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Opportunities linked
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Records in this library attributed to this funder.

Recorded awards (total)
$8,967,844,024

Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.

Median recorded award
$299,842

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 770 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

  • 43.001$8,493,892,98011830 awards
  • 43.012$473,951,044966 awards

Where the recipients are

The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.

  • MD $1,423,206,249
  • CA $1,298,479,882
  • CO $654,326,435
  • TX $580,580,714
  • MA $517,093,336
  • AZ $487,042,939
  • AL $426,570,940
  • VA $399,854,795
  • NY $330,507,829
  • DC $306,907,364
  • FL $268,347,242
  • MI $179,552,751
  • PA $164,677,729
  • WA $163,044,853
  • IL $160,145,449
  • HI $154,025,690
  • GA $127,787,292
  • NH $104,222,853
  • MO $100,111,020
  • WI $88,399,276

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 6222
  • 25k-100k 2239
  • 500k-2m 3310
  • over-2m 523
  • under-25k 502

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.

  • FY2009 $127,431,525 (1)
  • FY2011 $467,369,821 (5)
  • FY2012 $189,292,181 (6)
  • FY2013 $141,987,354 (17)
  • FY2014 $39,229,176 (21)
  • FY2015 $236,865,308 (124)
  • FY2016 $486,330,804 (230)
  • FY2017 $748,565,573 (509)
  • FY2018 $559,070,976 (779)
  • FY2019 $671,237,737 (1097)
  • FY2020 $710,323,303 (1487)
  • FY2021 $1,063,219,069 (1736)
  • FY2022 $1,244,640,213 (1770)
  • FY2023 $762,410,859 (1545)
  • FY2024 $957,195,974 (1857)
  • FY2025 $513,785,499 (1434)
  • FY2026 $33,347,848 (127)

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

12796 awards on file, largest first, ranging $-1,338 to $243,555,196.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$437,3052023
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$437,2492020
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONNot stated$437,1622018
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.Not stated$437,0662017
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDONot stated$437,0552023
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$436,9412023
SWARTHMORE COLLEGENot stated$436,9022018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$436,8732020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$436,8382024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$436,8372018
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$436,7552021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$436,5472020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$436,4512024
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$436,1922021
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,9462025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$435,8802018
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,8182021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$435,7922017
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,7662024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$435,7472021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,7092024
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$435,7022022
INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, INC.Not stated$435,4862022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$435,4712017
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,4692016
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$435,3672021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$435,3142019
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$435,2912024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$435,2542023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$435,2032023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$435,0722021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$435,0002024
WELLESLEY COLLEGENot stated$434,9732019
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$434,9372019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$434,8192021
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$434,6992020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$434,5862020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$434,5252025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$433,8122020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$433,7032023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$433,5822022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$433,5522023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$433,4812025
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$433,4762022
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$433,4702019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$433,4242022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$433,3472024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$433,3452019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$433,2292020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$433,0362020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$432,9122025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$432,9002022
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$432,6012025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$432,1182019
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$432,0212017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$431,8632015
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,8232018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$431,6832024
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,6542021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,5492017
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$431,4542022
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,4182017
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,2662017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$431,1772026
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$431,1442018
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$431,0662018
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,0292025
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,0122018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$430,8962015
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$430,6412019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$430,5252019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$430,3182021
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$430,2542025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$430,2462025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$430,1992024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$430,1482019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$430,0632018
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$429,8642019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$429,7592022
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONNot stated$429,5442021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$429,1442024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$429,0732018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$429,0392024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$429,0142021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$428,9172019
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$428,7652018
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$428,7152018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$428,3952024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$428,2552019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$428,2242022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$428,2222020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$428,1622023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$427,8112018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$427,8072018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$427,6352019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$427,5542020
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITYNot stated$427,5382016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$427,5192019
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$427,4412021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$427,2782018

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.

What this funder funds

Derived from how this funder's 21 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.

  • Science, Technology, Research & Development21

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 file12796
Distinct recipients726
Median award$299,844

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 17, 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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