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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
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$534,3582019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,2052015
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$534,1682019
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$534,1672023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$534,1302023
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$533,8152021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$533,6972021
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$533,6442018
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$533,6192018
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$533,5322019
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$533,3352024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$533,1302016
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$533,1182019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$532,9572021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$532,7272021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$532,7252020
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$532,4992020
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$532,0822025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$532,0812020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$532,0002016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$531,8232018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$531,5812024
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$531,4462024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$531,3672020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$531,2512022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$531,1932025
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$531,1202020
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$531,0042018
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$530,9842019
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$530,8652021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$530,8522021
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNot stated$530,7832021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$530,5972023
SRI INTERNATIONALNot stated$530,5632021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$530,4002018
POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORYNot stated$530,3932022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$530,3312018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$530,3132024
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$530,2662022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$530,2582019
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$530,2372023
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$530,2262024
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONNot stated$530,1442018
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$529,8932024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$529,8492022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$529,4032018
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$529,3112023
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$529,0972022
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$529,0452023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$528,7362017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$528,5422022
CINCINNATI UNIV OFNot stated$528,5312021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$528,1632023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$528,1362021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$528,0192020
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$527,9502025
ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING CONSULTANTS LLCNot stated$527,7692024
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$527,6692022
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$527,4992021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$527,4932023
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$527,4872017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$527,4382025
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$527,2962020
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$527,2002022
YALE UNIVNot stated$527,1952024
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$526,9862019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$526,9232018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$526,9182021
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTINot stated$526,6962023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$526,6842017
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$526,6462018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$526,4732015
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$526,4592019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$526,3502019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$526,0022020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$525,9372018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$525,8012024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$525,7602024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$525,7452023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$525,7052019
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$525,5922019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$525,4362021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$525,4082023
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$525,4042022
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$525,3112024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$525,0682024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$525,0102021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$525,0002024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$525,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$525,0002024
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$524,9992022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$524,9862023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$524,9822025
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$524,9762017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$524,9092021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$524,8812022
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$524,8572019
PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INCORPORATEDNot stated$524,8512020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$524,8502022
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$524,8402022

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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