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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 MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$611,7832020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$611,6712025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$611,4142021
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$611,3932021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$611,3382021
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$611,2022024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$611,0902024
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$609,8832022
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$609,8042021
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$609,7592025
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$609,6372022
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$609,4312020
CARTHAGE COLLEGENot stated$609,4192021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$609,1662024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$608,9602021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$608,8982014
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$608,8782021
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$608,8012022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$608,5722024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$608,5042022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$607,9392019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$607,4762022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$606,9372022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$606,8652021
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$606,6352018
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$606,2572021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$605,6712023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$605,6202025
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$605,6172024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$605,5682018
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$605,5202020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$605,3612019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$605,3472021
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$605,3072023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$605,0312019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$604,9712020
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$604,9622024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$604,9142017
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$604,9052023
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$604,8762024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$604,7892020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$604,6982022
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$604,4852021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$604,4332023
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$604,3592022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$604,1432017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$604,0652022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$603,9072025
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$603,8402021
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$603,5812023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$603,3552022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$603,3492020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$603,2332022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$603,0752022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$602,5852020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$601,9822019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$601,9392020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$601,9262023
SRI INTERNATIONALNot stated$601,8432021
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$601,6152022
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$601,6012022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$601,4622018
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$601,2002019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$600,9612024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$600,7192021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$600,6522019
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$600,4812013
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONNot stated$600,4562023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$600,4442024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$600,1442019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$600,0292021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002021
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002024
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$600,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$600,0002023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$600,0002024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$600,0002025
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002022
RED HOUSE STUDIO LLCNot stated$600,0002024
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$600,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$600,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$600,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$600,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$600,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$600,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$600,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$600,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$600,0002020
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$600,0002020
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$599,9992022
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$599,9982023
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,9972019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$599,9932022
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$599,9882020
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$599,9872023
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$599,9822021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$599,9432024

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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