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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$139,9152018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$139,8942021
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,8802025
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,8202021
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER INCNot stated$139,6722021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$139,5962022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$139,5502020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$139,3612025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$139,2782023
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$139,2272021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$139,2212021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,1812023
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,1122025
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,0592023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$138,9252021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$138,895Not stated
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$138,7302019
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$138,5602021
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$138,4962019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$138,4572024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$138,3792021
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$138,3672024
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$138,3522024
EMORY UNIVERSITYNot stated$138,0412018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$137,9922023
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,9682022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$137,8522019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,5002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$137,4112025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,3362024
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$137,2672019
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$137,2212025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$137,2042023
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$137,1822022
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,1372023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$137,0982021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$137,0422025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$137,0042020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEYNot stated$137,0012024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,0002025
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$136,8492025
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$136,8032016
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$136,7562023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$136,7482020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$136,6092021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$136,5682019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$136,5572024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$136,5362021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$136,4852020
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPINot stated$136,4332019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$136,4232022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTONNot stated$136,2922024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$136,0902025
CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INCNot stated$136,0172021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$136,0052025
SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTNot stated$136,0002024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$135,9752018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,9742024
IGNEON AEROSPACE LLCNot stated$135,9072024
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$135,7262023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$135,7222022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$135,3632021
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$135,1832020
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,1662020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,1272023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$135,1042022
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$135,0742022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$135,0732017
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$135,0062022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$135,0002020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$135,0002022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$135,0002020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$135,0002021
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$135,0002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$135,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$135,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$135,0002020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$135,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$135,0002021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$135,0002019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$135,0002019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$135,0002021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,0002020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$135,0002021

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 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.

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