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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
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$565,9872025
LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK, INC.Not stated$565,9162019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$565,7482025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$565,5142025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$565,5112022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$565,4972023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$565,4092023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$565,3602021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$565,3332017
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$565,1722020
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$564,9972017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$564,6232017
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$564,4522025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$564,4212020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$564,2982023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$564,2432022
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$564,1392019
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$563,8382015
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$563,6622024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$563,5402021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$563,4202018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$563,3292024
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPINot stated$563,2932020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$563,2852020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$563,1772024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$563,0972021
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$563,0822024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$562,6772025
HONEYBEE ROBOTICS LLCNot stated$562,6652025
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$562,6372022
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$562,5612025
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$562,5162023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$562,5002024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$562,3842024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$562,3742022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$562,1612019
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$561,8312024
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$561,6942022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$561,4522020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$561,2362023
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$561,0382020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$561,0072022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$561,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$560,7202018
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYNot stated$560,5512023
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$560,4972023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$560,4682024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$560,3822023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$560,3662017
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$560,3002025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$559,8372021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$559,7102017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$559,4212022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$559,4202020
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$559,3852020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$559,3332022
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$559,3222022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$559,1692021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$559,1452021
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$558,9772025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$558,4832017
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$558,1922019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$558,1612021
SRI INTERNATIONALNot stated$558,0912019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$558,0752021
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$558,0412018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$558,0382024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$557,3292016
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$557,2462024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$557,2282024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$557,2272020
KENT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$557,0862016
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$557,0202024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$556,9042022
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$556,8582022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$556,7882020
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$556,7592018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$556,7092021
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$556,7012020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$556,6322021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$556,4172023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$556,2052022
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRONNot stated$556,1652023
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$555,9172023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$555,8582024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$555,7942024
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTHNot stated$555,7512022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$555,7392021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$555,6102024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$555,5042021
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$555,3622022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$555,1552021
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$555,0002025
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$555,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$555,0002018
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$554,7382019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$554,6352022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$554,4642021
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$554,1482018
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$554,1442024

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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