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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 RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$352,1342017
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$352,0932021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$352,0782016
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$352,0742024
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$352,0432020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$352,0212018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$351,9202024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$351,8412018
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$351,6282022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$351,5592020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$351,5062014
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$351,3192024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$351,2052018
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$350,9852016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$350,9532021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$350,7712023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$350,6832022
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$350,6082022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$350,4972022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$350,2992021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$350,2452024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$350,2162023
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$350,1772021
UNIVERSITY OF DENVERNot stated$350,1352017
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$350,0612017
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$350,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$349,9992021
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$349,9972018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$349,9802021
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,9722016
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$349,9252018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$349,9152025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$349,8552020
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,8162019
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$349,7992023
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONNot stated$349,7102025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$349,7092022
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$349,6562018
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$349,6142020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,5932017
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$349,5562019
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$349,5432021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,4652025
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$349,3742025
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$349,3472018
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,2892024
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$349,2422024
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$349,2192017
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$349,0822024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$349,0572021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$349,0552025
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,9642019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$348,9622025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,8962022
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,8722018
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$348,7622023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,6302024
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$348,4342021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,2352021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,0972025
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,0572022
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$348,0202020
INTERLUNE CORPORATIONNot stated$348,0082024
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$347,7432022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$347,5112019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$347,3132023
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$347,2252025
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$347,1912020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$347,1772024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$347,1512025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$347,1002019
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$347,0122019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$346,8142021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$346,7842021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$346,6652018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$346,6072017
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$346,5922019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$346,4832020
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$346,2312018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$346,230Not stated
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$346,2032024
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$346,1372018
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$346,0882022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$346,0472017
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$345,9352015
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$345,5742018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$345,3562019
PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INCORPORATEDNot stated$345,3072025
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$345,3072019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$345,2062021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$345,1842021
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$345,1582025
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$345,0662025
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$345,0002024
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$345,0002022
KENT STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$344,9952021
EARTH BIG DATA LLCNot stated$344,9782019
JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLCNot stated$344,8852023
EARTH BIG DATA LLCNot stated$344,8492022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$344,8462021

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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