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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
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$3,481,1632015
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,479,3702018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$3,475,6092024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,473,1042023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$3,457,3302016
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$3,443,4882015
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,431,1452023
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$3,420,2242020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$3,410,5012021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$3,410,2002023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$3,397,1162018
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$3,390,0662015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,350,2522023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$3,338,9552020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$3,328,8412020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$3,321,1382019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$3,303,5272025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,287,8102017
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$3,284,6612020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,278,8852021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$3,274,2622017
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$3,271,5812022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$3,264,7962015
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$3,260,3542021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$3,259,6572024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,255,8042019
FOUNDATION FOR EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS, INCNot stated$3,233,6062021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,229,6302024
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$3,226,0022022
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$3,205,5452018
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGENot stated$3,194,7492016
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,189,5682021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$3,180,7922022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$3,175,2572018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,175,0612023
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$3,170,4862024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$3,167,4112016
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$3,158,2942020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$3,150,7722021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,127,8622016
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$3,104,7182018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$3,097,9542023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,092,1912021
CHALLENGER CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATIONNot stated$3,085,5512022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$3,073,0892025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$3,070,2582019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$3,061,9572017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$3,053,9282017
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,047,2112020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$3,041,1722025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$3,036,9342019
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$3,033,7982023
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,023,4192017
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$3,010,7082018
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$3,004,5222019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$2,999,7112020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$2,996,9222022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$2,993,4672019
RAYTHEON COMPANYNot stated$2,978,3372018
ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND COMPETITION FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$2,978,1792019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$2,974,0102020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$2,971,5012024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$2,954,3062022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$2,938,3162023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,930,9022014
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$2,923,3822021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$2,919,8552023
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,918,1012021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$2,917,5612018
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$2,916,3872022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$2,906,9302022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$2,891,9532021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$2,876,5462021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,869,1992024
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$2,848,6152021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$2,845,7732023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$2,825,6722023
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$2,816,9922015
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$2,814,6482022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$2,795,4712021
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$2,793,4442021
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,788,1402024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$2,779,1532022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$2,777,8132024
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$2,767,6682021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,754,6052023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,747,3122020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$2,744,3582019
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$2,740,9472021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,736,2972019
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$2,729,4042024
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$2,725,0862019
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,720,5352015
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$2,719,1542024
THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDNot stated$2,714,1442015
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$2,711,6222015
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$2,708,6172015
MAINE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUMNot stated$2,698,7652015
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$2,695,8962019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$2,686,5022018

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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