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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 KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$481,5762020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$481,5442025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$481,5012022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$481,4892024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$481,4192024
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$481,3712016
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$481,3462023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$481,3432021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$481,3352023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$481,3112024
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTONNot stated$481,2602021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$481,1582020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$481,1342020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$481,0002021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$480,9822019
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$480,8302020
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$480,7912020
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$480,5962022
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$480,4922016
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$480,4612022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$480,4612020
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$480,2232019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$480,1962025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$480,0082024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMANot stated$480,0032024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$479,9652020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$479,9582019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$479,9502022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$479,8812024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$479,8312018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$479,8162019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$479,7122019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$479,6972022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$479,6682022
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$479,6612018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$479,6252024
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$479,5702021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$479,5262020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$479,4942021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$479,4332022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$479,3602023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$479,1932020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$478,9102015
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$478,8882023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$478,8462020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$478,7562025
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$478,7312022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$478,7132018
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$478,5682019
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$478,4952020
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$478,4132022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$478,2262020
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$478,2142022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$477,9302017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$477,9102020
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$477,7922017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$477,7922018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$477,7902017
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$477,6822019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$477,6262018
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$477,5832019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$477,3772021
GIST.EARTH, LLCNot stated$477,2992022
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$477,1692018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$477,0252023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$476,8302023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$476,7392023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$476,5012022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$476,3802018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$476,2452022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$476,2412022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$476,0892020
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$476,0232022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$475,7822021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$475,7692019
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$475,6272018
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$475,6072022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$475,2742020
YALE UNIVNot stated$475,2622025
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$475,2052015
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$475,0062022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$475,0002021
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$475,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$474,8652022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$474,7382021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$474,7362022
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$474,7252022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$474,707Not stated
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$474,6602018
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$474,6152020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$474,6022023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$474,4712017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$474,4372021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$474,4272020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$474,4192020
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INCNot stated$474,3472023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$474,1152018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$474,1112020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$474,0712022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$473,9852022

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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