,9802022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$407,7332020
FLINDERS UNIVERSITYNot stated$406,9922023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$406,8012025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$406,1652024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$406,0892025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$405,2112019
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$405,0002020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$405,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$405,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIANot stated$404,7452023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$404,6212022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$404,2582025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$403,1362023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$402,9712021
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWANot stated$402,8322023
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$401,5302020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$401,4322022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$401,1722023
YALE UNIVNot stated$400,9742022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,9242023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$400,0002025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$400,0002025
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002017
KINDAI UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$400,0002025
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$400,0002024
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$400,0002025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$400,0002021
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$400,0002025
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002025
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$400,0002025
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002025
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$400,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$400,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$400,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$400,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$400,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$400,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$399,9992023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$399,9992025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$399,9982025
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$399,9912023

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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