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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
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$339,4552021
VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICSNot stated$338,2662020
DEAKIN UNIVERSITYNot stated$338,2042023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$337,8002023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$337,6922022
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$337,3812023
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$337,1922023
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$335,7342019
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLENot stated$334,9402024
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$334,0772022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$333,5832025
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$332,3372025
FLINDERS UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,3282019
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$331,2182021
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$330,1972019
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$330,0962023
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$330,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$330,0002022
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$329,2712020
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$328,9262023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,6542023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$328,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$328,0002024
EMORY UNIVERSITYNot stated$327,1402023
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$326,4152020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$326,1002025
UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNENot stated$325,3562024
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$325,0212019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$325,0002021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$325,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$325,0002023
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILENot stated$324,9702018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$324,7742019
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHNot stated$324,5202020
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$324,0742022
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$323,9732025
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$323,7662020
OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTENot stated$322,0852009
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$322,0262022
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY MIRAE CAMPUSNot stated$322,0002024
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$321,3562022
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$321,2372022
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$320,8982023
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$320,4372025
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$320,3462020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$320,0812023
VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICSNot stated$320,0592023
TOBB EKONOMI VE TEKNOLOJI UNIVERSITESINot stated$320,0002019
AARHUS UNIVERSITETNot stated$319,9442023
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE - CNRNot stated$319,5422022
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$318,6092020
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$317,4782025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$317,3002021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$316,7572022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$316,7052023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$315,2272023
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, EPFLNot stated$315,0002020
MCMASTER UNIVERSITYNot stated$315,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$315,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$314,9232023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$314,0042023
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$313,9712023
UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICANot stated$313,2902021
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITYNot stated$313,2742024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$312,5342022
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI ROMA 3Not stated$312,2012020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$311,6152021
MONASH UNIVERSITYNot stated$311,5042023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$310,9462023
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINASNot stated$310,8802021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$310,7902025
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$310,7712023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$310,4822023
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLINNot stated$310,2862019
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$310,0002020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$309,4612023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$309,1182025
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$308,9012023
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS MOY800 CENTRE LIMOUSIN POITOU CHARENTENot stated$308,6882025
NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$308,2542023
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINENot stated$307,8442025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$307,4372025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$307,0372023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$306,3292018
ENERGY AND PHOTONICS CONSULTING, INCNot stated$306,1902025
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$305,6272021
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$305,0192023
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$305,0002020
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTNot stated$304,8702017
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$304,5802021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$304,3552023
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTNot stated$304,0272022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$303,8132024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$303,0832021
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITYNot stated$303,0772022
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$302,9342025
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORENot stated$302,2802018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$301,5212022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$301,4592021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$301,0272021

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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