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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
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$510,8212018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$510,7262024
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$510,7082019
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$510,6812020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$510,6542017
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$510,3682019
PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INCORPORATEDNot stated$510,2922024
YALE UNIVNot stated$510,2822021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$510,2802025
ECOATOMS, INCNot stated$510,2382022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$509,9992019
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, INC.Not stated$509,9862021
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$509,9792019
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$509,9522021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$509,7532021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$509,6982016
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$509,1072021
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$509,0142021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$509,0132025
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$508,8662024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$508,8572023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$508,8032022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$508,7102016
GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$508,4742020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$508,4192023
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$508,3582022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$507,7442021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$507,6402024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$507,6172019
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$507,6042019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$507,5682021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$507,5672020
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$507,4612023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$507,4212017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$507,3222022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$507,3092023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$507,1522019
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$506,9552021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$506,9542020
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$506,9122021
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$506,5202020
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$506,4362023
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$506,3702019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$506,3042024
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATIONNot stated$506,0182019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$505,5972020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$505,2462024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$505,1902021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGENot stated$505,1662021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$504,9602023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$504,9362020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$504,9082024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$504,8052021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$504,7792021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$504,6162019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$504,6102017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$504,5882021
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$504,5882023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$504,5762021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$504,5682024
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDONot stated$504,4892023
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$504,3972025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$504,1852020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$504,0752021
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$503,9132024
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$503,8562022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$503,8292022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$503,7442021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$503,6692020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$503,6112017
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$503,5652025
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$503,4932025
EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCHNot stated$503,4082021
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$503,1502017
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$503,0412023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$503,0182019
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$502,9972023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$502,8972023
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$502,8932021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$502,6722023
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$502,3392016
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$502,3052025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$502,2792020
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$502,2552020
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$502,1742024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$502,0402017
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$502,0002016
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$501,9802022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$501,8642023
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$501,8222021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$501,7802020
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$501,6042015
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$501,5962020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$501,5002018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$501,4532023
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$501,4032018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$501,1872019
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$501,1162025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$501,0882024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$501,0812024

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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