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Office of Naval Research

Opportunities linked
9

Records in this library attributed to this funder.

Recorded awards (total)
$6,502,197,361

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

Median recorded award
$450,000

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 940 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

  • 12.300$6,502,197,3617127 awards

Where the recipients are

The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.

  • CA $991,685,188
  • MA $645,738,477
  • NY $296,870,600
  • PA $289,859,740
  • FL $283,547,970
  • DC $273,658,515
  • MD $246,750,954
  • WA $224,895,410
  • HI $217,378,711
  • TX $212,380,979
  • MI $210,639,779
  • VA $195,903,990
  • CO $195,399,484
  • CT $152,946,865
  • IN $148,531,727
  • IL $135,573,316
  • GA $130,078,530
  • NC $128,751,426
  • MN $121,251,450
  • AZ $119,451,452

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 3222
  • 25k-100k 430
  • 500k-2m 2575
  • over-2m 574
  • under-25k 326

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.

  • FY2008 $476,366 (1)
  • FY2010 $686,348 (1)
  • FY2013 $22,886,161 (3)
  • FY2014 $5,738,857 (5)
  • FY2015 $130,151,544 (59)
  • FY2016 $394,166,508 (190)
  • FY2017 $493,296,458 (390)
  • FY2018 $570,161,547 (588)
  • FY2019 $671,948,102 (617)
  • FY2020 $804,537,105 (825)
  • FY2021 $831,468,134 (975)
  • FY2022 $689,340,830 (873)
  • FY2023 $823,204,736 (1055)
  • FY2024 $664,057,674 (888)
  • FY2025 $361,543,055 (599)
  • FY2026 $38,504,871 (57)
  • FY2027 $29,065 (1)

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

7127 awards on file, largest first, ranging $-126,690 to $112,259,544.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$1,943,5542018
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNot stated$1,938,9602021
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,936,2762017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,936,0022018
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,930,7062019
OCTANT DATA, LLCNot stated$1,930,7042021
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,925,0662018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,924,9962024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,914,6322019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$1,914,5202023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,910,2782023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,909,9932019
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,909,6512018
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,905,9422021
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGENot stated$1,902,9122023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$1,900,4042020
AMERICAN LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTENot stated$1,899,9992023
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,899,2912019
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,896,0432023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,884,3082018
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,883,0562020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,883,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,880,9872023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,878,6872021
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,876,7832020
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,874,8652023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$1,860,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LACNot stated$1,853,8012023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,852,4752019
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,850,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,848,5092018
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,845,4682016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$1,844,6852016
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,841,7702017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,841,5962020
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,831,6042017
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$1,828,1332019
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$1,827,0082018
POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORYNot stated$1,813,1582019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$1,812,6362024
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$1,809,5762017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,807,2742016
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,805,7112025
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$1,805,5242025
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,801,3472021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,800,9952016
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,800,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$1,800,0002025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,800,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$1,799,9972025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,799,4342018
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,798,9032020
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,796,5722018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$1,791,6202017
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,789,3022017
FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCHNot stated$1,788,5952020
OCTANT DATA, LLCNot stated$1,786,0962025
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGONot stated$1,784,9112023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,779,4812025
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,776,7742025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,768,5482025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,768,1052019
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,766,4712018
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,764,5822020
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,763,3092025
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,762,3382018
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,759,5622021
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,759,0812022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,758,1902014
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONot stated$1,754,6312025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$1,752,2672023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,750,0002025
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,748,3862017
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$1,746,1652015
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,741,1492020
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWSNot stated$1,737,2492021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,728,2142022
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,720,4182018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,719,5172023
HAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL INCNot stated$1,710,9172014
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,701,1552018
NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFENot stated$1,700,4962024
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,696,6112017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGONot stated$1,690,0002021
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWSNot stated$1,683,1422018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANSNot stated$1,681,1862020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,671,3642018
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONNot stated$1,667,9072016
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,663,7842015
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$1,663,7502025
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUMNot stated$1,663,4992021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$1,663,3812023
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,661,7522023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$1,660,8892020
PURDUE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,651,2522024
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$1,650,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$1,650,0002025
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,639,8342016
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,638,1012023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$1,632,7672023

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

What this funder funds

Derived from how this funder's 9 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.

  • Science, Technology, Research & Development9

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 file7127
Distinct recipients891
Median award$450,000

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 30, 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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