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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 year	Awards	Total
2026	16	$5,656,952
2025	228	$179,869,967
2024	304	$360,663,085
2023	305	$341,568,859
2022	328	$504,598,922
2021	277	$467,887,968
2020	283	$458,516,259
2019	244	$484,946,327
2018	200	$480,926,098
2017	128	$293,823,630
2016	87	$291,638,710
2015	63	$352,727,811
2014	15	$130,425,551
2013	12	$36,849,331
2012	13	$59,251,043
2011	9	$78,242,858
2010	15	$54,774,031
2009	10	$150,208,288
2008	5	$28,346,534
2007	11	$79,246,477
2006	4	$19,344,673
2005	6	$21,625,463
2004	4	$21,047,512
2003	8	$48,576,896
2002	3	$16,852,729
2001	6	$17,631,692
2000	3	$12,281,625
1999	5	$26,357,288
1998	2	$11,170,556
1997	5	$150,622,519
1996	5	$23,931,170
1994	4	$40,072,581
1993	3	$19,813,162
1992	2	$9,903,004
1991	1	$3,832,080
1990	1	$3,362,473
1987	3	$22,318,882
1986	1	$6,223,557
1983	1	$11,195,089
1979	1	$6,747,731
1976	1	$5,184,181

Who funded them

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Funder	Years	Awards	Total
National Institutes of Health	1976–2026	1779	$4,229,000,223
National Science Foundation	2015–2026	447	$405,492,300
Office of Science	1987–2025	72	$274,629,931
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	2017–2025	84	$94,301,834
National Institute of Standards and Technology	2014–2025	4	$50,796,126
Army Contracting Command Rock Island	2016–2025	41	$48,094,665
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office	2018–2024	7	$44,436,664
Office of Naval Research	2016–2025	54	$40,616,615
Air Force -- Research Lab	2016–2025	32	$36,458,171
Health Resources and Services Administration	2011–2023	3	$25,524,148
Department of Education	2014–2024	11	$18,369,280
Defense Threat Reduction Agency	2015–2024	8	$17,770,607
NASA Headquarters	2015–2025	45	$14,563,406
Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC	2019–2024	5	$7,373,997
Golden Field Office	2017–2020	5	$5,993,642
Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy	2020–2024	3	$4,227,327
Food and Drug Administration	2019	4	$4,100,062
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command	2019–2023	4	$2,987,127
National Energy Technology Laboratory	2024	1	$2,969,477
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	2016–2018	2	$2,443,960
Centers for Disease Control-GHC	2021	1	$2,350,000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA	2015	1	$2,219,587
Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP	2017	1	$1,355,699
Centers for Disease Control - OD	2019	1	$746,626
Institute of Museum and Library Services	2024	1	$439,597
Idaho Field Office	2022	1	$320,000
Washington Headquarters Services	2024	1	$235,945
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	2016	1	$198,608
Administration for Children and Families	2019–2022	2	$139,940
Geological Survey	2019	1	$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.

Listing	Awards	Total	Open now
93.853	222	$460,775,467	97
93.866	150	$439,349,801	129
93.855	159	$342,914,446	87
93.837	185	$340,629,187	78
81.049	72	$274,629,931	1
93.847	114	$255,596,897	70
93.242	109	$246,536,505	114
93.859	112	$239,325,614	60
93.310	42	$224,580,795	85
93.353	4	$128,595,446	2
47.049	172	$128,282,668	44
93.865	71	$128,132,267	101
93.846	59	$120,944,939	59
93.838	20	$112,170,204	77
93.395	50	$110,886,262	47
93.279	42	$109,843,387	102
93.350	12	$108,705,690	37
93.173	57	$106,631,296	80
93.307	26	$100,240,964	59
93.396	48	$99,209,946	34
12.420	84	$94,301,834	28
93.867	52	$90,017,496	74
93.393	30	$79,770,916	53
47.076	28	$77,420,671	30
93.397	7	$76,792,438	9
47.070	86	$71,764,982	28
47.041	73	$62,783,905	37
93.286	28	$50,881,435	56
11.609	4	$50,796,126	0
12.431	41	$48,094,665	14
12.910	7	$44,436,664	4
93.394	23	$44,040,429	50
12.300	54	$40,616,615	8
12.800	32	$36,458,171	15
93.398	57	$31,615,504	35
93.530	2	$24,627,598	2
93.172	11	$23,921,360	73
93.273	11	$22,952,979	92
47.084	8	$19,898,209	20
93.233	6	$18,583,265	77
12.351	8	$17,770,607	1
93.351	20	$15,580,141	26
84.305	10	$15,369,642	0
47.074	18	$15,162,648	25
93.113	9	$14,477,783	69
93.213	8	$14,375,851	71
93.361	5	$13,036,738	50
43.001	35	$12,786,854	10
47.075	46	$12,256,505	36
93.399	1	$11,894,720	51
93.989	5	$10,389,809	14
93.879	8	$10,133,505	43
47.050	10	$9,410,981	43
47.083	5	$8,261,731	16
93.839	5	$8,232,608	78
93.372	3	$7,769,337	9
93.136	5	$7,373,997	27
81.087	5	$5,993,642	1
81.135	3	$4,227,327	1
93.103	4	$4,100,062	55
93.121	4	$3,237,720	86
93.068	1	$3,098,997	1
84.324	1	$2,999,638	0
12.630	4	$2,987,127	5
93.840	2	$2,970,079	71
81.089	1	$2,969,477	1
93.137	2	$2,443,960	4
93.318	1	$2,350,000	3
93.945	1	$2,219,587	2
43.012	10	$1,776,552	2
93.946	1	$1,355,699	1
93.110	1	$896,550	10
93.061	1	$746,626	2
45.312	1	$439,597	2
81.121	1	$320,000	4
47.079	1	$250,000	13
12.024	1	$235,945	1
43.008	1	$198,608	2
93.077	1	$158,000	2
93.575	2	$139,940	0
15.808	1	$108,000	0

The awards themselves

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

Award	Funder	Source	Listing	FY	Amount
N000142212133	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2022	$830,537
2437207	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2025	$830,069
K08CA283285	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2024	$827,511
1846234	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2019	$827,419
R00MH117264	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2021	$826,202
DESC0026329	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2025	$825,000
HR00112320041	DARPA - Tactical Technology Office	FED	12.910	2023	$824,732
N000142112289	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2021	$823,856
1937719	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2019	$822,720
K01AG053477	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2016	$820,961
K08HL143138	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.838	2019	$812,691
K07CA216330	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2017	$810,164
K01HL149987	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.233	2020	$805,888
K08HL159356	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2021	$805,882
W81XWH2210822	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$802,998
K01CA262342	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2021	$801,096
R01EY036826	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.867	2025	$800,000
W911NF2110291	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2021	$800,000
R305B200029	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2020	$799,999
W81XWH2210271	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$799,999
R305B240008	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2024	$799,925
K01HL121162	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2015	$799,684
S10OD036237	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.351	2024	$799,322
R305D180002	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2019	$798,805
2324173	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$798,131
W81XWH2110236	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2021	$797,259
HT94252510613	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2025	$794,148
R01HL179919	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2025	$793,184
W81XWH2010211	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2020	$789,949
W81XWH2010679	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2020	$789,480
R00AA027740	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.273	2022	$780,530
N000142212200	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2022	$779,999
2046586	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2021	$779,236
DESC0025288	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2024	$779,072
2047919	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2021	$777,186
K01DK116925	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2018	$775,567
R00AA028049	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.273	2022	$775,522
FA95502210423	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2022	$770,652
K23GM144802	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2021	$769,539
N000142212162	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2022	$767,378
W81XWH2210166	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$766,823
2042249	National Science Foundation	FED	47.050	2021	$764,417
K24AR080840	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.846	2023	$764,242
K23AI171085	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2023	$763,924
R61NS127141	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2023	$762,606
UH3NS127383	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2022	$762,051
K23AG078705	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2023	$761,656
R00GM140249	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2022	$760,877
R00GM140269	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2024	$760,162
N000142012116	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2020	$760,000
R56MH071316	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2005	$756,870
R00MH117226	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2018	$756,144
FA95502310658	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2023	$755,000
2433807	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2025	$754,541
K01MH131898	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2023	$752,941
N000142112679	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2021	$750,001
2310382	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2023	$750,000
2310927	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2024	$750,000
2517826	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$750,000
DESC0024448	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2023	$750,000
W911NF1920169	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2019	$750,000
DESC0015973	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2016	$749,755
2016900	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2020	$748,957
1944777	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2019	$748,433
R00CA248835	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$747,001
R00CA248715	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$747,000
R00DK134882	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2023	$747,000
R00HG012593	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.172	2024	$747,000
R00HL165103	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2024	$746,994
R00CA240896	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$746,966
R01TS000294	Centers for Disease Control - OD	FED	93.061	2019	$746,626
N000142112782	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2021	$746,376
CPIMP181168	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	FED	93.137	2018	$743,960
N000142312822	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2023	$743,319
2048681	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2021	$742,283
R00CA207865	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2018	$740,397
2120912	National Science Foundation	FED	47.050	2021	$739,763
R00MD016964	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.307	2022	$739,212
K01DA057143	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2023	$737,726
R56HL148192	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2019	$737,651
K08CA241335	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2019	$737,167
1847948	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2019	$736,371
R01AG068140	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2020	$735,836
2107392	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2022	$735,000
R00EB021320	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.286	2018	$733,487
R00DC012803	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.173	2013	$732,383
R00MH128454	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2022	$731,336
R34AT009685	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.213	2018	$730,284
K24HL155897	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.310	2021	$729,288
2145050	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$729,032
R00AR065480	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.846	2016	$727,889
1944644	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2020	$726,802
K23MH129607	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2023	$726,348
2236354	National Science Foundation	FED	47.084	2023	$724,415
1955351	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2020	$724,160
K23HL155970	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2021	$722,661
K23HL136891	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2017	$722,632
R50CA265372	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2022	$721,960
W81XWH1920033	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2019	$721,149
FA95502310617	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2023	$720,915

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