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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
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,1052019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$119,1052024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$119,0432025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$118,9512025
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Not stated$118,9002018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$118,8072020
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$118,8022021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$118,7112020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$118,4512025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$118,2622019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$118,2062018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$118,1722021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$118,1722025
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,9752020
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,8692021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$117,8162020
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,7862021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$117,7832022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXASNot stated$117,6732022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$117,6562021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$117,5812021
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$117,3742025
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$117,2922021
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$117,1842023
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,1362025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$117,1112021
SERES ENGINEERING & SERVICES LLCNot stated$117,1062025
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,0662020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$117,0652023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$117,0132018
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$117,0022018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$116,6482022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$116,4992023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$116,4692025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$116,1532024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$116,1432020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$116,0122019
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,9922021
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$115,9842023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$115,8352021
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$115,7712025
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,7562024
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$115,6432021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$115,4902021
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$115,4092023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$115,2092019
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,1762020
ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$115,1622024
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,1032020
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,1002022
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$115,0662023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$115,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$115,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$114,9932022
TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORKNot stated$114,9392022
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$114,8902024
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,8702025
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$114,8022016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$114,7532016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$114,6612025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$114,5422023
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,5122020
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$114,4862025
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$114,4452019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,4432017
THE PINHEAD INSTITUTE INCNot stated$114,3212019
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,3172025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,2252022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$114,1922024
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,1722023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$114,1712023
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,1222018
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$114,0962021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,0922020
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$113,9082023
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$113,8452025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$113,8402022
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$113,8182020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$113,8002023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$113,7032020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$113,6742020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$113,6622023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$113,5702024
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$113,5392023
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$113,4622020
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$113,3102022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$113,3092023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$113,2852019
YALE UNIVNot stated$113,2412022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$113,2292023
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$113,1982022
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$113,1412019
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$113,0902025
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$113,0072025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$112,9322020
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$112,7342023
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$112,7282023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$112,6932024
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$112,6202023

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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