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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
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$123,4222025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$123,3982022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$123,3892022
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTINot stated$123,3802023
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$123,3382021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$123,3282023
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$123,2882023
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$123,2662022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$123,1102014
LUMENUS SCIENTIFIC LLCNot stated$123,0802024
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$122,9682020
YALE UNIVNot stated$122,9372023
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$122,9292020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$122,8062021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,7522021
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$122,7402019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$122,7242023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,7072024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$122,6952022
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$122,6862017
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$122,6322022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$122,6302024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$122,6152021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,5542018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$122,5502020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,4572023
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$122,4142022
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,3532023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,2792024
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$122,2522024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$122,2252021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$122,0912025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$122,0632017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$122,0512018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$121,8302020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$121,8212024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$121,8102020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$121,7872020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$121,6772023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$121,6702020
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$121,4872025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$121,4332022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$121,4242022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$121,4062021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$121,3082025
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$121,1632025
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$121,1262021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$121,1252025
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$121,1052023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$121,0402025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$120,9972025
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$120,9202026
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$120,8002022
LEIDOS, INC.Not stated$120,7162018
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$120,6992024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$120,6822024
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$120,6682019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$120,5902021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$120,5812018
LUMENUS SCIENTIFIC LLCNot stated$120,5092023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$120,3792020
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$120,3672019
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$120,2732021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$120,1422019
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$120,0462023
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$120,0202024
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTDNot stated$120,0002025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$120,0002024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$120,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$120,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$120,0002022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$119,9952024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$119,9912023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,9882021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$119,9742024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,9592020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,9592020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$119,9422023
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$119,9382023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$119,9332022
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,9062023
THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONNot stated$119,8932019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$119,8152019
HAMPTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,6622021
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,6522023
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$119,6492019
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,6172020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$119,6112024
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,5922018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$119,5562023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$119,5282021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$119,5172021
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$119,5072019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$119,4772020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$119,4682021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$119,4242018
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,3722023
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$119,3422020
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$119,2212021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$119,1282020

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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