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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
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$456,9602017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$456,8612018
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$456,7962022
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$456,6222024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$456,5882024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$456,4962021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,4312022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$456,3732021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$456,3722025
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$456,2762025
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,2252022
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,0302016
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$456,0222021
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$456,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$455,9392017
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$455,9292021
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$455,8302021
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$455,7952017
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,7202023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$455,7132022
TRILLIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.Not stated$455,6222024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$455,6022025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,5662024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,5122022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$455,4622020
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,3982021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,3572017
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$455,3202018
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,2392025
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,1862022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$455,1692020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$455,0552021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$454,8932023
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTONNot stated$454,7982024
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$454,7922023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$454,7462021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$454,7372023
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$454,6982023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$454,628Not stated
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$454,5592022
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$454,5062021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$454,3792020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$454,3502025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$454,2982023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$454,2872022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$454,2562019
SRI INTERNATIONALNot stated$454,0712018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$454,0162025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$453,9142024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$453,8792021
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$453,6682023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$453,5222024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$453,4232024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$453,3332022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$453,2102018
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$453,1832019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$453,1502019
ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLCNot stated$453,1342021
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$453,0762025
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$453,0622017
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$453,0522024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$453,0512021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$453,0212017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$452,9502021
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$452,9202021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$452,8852022
ATMOSPHERIC & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INCNot stated$452,8632022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$452,8462017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$452,8162017
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$452,8102024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$452,6402022
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNot stated$452,5812016
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$452,5652017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$452,5342023
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$452,5022022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$452,5002019
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$452,4812025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$452,2082024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$451,9952022
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$451,8682025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$451,7562024
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$451,4542022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$451,4282020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$451,2992022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$451,2972018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$451,2372023
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$451,1142022
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$451,0732024
JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLCNot stated$451,0322024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$451,0072023
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,9462018
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$450,8302022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,7602018
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$450,7422020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$450,5392024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$450,4032018
POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORYNot stated$450,3542025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$450,3402021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$450,3252021

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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