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Opportunities linked
21

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
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$544,7562024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$544,6642021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$544,6502025
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$544,4812018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$544,3722015
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$544,3552024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$544,3062019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$544,2072018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$544,0872023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$544,0582024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$543,9552018
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$543,9422021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$543,7722022
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$543,7062023
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$543,6822025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$543,3232022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$543,2572022
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$543,2562025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$543,2222021
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$543,1452016
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$542,9702022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$542,8672019
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$542,7822022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$542,7592019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$542,6932023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$542,4402016
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$542,1942017
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$542,1192019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$541,9212019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$541,9192023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$541,8262023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$541,6202020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$541,5362024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$541,4602021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$541,3862023
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$541,3202017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$541,3042021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$541,2532025
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$541,0782025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$541,0672019
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$541,0002018
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$540,8202020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$540,7532019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORENot stated$540,6572019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$540,6302023
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENNot stated$540,1542023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$540,0602020
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$540,0002024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$540,0002017
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$539,9982017
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$539,5642024
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$539,5452020
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$539,5032017
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$539,3992017
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$539,2172021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$539,1322023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$539,0402021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$538,8792025
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$538,7812020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$538,7362022
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$538,6602021
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$538,6542016
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$538,5492019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$538,5332022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$538,3462023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$538,2252022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$537,9492021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$537,9462020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$537,8872020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$537,7882017
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$537,6092018
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$537,6052019
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$537,4922020
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$537,4422021
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$537,2982019
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$537,1922025
CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INCNot stated$537,1702025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$536,8272019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$536,8222017
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$536,8192018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$536,7182020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$536,2202018
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYNot stated$536,1012022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$535,9252016
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$535,8922015
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$535,7222023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$535,6252021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$535,5202021
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$535,4402024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$535,4262020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$535,2282017
SPACE HAZARDS APPLICATIONS LLCNot stated$535,0722021
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,9822024
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,9802021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$534,8852017
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$534,8532016
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$534,7292017
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$534,6362022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,6132019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$534,4242023

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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