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National Institute of Standards and Technology

Opportunities linked
7

Records in this library attributed to this funder.

Recorded awards (total)
$1,332,084,375

Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.

Median recorded award
$200,000

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 415 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

  • 11.609$638,631,033722 awards
  • 11.620$396,218,969252 awards
  • 11.619$287,176,22036 awards
  • 11.042$10,058,15318 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 $296,266,672
  • CO $257,941,839
  • DE $246,534,862
  • CA $64,514,546
  • IL $62,064,492
  • DC $61,139,251
  • NC $55,014,559
  • PA $40,298,834
  • MA $32,057,611
  • NY $30,815,813
  • TX $25,319,833
  • AL $21,047,930
  • VA $17,420,094
  • IA $17,271,426
  • IN $16,626,645
  • FL $11,391,528
  • GA $10,992,104
  • MI $6,987,782
  • WI $5,003,531
  • CT $4,922,041

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 575
  • 25k-100k 201
  • 500k-2m 136
  • over-2m 71
  • under-25k 45

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.

  • FY2014 $49,018,301 (2)
  • FY2015 $8,007,788 (5)
  • FY2016 $86,870,844 (9)
  • FY2017 $127,289,985 (35)
  • FY2018 $149,482,920 (35)
  • FY2019 $60,428,042 (63)
  • FY2020 $108,198,647 (70)
  • FY2021 $257,029,114 (118)
  • FY2022 $134,797,026 (157)
  • FY2023 $211,596,408 (163)
  • FY2024 $58,383,285 (171)
  • FY2025 $68,791,142 (134)
  • FY2026 $12,190,873 (66)

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

1028 awards on file, largest first, ranging $0 to $83,000,000.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$83,000,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$73,351,5452018
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$70,000,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$70,000,0002021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$54,727,5212023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$47,673,2312016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,800,9642023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$37,500,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$35,497,1792021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$35,189,0222023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$33,347,8782016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$30,794,9582018
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,000,0002019
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,946,1582014
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$24,072,1432014
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$20,000,0002020
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS INCNot stated$16,709,5002020
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$16,442,6182023
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$16,303,1292018
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$16,169,3312020
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$15,278,3232023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$14,136,1762025
SRCCO INC.Not stated$13,422,3742017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$13,354,6682024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,981,7982018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$11,698,4742021
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL FABRICS OF AMERICA, INCNot stated$11,116,4212022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$10,187,5682020
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALSNot stated$8,999,5642025
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$8,736,2622017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$8,584,1412017
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS INCNot stated$8,000,0002025
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,000,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$7,320,9752021
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,000,0002025
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$5,714,9022023
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$5,501,7752024
ACTIVATE GLOBAL INCNot stated$5,000,0002025
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$4,982,2992022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$4,974,6302022
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTENot stated$4,895,7092022
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$4,734,0252020
BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEMNot stated$4,729,6912022
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSNot stated$4,638,8822022
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$4,377,8972023
BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEMNot stated$4,075,2022022
UI LABSNot stated$3,880,3442022
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$3,762,8122015
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,749,3792020
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSNot stated$3,733,5362022
TROY UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,540,8562020
TROY UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,514,2982021
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEANot stated$3,389,2162020
TROY UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,200,0002019
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$3,075,7542019
NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHININGNot stated$3,021,9902022
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPNot stated$2,923,1702019
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS DEVELOPMENTNot stated$2,862,8302021
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,835,6862015
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCENot stated$2,748,8562022
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$2,667,9002024
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$2,646,5872019
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,625,0002020
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS DEVELOPMENTNot stated$2,593,6332016
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,399,9652017
UI LABSNot stated$2,369,3032022
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,335,4672020
ID.ME, LLCNot stated$2,298,0772017
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,259,9902017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$2,059,8542020
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$2,028,6422018
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCESNot stated$1,987,3442024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$1,960,6132017
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$1,799,9212017
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$1,798,7692021
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,612,3322023
POLARIS NETWORKS INCNot stated$1,553,8732020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$1,502,7962017
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,499,9102020
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,498,3932020
YUBICO INC.Not stated$1,474,9562017
SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP ON DIGITAL EVIDENCENot stated$1,463,1692024
NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHININGNot stated$1,420,4202020
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$1,399,8682021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINENot stated$1,398,2732022
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$1,395,4702021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,349,7722019
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,336,0422022
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,272,5232021
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,269,6982018
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,250,0002018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$1,223,5132017
UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSBNot stated$1,214,5052016
PISON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Not stated$1,200,0002021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,200,0002022
TRACLABS INC.Not stated$1,199,5582022
JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLCNot stated$1,198,1682022
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCENot stated$1,194,5282018
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,185,9412020
TRACLABS INC.Not stated$1,142,6002018

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.

What this funder funds

Derived from how this funder's 7 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.

  • Science, Technology, Research & Development6
  • Other1

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 file1028
Distinct recipients412
Median award$200,000

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
Sep 24, 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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