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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
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$372,9932024
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKNot stated$371,9322022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$370,9112021
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$370,8812025
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$370,3362019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$369,9872022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$369,7112020
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLENot stated$369,5792024
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$369,1292023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$369,0982022
INSTITUT MINES TELECOMNot stated$369,0002022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$368,7952024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$368,6962025
YALE UNIVNot stated$368,4872022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$368,1412022
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURYNot stated$367,3262024
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$366,7942025
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$366,6362023
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$366,3402022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$365,9802022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$365,3772020
COMMISSARIAT A L' ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESNot stated$365,0002023
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$365,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$364,9642023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$364,0332023
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$363,3962019
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$363,0002019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$362,8112019
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$360,9862020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$360,5162025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$360,2952021
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$360,2482024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$360,1502023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$360,0792024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$360,0002022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$360,0002023
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$360,0002019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$360,0002024
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$360,0002022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$360,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$360,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICONot stated$360,0002024
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCENot stated$360,0002025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$359,9992024
KEIO UNIVERSITYNot stated$359,6872019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$359,6692021
THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFASTNot stated$359,6162022
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$359,1262023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$358,7622023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$358,2942023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$357,8682024
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$357,4612023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$356,2082024
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE VIZ ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$356,1762022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$356,0482019
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$355,9002024
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTNot stated$355,4572024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$355,0002022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$354,4872023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$354,3632021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$353,2482025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$352,6902025
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$351,6342022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$351,5632023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$350,0002019
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$350,0002023
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$350,0002022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$350,0002023
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$350,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$350,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$350,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$350,0002022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$349,9442024
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$349,9102024
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,5692022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$349,2922025
MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS, INC.Not stated$349,1822021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$348,9852025
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,9732024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$348,7502023
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$348,5542023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$345,2312018
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$345,0002020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$345,0002025
POLITECNICO DI MILANONot stated$344,9662024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$344,9282022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$344,6662023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$343,9792019
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$343,4702023
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPINot stated$342,8842020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$342,5882021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$342,5722025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$341,9002023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$341,4602025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$340,8362023
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIANot stated$340,8152023
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$340,6092020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$340,3842022
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$340,0002023
S4, LLCNot stated$339,6002022

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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