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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 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,199,9952022
INFLEQTION QUANTUM, LLCNot stated$1,199,9592023
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$1,199,9262020
DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLCNot stated$1,199,8732021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$1,199,5242024
CITY LABS, INC.Not stated$1,199,3222025
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,198,1292019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,196,2892016
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$1,195,8432023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$1,194,2092023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,193,0432024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,192,2952019
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$1,191,8982022
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,190,9812021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,189,2092021
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$1,188,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$1,187,6182024
DEPAUL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,186,3112022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$1,185,4012021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,184,9952019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$1,184,9952023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$1,184,9472025
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,184,2282018
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,182,7672021
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPNot stated$1,180,2652022
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,180,2472024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,177,2972023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,176,5212020
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$1,176,1102019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,174,6412020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,174,1212017
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,173,8872022
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$1,172,9112019
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,172,4812022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,171,6592024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,171,5842022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,170,3292022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,169,2252024
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$1,168,2042017
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,167,0532025
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,166,6192018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$1,166,0252021
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,165,4442021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$1,164,5252021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,161,7802022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,161,4602018
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,159,8412019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$1,159,6942017
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$1,158,0792020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$1,157,9982020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,156,2312024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,155,7222023
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$1,155,2582021
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,154,9242017
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTANot stated$1,152,9052019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$1,150,4892021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$1,150,3352018
YALE UNIVNot stated$1,149,1842020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,147,0292018
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,145,9642020
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,145,6732021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,145,1962018
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,144,9982016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,141,9932019
LYNKER CORPORATIONNot stated$1,141,7482023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,141,2272017
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,137,9652020
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$1,137,2792018
ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLCNot stated$1,136,5672021
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$1,136,4192019
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$1,135,6042020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,133,1422024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,132,7482016
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$1,130,3522020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,130,1272016
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,129,5612025
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$1,125,2952019
EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCHNot stated$1,124,3172017
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,124,1952020
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$1,124,1712025
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,123,9412020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$1,123,8492023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,122,8382020
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$1,120,4002024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,120,0782023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,118,7162020
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$1,117,0842024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$1,116,2832020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,115,2952021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,115,2132020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$1,114,6752022
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,114,4392020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$1,111,3282017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,111,2542024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,110,4982017
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,109,9772022
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,109,9742018
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,109,3582018
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,107,6742025
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,107,2242023

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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