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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
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9652021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$29,9612022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$29,9562023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$29,9482019
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9312023
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9302024
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9162023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9052021
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$29,8702022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,8632022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,8542023
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,8382024
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$29,7292021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,7232019
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$29,7212019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$29,7002025
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTENot stated$29,6682018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,6542023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$29,6472022
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,5892025
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$29,5342024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$29,5262021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$29,5142025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$29,5112024
OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INCORPORATEDNot stated$29,4962019
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.Not stated$29,4402021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$29,4222020
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,3742020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$29,3672020
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,3622022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,1902020
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,1132022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$28,9142023
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGENot stated$28,9072023
MILLION CONCEPTS LLCNot stated$28,8012022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$28,7542025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$28,7002020
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$28,6172024
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$28,5492022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$28,5162023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$28,5062022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$28,4862017
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$28,4552024
LUXEL CORPORATIONNot stated$28,3202017
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$28,3182024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$28,2002020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$28,1192020
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$28,0892022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$28,0472019
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,6212024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$27,5582021
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$27,4512024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$27,4152022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,4142023
DREXEL UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,3532022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,2332023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$27,2112025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$27,1492023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$27,1312016
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$27,0662023
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INCNot stated$27,0532019
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$27,0002025
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,0002025
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,0002025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$26,9992025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$26,9982022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$26,9622021
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$26,9412024
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$26,7322021
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,6462022
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,5312022
HAMPTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,2632024
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MARITIME ACADEMYNot stated$26,0352021
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$25,8902025
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$25,8412023
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$25,8002023
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANot stated$25,6962021
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$25,6302023
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$25,4562025
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,4382022
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,3622022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,3152020
THE CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGENot stated$25,3042020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$25,2432025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$25,2002024
IMAGECAT, INC.Not stated$25,1562022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$25,1332022
STONEHILL COLLEGE, INC.Not stated$25,1292021
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$25,1202024
BUTLER UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,0002024
REDONDO OPTICS, INC.Not stated$25,0002022
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$25,0002019
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AEROSOL RESEARCH, INC.Not stated$25,0002023
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$25,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$24,9642022
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$24,9602023
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$24,9572020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$24,9382021
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEADNot stated$24,9222022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$24,8972021

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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