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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
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$214,5082024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$214,2532020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$214,1512018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$214,1132023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$214,0262019
WHITTIER COLLEGENot stated$213,9822022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$213,7362017
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$213,6962022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$213,6692019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$213,6262025
HONEYBEE ROBOTICS, LTD.Not stated$213,5542021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$213,4992022
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$213,4242024
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$213,3102021
AERODYNE RESEARCH INCNot stated$213,1962019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$213,0552025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$212,9792019
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$212,9582025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$212,8722024
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$212,8022021
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$212,7682020
AA PLASMA LLCNot stated$212,5882020
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$212,5742022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$212,5562017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$212,5142020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$212,4652020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$212,4292018
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$212,0202025
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THENot stated$211,9702021
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$211,7402025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$211,7032021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$211,4752025
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$211,3492020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$211,3142023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$211,2482022
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS, INCORPORATEDNot stated$211,1932023
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$211,1752025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,9582025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$210,7902018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$210,7582024
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,7212024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$210,6852018
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTENot stated$210,6702024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$210,6012021
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,4352020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,4112024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$210,3592016
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$210,3012017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMANot stated$210,2482021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,2192022
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$210,2142020
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTANot stated$210,0942024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$210,0902024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$210,0462020
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,0312021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,0192022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$210,0172024
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$210,0022023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$210,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$210,0002021
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$209,9902024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$209,9772022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$209,9752018
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$209,9182021
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$209,844Not stated
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$209,8212019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$209,7952021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$209,6192019
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$209,6172018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$209,5472024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$209,4682023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$209,4462023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$209,2982019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$208,8962018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$208,6872020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$208,6192020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$208,5302022
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$208,5042023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$208,5002022
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$208,2162019
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$208,2022023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$208,1682021
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$208,1592023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$208,0902018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$208,0322021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$208,0112019
ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLCNot stated$207,6892021
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$207,6082021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$207,5202019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$207,1992023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$207,0852024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$207,0272021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$206,6752021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$206,5842022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$206,5272023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$206,4752024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$206,4252024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$206,1912018
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$205,8122025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$205,8062022

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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