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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
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$1,139,2752021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORONot stated$1,125,2392022
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSNot stated$1,109,5212022
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$1,104,4662017
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,104,0832018
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNot stated$1,100,2532020
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,097,3932017
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,095,3102018
BADVR INCNot stated$1,082,1302021
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,050,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,050,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,043,2492023
MONTGOMERY COLLEGENot stated$1,034,7322018
WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INCNot stated$1,031,4172022
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,9482023
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,9292021
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$999,4642021
KATZCY LLCNot stated$998,8332022
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$998,4262021
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$994,3252022
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPINGNot stated$993,6102021
CYBER BYTES FOUNDATIONNot stated$992,7672021
NEMERGENT SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD LIMITADANot stated$989,0272022
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEMNot stated$957,8492023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$957,7062022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$957,2902023
TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINESNot stated$956,8882022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$956,1462023
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$950,0002023
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$949,0752022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$936,4752017
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$932,8192021
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$914,7332021
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$904,8062021
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYNot stated$873,9992022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$856,2852022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$845,9652020
NUTS BOLTS & THINGAMAJIGS FOUNDATIONNot stated$837,8772024
3D ARRAY TECHNOLOGY LLCNot stated$800,0002023
IC3D, INC.Not stated$800,0002023
VURONYX TECHNOLOGIES LLCNot stated$799,9702023
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTENot stated$799,4882021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$798,3902017
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$791,9622019
NOBLIS, INC.Not stated$790,9852019
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$782,1632017
RATIOCINATIVE ENGINEERING SERVICES LLCNot stated$769,0122023
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTENot stated$761,4532022
TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATIONNot stated$757,6752021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$752,3042021
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$750,0002025
INTERNET KEEP SAFE COALITIONNot stated$750,0002021
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTENot stated$747,1972021
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANot stated$740,6582018
MONTGOMERY COLLEGENot stated$735,4292023
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$730,6762019
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$706,4082017
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNot stated$700,0002025
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$698,6182019
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$692,9892015
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$683,0672020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNot stated$676,0092017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$659,7182023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$650,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$649,5672020
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$642,0272017
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$629,6412020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$608,4712023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$600,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$600,0002024
THEISS RESEARCHNot stated$599,2022022
THEISS RESEARCHNot stated$597,7132019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$597,3392019
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$596,5422016
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$583,3372019
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$582,5092019
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMNot stated$581,7582019
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$580,3802017
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORPNot stated$578,5532023
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTENot stated$573,8032020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONNot stated$567,9532019
THEISS RESEARCHNot stated$562,1582023
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCESNot stated$561,1692022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$550,0002019
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLENot stated$547,4762017
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$542,3842019
TOWSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$542,2902018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$535,0222022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,0402021
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$531,9832022
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$521,8832020
THEISS RESEARCHNot stated$508,0912019
OCTAVE PHOTONICS LLCNot stated$504,0142025
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$500,0002023
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$500,0002024
BRAMMER BIO MA, LLCNot stated$500,0002025
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$500,0002018
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$500,0002023
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$500,0002023
STANDARDS COORDINATING BODY FOR GENE CELL & REGENERATIVE MEDICINESNot stated$500,0002025

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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