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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
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$980,7012016
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$978,1642024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$977,0032018
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$976,8392023
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$976,5152025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$976,4132020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$976,3312020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$975,9582019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$975,6652022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$974,1272023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$973,3492019
PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS INCNot stated$973,1182021
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$972,7822020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$970,8572018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$970,4752024
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$970,3672020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$969,8252021
FIBERTEK, INC.Not stated$969,1552022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$968,8072022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$968,1162023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$967,7082020
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$964,8062025
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$964,6602017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$962,3312017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$962,1932018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$962,0752023
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$961,8262019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$961,7642024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$961,7562019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$961,6272018
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$961,3812023
REFLECTIVE X-RAY OPTICS, LLCNot stated$960,4592019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$960,2202014
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$959,7542024
YALE UNIVNot stated$958,8532017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$957,5502024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$957,2772021
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$955,7772017
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$955,7042021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$953,6012022
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$953,4722019
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$953,2672022
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$951,9722022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$951,7482020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$950,5292024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$950,0002025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$949,8622020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$949,5552025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$949,5322023
THE ASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE, INC.Not stated$949,1812023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$948,8522023
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$947,8482021
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$946,6432021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$946,6242024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$946,1022021
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$945,5652019
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$945,5322017
CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INCNot stated$944,1962025
WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INCNot stated$943,4982023
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$943,1332018
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$941,8342023
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$941,6392023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$940,8762021
LOGOS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Not stated$940,7782025
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$940,3082021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$939,2542021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$939,1942022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$938,6712015
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$938,5722017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$937,5162020
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$934,9032021
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$934,7102023
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$934,1512024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$933,9472017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$933,7702020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$933,7342024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$933,5042021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$933,2362017
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$932,5782022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$931,8922025
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$931,0272022
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$930,0162023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$929,9842018
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$929,9652016
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$929,9312024
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$928,603Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$927,8802021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$927,8712024
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$927,0192021
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$926,7442017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$926,5892021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$926,1762025
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, INC.Not stated$925,5732021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$925,5072017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$924,9482025
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$924,8602021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$924,7262024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$924,3822024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$924,3732025
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$924,0432017

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 17, 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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