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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
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$473,9332017
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$473,6752024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$473,4502022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$473,2572021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$473,1002022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$472,9982018
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$472,9932019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$472,9652023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$472,7452022
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$472,5452022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$472,4562020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$472,3512022
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$472,2522018
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERNot stated$472,1942021
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$471,8872020
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$471,8442020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$471,5332017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$471,4932021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$471,4662019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$471,4472018
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$471,2792023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$471,0692018
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$471,0602019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$471,0572020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$471,0522025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$471,0452019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$470,9912018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$470,9052018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$470,7552023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$470,7362020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$470,7062020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$470,5842022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$470,5802020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$470,4892021
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$470,4502024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$470,3102020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$470,1352023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$470,0262019
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYNot stated$469,9752024
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$469,9022018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$469,7602021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$469,7272022
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$469,6292020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$469,3392024
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$469,3322018
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$469,2152025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$469,1002019
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$468,8322021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$468,7662022
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$468,6702019
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$468,6572021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$468,3182021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$468,2892019
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$468,2432021
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$468,0562022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$467,8932021
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$467,7802022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$467,6132024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$467,5932016
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$467,4322021
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$467,3052021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$467,2272021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$466,9752021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$466,9482018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$466,8882022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$466,8472020
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$466,8282025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$466,8192022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$466,7962022
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$466,7282016
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$466,6752024
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$466,6212019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$466,5602023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$466,4362019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$466,3512021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$466,3142020
TERRA RESEARCH INCNot stated$466,3072024
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$466,2312022
ABR, INC.Not stated$466,1162023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$466,0692025
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$465,9872024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$465,9712022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$465,9402024
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$465,7862024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$465,7812019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$465,7642018
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$465,7422021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$465,7292020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$465,7092023
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$465,6952022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$465,5902023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$465,5832023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$465,5002019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$465,4222023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$465,3852020
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$465,3782018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$465,1822022
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$465,0722017
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$464,9982022
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$464,8032018

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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