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Awards on file2622
Award amount on file$5,338,263,564
Funders30

Not a complete funding history. These are the funding awards recorded in the sources and years we have imported. Amounts are those reported by each source, not proof of cash received. Figures as of 2026-09-15.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearAwardsTotal
202616$5,656,952
2025228$179,869,967
2024304$360,663,085
2023305$341,568,859
2022328$504,598,922
2021277$467,887,968
2020283$458,516,259
2019244$484,946,327
2018200$480,926,098
2017128$293,823,630
201687$291,638,710
201563$352,727,811
201415$130,425,551
201312$36,849,331
201213$59,251,043
20119$78,242,858
201015$54,774,031
200910$150,208,288
20085$28,346,534
200711$79,246,477
20064$19,344,673
20056$21,625,463
20044$21,047,512
20038$48,576,896
20023$16,852,729
20016$17,631,692
20003$12,281,625
19995$26,357,288
19982$11,170,556
19975$150,622,519
19965$23,931,170
19944$40,072,581
19933$19,813,162
19922$9,903,004
19911$3,832,080
19901$3,362,473
19873$22,318,882
19861$6,223,557
19831$11,195,089
19791$6,747,731
19761$5,184,181

Who funded them

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FunderYearsAwardsTotal
National Institutes of Health1976–20261779$4,229,000,223
National Science Foundation2015–2026447$405,492,300
Office of Science1987–202572$274,629,931
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA2017–202584$94,301,834
National Institute of Standards and Technology2014–20254$50,796,126
Army Contracting Command Rock Island2016–202541$48,094,665
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office2018–20247$44,436,664
Office of Naval Research2016–202554$40,616,615
Air Force -- Research Lab2016–202532$36,458,171
Health Resources and Services Administration2011–20233$25,524,148
Department of Education2014–202411$18,369,280
Defense Threat Reduction Agency2015–20248$17,770,607
NASA Headquarters2015–202545$14,563,406
Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC2019–20245$7,373,997
Golden Field Office2017–20205$5,993,642
Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy2020–20243$4,227,327
Food and Drug Administration20194$4,100,062
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command2019–20234$2,987,127
National Energy Technology Laboratory20241$2,969,477
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health2016–20182$2,443,960
Centers for Disease Control-GHC20211$2,350,000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA20151$2,219,587
Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP20171$1,355,699
Centers for Disease Control - OD20191$746,626
Institute of Museum and Library Services20241$439,597
Idaho Field Office20221$320,000
Washington Headquarters Services20241$235,945
National Aeronautics and Space Administration20161$198,608
Administration for Children and Families2019–20222$139,940
Geological Survey20191$108,000

Programmes, and what is open under them now

An assistance listing names a programme, and every year that programme runs carries the same number. The right-hand column is how many opportunities the catalogue currently holds under it — a fact about the catalogue, not a prediction about anybody.

ListingAwardsTotalOpen now
93.853222$460,775,46797
93.866150$439,349,801129
93.855159$342,914,44687
93.837185$340,629,18778
81.04972$274,629,9311
93.847114$255,596,89770
93.242109$246,536,505114
93.859112$239,325,61460
93.31042$224,580,79585
93.3534$128,595,4462
47.049172$128,282,66844
93.86571$128,132,267101
93.84659$120,944,93959
93.83820$112,170,20477
93.39550$110,886,26247
93.27942$109,843,387102
93.35012$108,705,69037
93.17357$106,631,29680
93.30726$100,240,96459
93.39648$99,209,94634
12.42084$94,301,83428
93.86752$90,017,49674
93.39330$79,770,91653
47.07628$77,420,67130
93.3977$76,792,4389
47.07086$71,764,98228
47.04173$62,783,90537
93.28628$50,881,43556
11.6094$50,796,1260
12.43141$48,094,66514
12.9107$44,436,6644
93.39423$44,040,42950
12.30054$40,616,6158
12.80032$36,458,17115
93.39857$31,615,50435
93.5302$24,627,5982
93.17211$23,921,36073
93.27311$22,952,97992
47.0848$19,898,20920
93.2336$18,583,26577
12.3518$17,770,6071
93.35120$15,580,14126
84.30510$15,369,6420
47.07418$15,162,64825
93.1139$14,477,78369
93.2138$14,375,85171
93.3615$13,036,73850
43.00135$12,786,85410
47.07546$12,256,50536
93.3991$11,894,72051
93.9895$10,389,80914
93.8798$10,133,50543
47.05010$9,410,98143
47.0835$8,261,73116
93.8395$8,232,60878
93.3723$7,769,3379
93.1365$7,373,99727
81.0875$5,993,6421
81.1353$4,227,3271
93.1034$4,100,06255
93.1214$3,237,72086
93.0681$3,098,9971
84.3241$2,999,6380
12.6304$2,987,1275
93.8402$2,970,07971
81.0891$2,969,4771
93.1372$2,443,9604
93.3181$2,350,0003
93.9451$2,219,5872
43.01210$1,776,5522
93.9461$1,355,6991
93.1101$896,55010
93.0611$746,6262
45.3121$439,5972
81.1211$320,0004
47.0791$250,00013
12.0241$235,9451
43.0081$198,6082
93.0771$158,0002
93.5752$139,9400
15.8081$108,0000

The awards themselves

Largest first. Every row links to the award record it came from. The figures above are computed over all of them.

AwardFunderSourceListingFYAmount
F32HD106691National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652022$135,391
80NSSC21K1851NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012021$135,000
DESC0026325Office of ScienceFED81.0492025$135,000
F31AI183652National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$134,265
F31HL173991National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$134,265
F31CA281256National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982024$133,701
F32HL149187National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372019$133,658
F31DC017062National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732018$133,404
80NSSC19K1422NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012019$133,223
F31DC021366National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732024$132,985
F31MH136695National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422024$131,763
F32EB031608National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862021$131,371
F31EY030344National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672019$131,230
W81XWH2010452Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$130,877
R03AI159591National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$130,537
F31NS106833National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$130,501
F31AI172382National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$129,852
F31HL162555National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$129,609
F31HL151160National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$129,272
2426972National Science FoundationFED47.0762024$129,100
F31DA056200National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792022$128,977
F30AI129237National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552017$128,211
F31NS115524National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$126,764
F32NS116023National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$126,163
F31HL147509National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$125,954
F32CA246894National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982020$125,938
F31DK130589National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$125,289
F31NS129270National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$125,020
F31EY030737National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672019$124,689
F32HL154712National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$123,942
K99HL155844National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$123,925
F31CA247395National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982021$123,729
K99CA289959National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982025$123,409
80NSSC24M0051NASA HeadquartersFED43.0122024$122,279
F31CA257300National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982021$122,175
F31ES034283National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132022$121,931
F31GM143907National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$121,027
F31HL165767National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$120,740
R56CA279689National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962023$120,000
80NSSC23M0187NASA HeadquartersFED43.0122023$119,372
F32DK135313National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472023$119,133
2148266National Science FoundationFED47.0492021$118,786
F31AI172387National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$118,622
K99GM158961National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592025$118,559
F31NS130767National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$118,528
2035112National Science FoundationFED47.0752020$118,433
1901453National Science FoundationFED47.0492019$116,675
F32HL162318National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$116,648
F32AI176709National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$116,269
F31HD089693National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652017$116,080
F31MH119776National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422019$115,004
F31AR073655National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$114,326
F31NS130939National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$112,907
F32HD095580National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652018$112,438
F31EY031985National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672021$112,170
F32AI140566National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$110,539
F31AG076318National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$108,992
F32GM115046National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592015$108,859
F30CA275362National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982024$108,512
F30DA050445National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792020$108,257
G19AC00104Geological SurveyFED15.8082019$108,000
K99EB034778National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862023$107,871
F32HL151127National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382020$107,297
F31HL166079National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$107,091
F31EY029593National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672018$106,931
UE5NS070695National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532010$106,547
F32HL162378National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$105,597
F31CA239426National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982019$104,099
S10OD032243National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$101,970
F31NS115362National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$101,726
F32DA046313National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792018$100,590
2015568National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$100,000
2334097National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$100,000
80NSSC24K1861NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012025$100,000
HDTRA12210035Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512022$100,000
90YE0273Administration for Children and FamiliesFED93.5752022$99,916
2335784National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$99,894
80NSSC19K1523NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012019$99,812
2337118National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$99,742
F31AG091984National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$99,652
F31AR086577National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462025$99,652
F31AR074288National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$99,588
F30AI188691National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$99,424
1758201National Science FoundationFED47.0752018$99,304
F31AG071225National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$98,660
F31AI181555National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$98,512
F31DA060484National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792024$98,512
F31MH139185National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422024$98,512
F30HL175886National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$98,284
F30MH124269National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422021$98,162
F32DA042708National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792016$98,074
2219379National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$97,869
F31AI172194National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$96,584
F30EY036267National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672024$95,922
F31AG079653National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$95,495
F31AG079540National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$94,446
F32NS106812National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$94,017
K99AG071838National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$93,511
F31MH133395National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$93,299
F32GM140573National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$93,009

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last checked 2026-09-07.