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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
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$223,7092024
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$223,7042024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$223,6622024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$223,4992024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$223,4582020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$223,3262025
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INCORPORATEDNot stated$223,3032025
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$223,1182021
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$223,0722021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$222,7722023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$222,7042019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$222,6002025
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$222,4922020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$222,1872021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$222,0912020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$222,0082025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$222,0002025
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$221,9942022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$221,8022021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$221,7902023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$221,7522024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$221,6582024
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$221,5792020
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$221,5392022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$221,4962019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$221,4522019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$221,2732022
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$221,2602025
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$221,1322024
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$220,7252019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$220,3972022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$220,3732018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$220,3592025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$220,3352018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$220,2922018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$220,2682025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$220,2342020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$220,2212022
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$220,1742021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$220,0002024
HAMPTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,9622023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$219,9282022
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTONNot stated$219,7192024
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$219,5802021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$219,4512025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,4392023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$219,3452025
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$219,2242020
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,1482019
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,0922018
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$219,0742020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$218,9932020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$218,991Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$218,9222020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$218,8372025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$218,6972025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$218,2112016
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$218,1212025
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$218,0762025
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$218,0602023
TERRA RESEARCH INCNot stated$218,0542020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$218,0002022
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$217,8292024
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$217,7682017
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$217,6612023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$217,5002025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$217,4332020
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$217,4102025
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$217,0922024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$216,9992019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$216,9692024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$216,7452024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$216,6662019
SAINT MARYS COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIANot stated$216,6342024
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$216,5302019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$216,3872021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$216,2762019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$216,1242020
OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTENot stated$216,0102020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$216,0042025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGENot stated$215,9902025
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$215,9782024
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$215,8582025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$215,4192019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$215,3992021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$215,3602021
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$215,2842020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$215,2402021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$215,2252021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$215,1172022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$215,1112022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$215,0452024
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTINot stated$215,0332023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$215,0162021
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$214,9722019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$214,9682018
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$214,8552021
BRANCH TECHNOLOGY, INC.Not stated$214,6852022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$214,6782017
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$214,6192020

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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