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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
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$268,3952021
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$268,3862021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$268,2622017
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$268,1302026
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$268,0152020
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$267,9482019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$267,9222019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$267,8132025
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$267,7772025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$267,7072025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$267,6622015
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$267,4982017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$267,351Not stated
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$267,1082019
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER INCNot stated$267,0652018
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$266,8292019
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$266,6652024
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$266,5832021
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$266,5662020
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$266,5612023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$266,3402018
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$266,2542021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$266,1252019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$266,1062024
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$266,0742021
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$266,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$265,8522017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$265,7192022
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$265,5112021
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$265,4782022
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANot stated$265,3792024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$265,3512022
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$265,3452022
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$265,2732020
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INCNot stated$265,1902020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$265,0972023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$265,0932025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$265,0632024
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$264,9682019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$264,8882020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$264,8732019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$264,8352016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$264,8282023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$264,8102025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$264,7322022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$264,6862022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$264,4162025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$264,3772019
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$264,3532019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$264,0642018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$264,0242019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$264,0002023
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$263,9942024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$263,8792020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$263,7482017
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$263,6512022
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$263,6332021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$263,6162019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$263,6052019
LE MOYNE COLLEGENot stated$263,4952025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$263,4152017
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$263,3492022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$263,0672019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$262,9182019
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$262,9072020
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$262,8862017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$262,7672020
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$262,7342021
CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCNot stated$262,4692020
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$262,4172025
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$262,4162016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$262,4012023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$262,3922025
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$262,3482025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$262,3222024
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$262,1962018
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$262,1392021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$262,0542017
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$262,0002023
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,9712021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$261,7842023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$261,6312025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,4992024
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,4442025
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$261,4372018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$261,3152022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$261,3052025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$261,1952020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$261,1712025
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$261,1282020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$261,0892022
DREXEL UNIVERSITYNot stated$260,978Not stated
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$260,9662025
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$260,9232023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$260,8452021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$260,7392022
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$260,7232020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$260,6322017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$260,5892018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$260,5042025

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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