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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
LEHIGH UNIVERSITYNot stated$675,8342024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$675,4722021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$675,2092020
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$675,1252023
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$675,0002019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$675,0002019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$674,4882022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$674,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$674,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$673,4892022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$673,4602023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$673,3932022
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$673,3442018
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$673,0792023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$672,9392025
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$672,3442023
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLANDNot stated$672,2452023
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNot stated$672,0002024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$671,9042023
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$671,9012019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$671,6062019
SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$671,4652017
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGENNot stated$671,0062022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$670,5302024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$670,4552022
KC ENGINEERING, INC.Not stated$670,1622023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$669,1142020
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$667,7462025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$667,2592022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$664,9972017
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$664,2032022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$662,2402023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$660,7492022
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$660,0002025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$660,0002024
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$659,9982021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$657,4802021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$656,4422020
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$656,2962022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$656,1452020
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$655,9642019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$655,8092021
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$654,9962024
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$654,8612022
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$653,6882023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$653,6012019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$651,8232024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$651,3892023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$651,0092023
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$651,0002019
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$650,9122024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$650,7952023
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$650,0702020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$650,0002020
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$650,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$650,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$649,9712025
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$649,8972023
YALE UNIVNot stated$649,8832023
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$649,8092021
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$648,6902019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$647,5152020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$647,4522019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$646,7482020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$646,2922023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$645,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$644,9382023
THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGENot stated$643,1252019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$643,0502019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$642,9132019
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$642,8702025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$641,9272023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$640,0872020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$640,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$639,9862023
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$639,7992022
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$639,4832023
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$639,1532019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$637,7162020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$636,8962024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$636,3642023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$635,4692023
QUEENS UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTONNot stated$635,2652020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$635,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$634,8132023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$634,4762023
REICHMAN UNIVERSITY (CC)Not stated$634,1902021
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$634,0102019
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$633,7332023
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$633,5232019
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$632,5792025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$632,2942023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$632,2932023
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$632,0812018
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$631,4412022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$630,0002019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$629,8442024
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$629,8062022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$629,7632022
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$629,0002019

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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