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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
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$644,2342022
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$643,5542022
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$643,5192022
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)Not stated$643,4782024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$643,2952018
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$643,2712024
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$643,0072023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$642,3732025
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$642,3612022
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$642,2372025
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$641,7142019
CENTER FOR APPLIED SPACE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATEDNot stated$641,6052022
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$641,3312019
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$641,2672020
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INCNot stated$641,0902022
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$640,8852025
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$640,8682024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$640,6282018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$640,5932017
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$640,5872017
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$640,4392018
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$640,4112020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$640,4032017
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$640,3682019
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$640,0042020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$639,7862023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$639,6982019
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$639,5102019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$639,4452018
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$639,2692017
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$639,1162025
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$639,0112022
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTENot stated$638,9412024
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$638,8452021
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$638,6992018
EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.Not stated$638,6162019
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$638,5932024
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$638,4252022
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$638,4032023
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$638,2722023
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCESNot stated$637,8292024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$637,4612024
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONNot stated$637,4502024
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$636,7662021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$636,6392017
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$636,4692018
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$636,4512024
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$636,0742025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$636,0742023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$635,6302020
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$635,3202022
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$634,8022021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$634,7972025
NUMFOCUS, INC.Not stated$634,5902022
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$634,2902025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$634,2742024
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$633,9222023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$633,9182021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$633,9102019
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYNot stated$633,7272017
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$633,4732025
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$632,8902018
MILLION CONCEPTS LLCNot stated$632,8532021
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$632,8052023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$632,3902022
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Not stated$632,2732015
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$632,2492021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$632,2252020
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATESNot stated$631,8102023
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$631,6622020
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$631,6442021
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$631,3542018
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.Not stated$631,2772024
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.Not stated$631,1772021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$631,1582024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$630,5552020
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THENot stated$630,4292022
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$630,0822021
AEOLIS RESEARCH INCNot stated$630,0002018
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$630,0002024
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$629,9882018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$629,9862018
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHNot stated$629,9402023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$629,7132024
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONNot stated$629,6142022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$629,5362025
SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC.Not stated$629,5322022
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$629,4902016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$629,2202020
FATHOM SCIENCE, INC.Not stated$628,9312021
PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTENot stated$628,9072020
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$628,7682023
SETI INSTITUTENot stated$628,6362025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$628,2202017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$628,1482025
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$627,8482021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$627,6452020
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$627,5032021
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$627,3962023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$627,1902021

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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