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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
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$280,7152017
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$280,6102016
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$280,5962020
HAMPTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,5842024
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,5592018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$280,4442023
MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE (A NONPROFIT CORPORATION)Not stated$280,4122020
LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK, INC.Not stated$280,3212024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,2852018
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INCNot stated$280,2022024
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$280,1782024
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$280,1722023
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,0992020
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,0672023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$280,0232018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,0002022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$280,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$279,9942023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$279,9912022
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,9802020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$279,9202018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,8802018
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,8652017
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$279,8212020
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$279,8152022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,6382024
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR GRAVITATIONAL AND SPACE RESEARCH, INC.Not stated$279,6372023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$279,6372020
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$279,6332021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$279,6182025
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,5752019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$279,5222018
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$279,5102019
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTENot stated$279,4642021
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$279,4082020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,3732024
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$279,3612021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,3192025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$279,3142019
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$279,2802018
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYNot stated$279,2802023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$279,2522021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$279,0662018
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$278,9992020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$278,9422021
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$278,9372023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$278,8692020
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$278,8412019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$278,7722021
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$278,6302023
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$278,6242023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$278,6062020
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$278,5302025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$278,5152023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$278,3122023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$278,0132020
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$278,0002021
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$277,9702019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$277,8032021
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$277,7672017
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$277,7342024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$277,6392019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$277,6392017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$277,6132019
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$277,5932021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$277,5002021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$277,4992018
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$277,4502020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$277,0682019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$276,8332021
EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCHNot stated$276,8302020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$276,8022023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$276,7802019
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$276,7772024
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$276,6512021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$276,6102026
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$276,4852022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$276,3662018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$276,3362018
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$276,3132018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$276,3092024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$276,2872022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$276,2712021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$276,2502017
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$276,1952025
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$276,0002023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$276,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$276,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$276,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$275,9602023
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$275,9062024
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$275,8072019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$275,7952023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$275,7802023
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$275,7522024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$275,6712018
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$275,443Not stated
REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMSNot stated$275,3862025
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$275,3022019
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$275,0002025

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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