Federal agencyVerified2026-10-27

NASA Headquarters

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
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$112,5992025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$112,5592021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$112,5432020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$112,4822020
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$112,3952020
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$112,3182018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$112,0312019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$111,9352018
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$111,8852023
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$111,7622020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$111,7142023
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$111,6502023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$111,6182021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$111,2222019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$111,1792022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$111,1692018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$111,1302020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,9042019
TERRA RESEARCH INCNot stated$110,8752020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$110,8512023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,8092022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$110,7902024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$110,7542021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$110,6992025
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$110,6562023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,6082024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$110,4522020
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$110,4322020
UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSBNot stated$110,3812023
INTERLUNE CORPORATIONNot stated$110,3642025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$110,3622024
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,3362019
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,2292024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$110,1802025
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$110,0852020
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$110,0742020
COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGENot stated$110,0432018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$110,0002025
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$110,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$110,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$110,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$110,0002025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$109,9992024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$109,9992024
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCNot stated$109,9562022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$109,9522021
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$109,8972024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$109,8802022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$109,8662022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,8512024
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$109,7152017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,7112020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$109,6512021
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTINot stated$109,6442024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$109,6372023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$109,6322021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,6082022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$109,4772020
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$109,4532020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$109,3922024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$109,2502017
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$109,2482020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$109,0432021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$109,0172025
ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLCNot stated$109,0072024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$108,9482022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$108,9292022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$108,8732021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$108,7782019
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$108,6272024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$108,4032020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$108,1612023
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$108,1312021
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,9992025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$107,9892021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$107,9652026
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$107,9182020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$107,8992022
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,8182020
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,6922020
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,6682021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,6482024
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$107,5902020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$107,5352025
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,3612023
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$107,3052022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$107,2762021
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$107,2412025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$107,0532020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$106,9882021
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$106,9862024
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$106,9002020
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$106,7522020
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$106,7512020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$106,7462024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$106,5902022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$106,5792024
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$106,5522020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$106,4672024
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$106,2822017

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.

See what Studio includes

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.

Page rendered 2026-10-28