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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
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$49,5002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$49,4692025
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$49,4632023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$49,4522023
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$49,3682023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$49,3452018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$49,3132024
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$49,3002025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$49,2302024
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNot stated$49,0962021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,987Not stated
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$48,9842022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,9672024
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,9662019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$48,8842024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$48,8802025
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$48,8192020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,7502024
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCNot stated$48,7492023
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,7422021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$48,7392024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$48,6862023
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,6062024
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,5992017
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,5592022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$48,5002024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$48,5002025
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$48,5002025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,3182024
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK PHYSICISTS, INC.Not stated$48,2362023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$48,2192016
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$48,1542021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$48,0702022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$48,0472025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,0152019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$48,0002025
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$47,9982025
AEOLIS RESEARCH INCNot stated$47,9882025
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$47,9772024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$47,9712019
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$47,9532023
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$47,9312022
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$47,8532019
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$47,7722019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$47,7532024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$47,7282026
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$47,6972023
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$47,6742022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$47,6172025
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$47,4362023
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$47,4262021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$47,3832024
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$47,3442023
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$47,3392023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$47,3372022
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC.Not stated$47,2182016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$47,1622024
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$47,1012021
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$47,0452020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$46,9942019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$46,9872022
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,9112023
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNot stated$46,8592019
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,6442024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$46,6352023
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,6212021
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$46,2652022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$46,2472018
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$46,2402024
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,2402024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$46,1452021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$46,1042020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,0202020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,0132023
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$46,0122024
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$45,9292025
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$45,8742019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$45,6442018
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$45,6442020
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$45,5972024
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$45,5662024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$45,5222023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$45,4892023
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$45,3452021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$45,2322022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$45,1832021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$45,1572024
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$45,1072023
THE GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETYNot stated$45,0002023
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$45,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$45,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$45,0002022
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$44,9992026
THE OCEANOGRAPHY SOCIETYNot stated$44,9992022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$44,9882022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$44,9632022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$44,9622022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$44,9222020
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$44,8792023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$44,8772021

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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