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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 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$764,1082022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$763,9722018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$763,6462017
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$763,2802023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$763,1702020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$763,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$762,9552018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$762,5712019
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$762,3342020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$762,2732017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$761,9892016
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$760,9382020
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$760,1662025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$760,1212022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$759,9272022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$758,2422023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$758,0952023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$758,0862015
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$757,6672018
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$757,4062019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$757,1662019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$757,1652021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$757,0322016
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$756,9182021
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$756,4292018
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$756,1412019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$755,9472016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$755,6932023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$755,5952024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$755,3822021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$755,1732022
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$754,9702024
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$754,7152023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$754,4862022
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$754,1122022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$753,9922024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$753,6822024
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$753,5342021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$753,4882021
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$753,4482024
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$753,0442022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$753,0172024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$752,3632023
CARBON MAPPER, INC.Not stated$751,9662023
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$751,8902020
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$751,6642023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$751,1992018
REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMSNot stated$751,1462023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$750,8242018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$750,6132019
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$750,4872025
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$750,4582018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$750,2862017
AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INCNot stated$750,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$750,0002025
RHEA SPACE ACTIVITY, INC.Not stated$750,0002023
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$750,0002023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$750,0002025
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$750,0002021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002025
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$750,0002025
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$750,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$750,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICONot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$750,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$749,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$749,9982025
INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INCNot stated$749,9942024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,9922025
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$749,9452024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$749,9282017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$749,9032020
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$749,8772015
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$749,8732023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$749,8392022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,7232021
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$749,6962017
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$749,6842024
TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,6692023
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$749,6402021
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYNot stated$749,6282024
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$749,5852023
ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTERNot stated$749,5822019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$749,5762021
GINER, INC.Not stated$749,4642023
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$749,4362021
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$749,3952020
YALE UNIVNot stated$749,3252017
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$749,2172017
PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INCORPORATEDNot stated$749,1902020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$749,1362021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$749,0612024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$749,0562021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$748,9272024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$748,8942016
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$748,7602020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$748,5032021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$748,3762019

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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