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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 MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$162,2912018
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$162,2802025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$162,2612018
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$162,2352024
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$162,1582022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$162,0042023
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$161,7882018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$161,7042022
SOCIEDAD AMBIENTE MARINO INC.Not stated$161,7002024
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$161,6722024
YALE UNIVNot stated$161,6022022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$161,3242024
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$161,3222020
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$161,1952020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$161,0252019
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$161,0162024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$160,9342022
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$160,8572019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$160,5072024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$160,4822020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$160,4012019
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$160,2572025
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$160,2502021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$160,1722019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$160,0232023
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$160,0002022
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONNot stated$160,0002022
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$160,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$160,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$159,9982022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$159,9962022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$159,7932019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$159,5842025
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$159,5712021
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$159,5552024
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$159,4822020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$159,4482023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$159,4402022
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$159,4282020
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$159,2832025
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$159,1202021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$159,0902024
THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONNot stated$159,0852024
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$159,0452025
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$159,0352024
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$159,0002020
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$158,8632020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$158,7762018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$158,7472017
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$158,6922024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$158,6862023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$158,4692023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$158,4232018
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$158,2692018
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$158,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$157,9352024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$157,9132018
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$157,6462019
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$157,6112020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$157,5062025
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$157,3232022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$157,3132019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$157,2832021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$157,2132020
MUON SPACE INCNot stated$157,1672023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$157,0232025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$156,7092020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$156,5212024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$156,3782022
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCENot stated$156,2922022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$155,9712024
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$155,8192025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$155,7562025
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$155,6462017
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$155,5512020
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$155,5482020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$155,5202023
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$155,4272023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$155,3782023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$155,3332023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$155,0262020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$155,0002022
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$155,0002019
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.Not stated$154,9082024
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$154,7042021
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$154,6742021
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$154,5582023
CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$154,4752018
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$154,3092024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$154,1792021
ECOEXPLORATORIO, INCNot stated$154,0022022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$153,9882024
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$153,9162020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$153,8022025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$153,7312018
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$153,5582025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$153,3672025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$153,3562019
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$153,3542024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$153,3332019

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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