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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
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,8702023
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$24,7792019
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,7672023
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,6512025
MULTIPLIERNot stated$24,4862024
BARD COLLEGENot stated$24,3452021
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,2962024
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,2362025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$24,2252024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$24,0002022
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$23,9132016
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$23,8192021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$23,8072022
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGESNot stated$23,6182021
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,4382017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,3542022
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$23,3372018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,3332025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$23,3022023
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WILDLAND FIRENot stated$23,3002020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,2152024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$23,1992022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$22,890Not stated
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$22,7812022
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$22,7252020
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$22,7242023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$22,6772024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$22,5532021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$22,5292022
CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INCNot stated$22,2942024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$22,2902022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$22,2002022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$22,1832024
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$22,1542023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$21,8702020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$21,5042023
BLOOMFIELD ROBOTICS INCNot stated$21,5012021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$21,4322021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$21,3902019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$21,3862024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$21,3822021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$21,0922024
PACIFIC RESEARCH & EVALUATION LLCNot stated$21,0252024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$21,0162021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,8062023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$20,7782020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$20,7652021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$20,6702021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,6682024
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$20,6552024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$20,5792021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$20,5302020
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,3882025
YALE UNIVNot stated$20,3812021
EMORY UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,3792025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$20,3592021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,3542024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$20,3532021
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$20,3402023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,2962023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$20,2692021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$20,1652021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,1532021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$20,1062021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,0002021
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,0002022
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCESNot stated$20,0002025
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INCNot stated$20,0002018
IMAGECAT, INC.Not stated$20,0002023
NORTHEASTERN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMSNot stated$20,0002024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$20,0002020
TMA BLUETECHNot stated$20,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$19,9982024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$19,9972022
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,9912023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$19,9732021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$19,9462022
BARD COLLEGENot stated$19,9062022
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,8822021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$19,7812021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$19,7612023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$19,7242024
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,7192019
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$19,6992021
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,6962020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$19,6012025
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INCNot stated$19,5392021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$19,3562025
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$19,2992024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$19,2032020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,2022022
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTONNot stated$19,2002018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,2002020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$19,1072023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$19,0062023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$18,8802022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$18,6842025
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$18,5682020
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$18,5462022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$18,4852021

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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