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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
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$187,9762025
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$187,4982024
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$187,4312025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$187,3832023
MARMARA UNIVERSITESINot stated$185,6082024
ASOCIACION URUGUAYA ORTNot stated$185,5872023
WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITYNot stated$185,2492023
DEAKIN UNIVERSITYNot stated$185,0082021
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGENot stated$184,8872022
FUNDACAO DE APOIO A UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULONot stated$184,4772022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$184,0462025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$183,8462025
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNot stated$183,4342023
CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUTNot stated$183,0542021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$182,9222023
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$182,2262025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$182,1862025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$182,0002022
POLITECNICO DI MILANONot stated$181,7142025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$181,0032025
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$180,5952025
DEAKIN UNIVERSITYNot stated$180,5772021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$180,1382022
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNot stated$180,0752023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$180,0032023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$180,0002024
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$180,0002019
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$180,0002019
FONDATION JEAN JACQUES LAFFONT TOULOUSE SCIENCES ECONOMIQUESNot stated$180,0002022
FONDATION JEAN JACQUES LAFFONT TOULOUSE SCIENCES ECONOMIQUESNot stated$180,0002022
INSTITUTO DE FISICA DE SAO CARLOSNot stated$180,0002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$180,0002020
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITETNot stated$180,0002019
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITETNot stated$180,0002024
SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$180,0002019
TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.Not stated$180,0002022
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIENNot stated$180,0002025
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVENNot stated$180,0002023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$180,0002020
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZANot stated$180,0002022
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONANot stated$180,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE VIZ ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNot stated$180,0002020
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCENot stated$180,0002020
UNIVERSITAT DER BUNDESWEHR MUNCHENNot stated$179,9982020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$179,9462023
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVANot stated$179,6972020
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITYNot stated$178,9812024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONNot stated$178,5842023
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPNot stated$178,4262023
INSTITUT MINES TELECOMNot stated$178,0532025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$178,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDNot stated$177,8482018
DEAKIN UNIVERSITYNot stated$177,7602023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$177,3242022
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELDNot stated$176,3162021
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$175,1902020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$175,1442026
CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONINot stated$175,0002023
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, EPFLNot stated$175,0002021
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCESNot stated$175,0002025
ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$175,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$175,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$175,0002023
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHNot stated$174,7342022
TALLINNA ULIKOOLNot stated$174,1822022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$174,0002025
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTANot stated$173,0442024
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$172,9842021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$172,5002025
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITYNot stated$172,0002022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$171,9952023
VIDYASIRIMEDHI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (VISTEC)Not stated$171,6002022
SOCIETY FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENTNot stated$170,7082021
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$170,5202025
FACULDADES CATOLICASNot stated$170,0002023
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$170,0002025
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITYNot stated$170,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$169,9912024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$169,7432023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$169,4762022
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNENot stated$169,1752023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$168,8502022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$168,2982025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$167,9612025
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$167,5002023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$167,0002023
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTONot stated$166,9662022
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)Not stated$166,6732025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$166,4682025
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPURNot stated$166,1882024
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$166,1502021
VIDYASIRIMEDHI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (VISTEC)Not stated$166,0002023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$165,9112025
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$165,0002019
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTNot stated$165,0002023
UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG ETABL. PUBLICNot stated$165,0002020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$164,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALESNot stated$163,3902020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$162,5072022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$161,8492023

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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