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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
U24AG082022National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$7,881,020
T32AG020506National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662002$7,792,920
R01DC010191National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732010$7,781,459
P01AI169600National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$7,705,957
UM1CA233035National Institutes of HealthFED93.3532018$7,668,296
P30AR072579National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462017$7,590,744
R01EY019696National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672009$7,575,402
U19AI136443National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$7,550,919
DESC0019356Office of ScienceFED81.0492018$7,500,000
U01NS105562National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$7,476,661
K12HD073945National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652012$7,450,352
HDTRA11510052Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512015$7,421,125
U01HG011169National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722020$7,376,233
P01DK117824National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$7,330,508
KL2TR001424National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502015$7,268,133
R35GM118035National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592016$7,133,439
W911NF1810200Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312018$7,089,204
P30AG059988National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$7,086,534
P50MH132502National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422024$7,081,826
U01AG076480National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$7,055,501
U19AI181102National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$7,025,947
R01DK090625National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472011$6,881,773
R37AG008796National Institutes of HealthFED93.8661997$6,860,582
W911NF2220246Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312022$6,852,706
R01HL141933National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372019$6,843,565
R01AI150998National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552020$6,839,677
R35NS122257National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$6,798,826
R35GM118144National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592016$6,781,425
R01GM111097National Institutes of HealthFED93.8591979$6,747,731
R01NS113804National Institutes of HealthFED93.3722019$6,708,527
T32HL007909National Institutes of HealthFED93.2331998$6,674,878
R01EY012141National Institutes of HealthFED93.8671999$6,629,780
R35HL140014National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372018$6,613,519
R35GM118184National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592016$6,473,871
R01NS053603National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532006$6,438,771
R01AG069762National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$6,424,378
R01AG067557National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$6,416,931
R25GM079300National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592007$6,410,503
R35GM131752National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592019$6,404,329
U01AI156874National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422021$6,366,745
R01HL117888National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372014$6,363,332
R01MH071316National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422005$6,351,053
R35CA197532National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962016$6,330,513
K12HD050121National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652005$6,300,784
DEFG0299ER14999Office of ScienceFED81.0491999$6,274,518
U01TR001806National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502016$6,244,939
R01NS082351National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532013$6,238,945
R01HD059858National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652010$6,231,352
T32CA009560National Institutes of HealthFED93.3981986$6,223,557
R35CA197725National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952015$6,163,775
R35CA197450National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962015$6,159,948
R01AR071162National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462016$6,138,366
U01AG066722National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$6,119,193
R01EY018204National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672007$6,037,162
2421845National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$6,000,000
R01MH097216National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422012$5,943,560
P30AR075049National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$5,907,592
P50HD098580National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652019$5,862,207
R01NS047726National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532003$5,793,387
R01EY025799National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672016$5,779,646
R01DC015903National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732017$5,768,915
P30DK114857National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$5,724,345
R01AI056346National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552004$5,667,869
R24GM137770National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$5,666,711
T9C42255Health Resources and Services AdministrationFED93.5302020$5,643,936
R01NS034939National Institutes of HealthFED93.8531997$5,627,433
DP1HL179370National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102024$5,600,000
R01MH107182National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422015$5,560,201
2033604National Science FoundationFED47.0832020$5,520,669
R01DC013315National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732014$5,504,994
2025633National Science FoundationFED47.0412020$5,500,000
R01HL051387National Institutes of HealthFED93.8371994$5,498,818
R01HL147575National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382019$5,461,385
UG1CA233320National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952019$5,456,713
FA95501910354Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002019$5,427,376
R01CA059655National Institutes of HealthFED93.3931993$5,417,738
DEFG0208ER46539Office of ScienceFED81.0492008$5,399,000
R01HL061322National Institutes of HealthFED93.8371999$5,386,611
R35GM118108National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592017$5,379,392
R01HL073402National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372003$5,358,062
R01CA163830National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932012$5,321,088
R01NS061963National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532008$5,276,729
R01NS064135National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532010$5,260,927
R01HL128075National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372015$5,243,210
T32NS047987National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532006$5,241,081
P50CA271353National Institutes of HealthFED93.3532022$5,233,564
R01HL115828National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372012$5,218,552
U01DK048380National Institutes of HealthFED93.3931994$5,197,645
T32DK007169National Institutes of HealthFED93.8471976$5,184,181
R01HL147290National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382019$5,179,305
R01CA142861National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932010$5,160,114
UG1HD113160National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$5,142,191
T32AI007476National Institutes of HealthFED93.8551996$5,139,660
T32GM008449National Institutes of HealthFED93.8591993$5,135,062
R37NS034696National Institutes of HealthFED93.8531996$5,134,304
R01AI136942National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$5,101,538
HR00112420302DARPA - Tactical Technology OfficeFED12.9102024$5,094,704
R01HL116895National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372014$5,091,110
R01MH125778National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$5,091,014
R35NS116854National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$5,090,839

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