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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 CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$791,4972023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$791,3762018
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$791,0432023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$790,7602019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$790,7482020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$790,6722024
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$790,3652015
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$789,8382021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$789,5292022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$789,0502021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$789,0422024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$788,9382023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$788,4462024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$788,2632019
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$787,9442018
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$787,9022019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$787,8172018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$787,6212023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$787,5922021
SRI INTERNATIONALNot stated$787,0832021
DREXEL UNIVERSITYNot stated$786,8122023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$786,6402021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$786,6172018
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER INCNot stated$786,4572022
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$785,6912022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$785,6852025
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$785,4452020
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$785,4402016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$784,1762020
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$783,7632025
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$783,6292024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$783,4502019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$783,4332019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$783,0452022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$782,8312019
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$782,8102023
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$782,3342021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$782,1042021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$781,0162023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$780,4652018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$779,9972019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$779,8762023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$779,7602024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$779,6002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$779,3992020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$779,3072019
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$779,1712021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$779,0602015
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$778,5632021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$778,5072018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$778,2772019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$777,9872024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$777,6992018
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$776,9002021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$776,6672020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$775,8712024
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$775,6002021
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$775,2682018
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$774,8982024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$774,8942020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$774,7042021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$774,1872018
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$773,9692017
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$773,6212022
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$773,4852020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$773,0572024
IMAGECAT, INC.Not stated$772,9502025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$772,5432021
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$772,5002020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$772,4032020
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$772,3452023
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$772,0762020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$771,6462020
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$771,6142024
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$771,2772022
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$771,1172023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$770,7932018
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$770,7742024
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$770,6692022
START INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$770,5002019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$770,3862019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$770,2882020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$770,2702019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$770,1082020
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$770,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$769,9252024
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$769,1272017
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$769,0202019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$768,6452022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$768,3942022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$768,2882024
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$767,8882019
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$767,5012020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$766,9522024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$766,6852022
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$765,6192020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$765,5282022
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$765,2822022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$764,8922024
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$764,6502025

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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