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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
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$294,8212019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$294,7682019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$294,7062020
NIGHT CREW LABS LLCNot stated$294,6002020
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$294,4632025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$294,3962021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$294,2642020
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$294,0332023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,9972025
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,9742016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$293,9182022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLASNot stated$293,8622022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$293,6882018
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,6792024
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$293,5312022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$293,5102020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,5002022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$293,4662017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$293,3172019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,2762022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTONNot stated$293,1262023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$293,0942021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$293,0862024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$292,9102021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$292,9042024
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$292,8422019
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$292,8312022
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$292,6642020
LOWELL OBSERVATORYNot stated$292,6632025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$292,6282016
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$292,6172020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$292,5572023
YALE UNIVNot stated$292,5042025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$292,4532023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$292,3732019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$292,3062020
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$292,1612024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$292,1292017
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$292,0702019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$292,049Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$291,9442020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$291,8922022
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$291,8402022
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$291,7122019
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,6352024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$291,6142023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,5022025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,5002018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$291,4632023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$291,3922025
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,3342021
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$291,2692025
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWANot stated$291,1902025
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,0792024
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$291,0612024
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYNot stated$291,0532022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$291,0312021
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$290,5912018
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$290,4422025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$290,3712023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$290,2862022
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$290,1722017
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$290,0622020
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$290,0002017
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$289,8022024
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$289,6452022
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$289,6132024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$289,5762020
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$289,5172021
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$289,4782025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$289,4652020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$289,4522017
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$289,4402023
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$289,2792019
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$289,2722019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$289,2622023
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$289,2222020
NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.Not stated$289,0292018
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$288,8562018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$288,7312018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$288,7192024
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH, INC.Not stated$288,6632020
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$288,6102022
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$288,5222018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$288,3492020
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$288,2082023
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$288,1922025
TRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORKNot stated$288,1652016
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$288,1562021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$287,9662021
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$287,8812024
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$287,8462019
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$287,5002022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$287,2602025
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$287,2222018
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORYNot stated$287,1762020
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$287,1242023
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$287,0812022
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$287,0542021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$287,0002022

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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