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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
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$275,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLENot stated$275,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$275,0002025
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,9992025
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$274,9962025
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$274,9672021
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$274,9612020
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,8362024
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$274,7102018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$274,6692021
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$274,6492021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$274,6252017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$274,5372018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$274,5002018
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,4552020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$274,3992019
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$274,2982015
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$274,2162020
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,1672021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$274,1202024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$274,0352020
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$273,9992020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$273,9442021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$273,9142019
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$273,8142020
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$273,7922021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$273,5792022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$273,5502017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$273,4972018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$273,4142025
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$273,3442025
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$273,2952019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$273,2452021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$273,1472023
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$272,9672025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$272,9452025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$272,9042019
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$272,9002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$272,8192024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$272,8002022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$272,7992022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$272,7292022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$272,7192024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$272,6772019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$272,5802020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$272,5212022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$272,4722019
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$272,4092019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$272,2882023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$272,2832024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$272,2122020
YALE UNIVNot stated$272,2032022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$272,1962022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$272,0412022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$271,9202021
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCENot stated$271,8442019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$271,8332021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$271,8222021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$271,6872025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$271,4942022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$271,3912025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$271,3682022
SWARTHMORE COLLEGENot stated$271,2792025
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$271,2572021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$271,1732025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$271,1672021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$270,9752022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$270,7062025
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$270,6082017
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$270,4802022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$270,3192024
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$270,3012024
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$270,2602019
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$270,1492022
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$270,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$270,0002022
SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTNot stated$269,9602024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$269,9342022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$269,9192018
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$269,8522018
SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE, INC.Not stated$269,8082016
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$269,7542018
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$269,6822024
YALE UNIVNot stated$269,5722019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$269,5442018
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$269,3942021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$269,3572025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$269,3422021
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$269,0212020
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$268,9882017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$268,9332019
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$268,9322019
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$268,9052017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$268,9002022
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTENot stated$268,8312021
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$268,7342024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$268,7092021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$268,6162024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$268,5832022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$268,4422017

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 27, 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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