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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
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$336,7942020
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$336,6912024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$336,4752017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$336,2982025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$336,1042019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$335,9812020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$335,8432021
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$335,6502021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$335,2532023
LYNKER CORPORATIONNot stated$335,1692021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$335,1292020
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$335,0982021
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$335,0672021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$335,0552024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$334,9892024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$334,9792025
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$334,9282021
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$334,808Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDONot stated$334,7802023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$334,7322024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$334,6922021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$334,5112020
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$334,4822025
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$334,3632024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$334,3612018
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$334,0362022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$333,9012017
YALE UNIVNot stated$333,7822020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$333,7672019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$333,7462023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$333,7002025
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$333,5412019
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$333,4362024
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$333,4122022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$333,2952021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$333,2292021
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYNot stated$333,1752021
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$333,1422021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$332,9952023
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYNot stated$332,6862017
BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$332,4762020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$332,4762022
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$332,4592019
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$332,4262024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$332,3902022
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$332,3212016
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$332,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$332,0002022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$332,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$331,9762024
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$331,9592018
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,8182017
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGENot stated$331,8052024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$331,7762025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$331,7492024
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,7022020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,5932022
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,5862018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$331,5762019
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$331,5192023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$331,4092020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,4062019
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$331,2412022
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,2142017
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,1992020
UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONNot stated$331,1332025
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,1182020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$331,1052016
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$331,0522023
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNot stated$330,5362024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$330,3302016
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$330,2242019
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$330,2172021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$330,1112024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$330,0002022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$330,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$329,9252020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$329,7572022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$329,6592018
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$329,6412017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$329,3792017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$329,3482018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$329,2622020
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$329,2242018
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$329,1382018
BLUE MARBLE SPACENot stated$329,0442025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$328,8292024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,7682025
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONNot stated$328,5722019
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$328,5622021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$328,5492020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,4822018
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,4552022
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$328,3732019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$328,3302024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$328,2792016
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$328,2132021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$328,0002021
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,0002021
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$327,9232017

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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