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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
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$14,1732025
JONES W LINWOODNot stated$14,1002021
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,0982024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$13,9192023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$13,8722022
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,7902021
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$13,7032020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$13,6912019
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$13,5892022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,2972021
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$13,2752021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$13,2422024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$13,0502024
OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$12,9882023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$12,7012021
HAMPTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,5312021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$12,4472024
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$12,4242020
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$12,4182023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$12,2792023
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$12,1682022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$11,9212025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,8822019
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,7902020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$11,7282025
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$11,4872023
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$11,3622023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$11,1172016
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,8112020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$10,7342021
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$10,7212021
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$10,6812020
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$10,5672023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$10,5072022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$10,3322024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$10,2662020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,1722025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$10,1292021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$10,0772022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$10,0722023
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,0672022
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$10,0002024
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$10,0002022
FREE FLIGHT RESEARCH LABNot stated$10,0002024
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$10,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$10,0002023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$10,0002021
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$10,0002023
SPACE FOUNDRY INCNot stated$10,0002022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$10,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$10,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$10,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$10,0002023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9992025
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9992023
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$9,9992023
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9992024
OHIO UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9882023
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9862021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9742024
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$9,9612022
CLARKSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9502023
STRUCTURED IONS, LLCNot stated$9,9282021
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$9,8462023
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$9,7802017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$9,7552021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$9,7482021
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,6892023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$9,6742021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$9,4922019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$9,3602024
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,1702024
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$8,9402020
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$8,9182024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$8,9032024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$8,8962022
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESNot stated$8,6512023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$8,6332023
SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLCNot stated$8,5982018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$8,3162024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$8,2282023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,0512020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$8,0072020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$7,7002020
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC.Not stated$7,6662021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$7,4862022
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$7,4282023
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$7,3312020
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$7,2192021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$7,1352022
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$7,0522024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$7,0142022
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$6,9652025
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$6,6182022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$6,6152024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$6,5912022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$6,5502024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,2082022
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTENot stated$5,9992022
LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK, INC.Not stated$5,9632020

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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