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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
2531174National Science FoundationFED47.0752025$318,903
R03AG067980National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$317,500
R03HD094615National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652019$316,000
2206471National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$314,904
2510183National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$313,105
2435115National Science FoundationFED47.0762024$310,199
2107400National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$308,000
2152235National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$305,942
R21DA050047National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792020$305,908
W81XWH1810748Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202018$304,268
2302619National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$303,000
2404203National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$302,000
1951835National Science FoundationFED47.0502021$301,854
2401506National Science FoundationFED47.0412024$301,771
T35DK126628National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$301,735
K01DC018324National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732020$301,624
2451081National Science FoundationFED47.0742025$300,105
2106786National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$300,000
2207269National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$300,000
2229454National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$300,000
2247821National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$300,000
2308341National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$300,000
2324936National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$300,000
2331106National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$300,000
2331329National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$300,000
2452280National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$300,000
2500488National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$300,000
2505670National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$300,000
2513907National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$300,000
2538885National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$300,000
R56AG077278National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$300,000
2505196National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$299,998
2027173National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$299,996
2206973National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$299,989
2427519National Science FoundationFED47.0412024$299,986
W81XWH2220060Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$299,971
W81XWH2220660Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$299,971
N000142112484Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002021$299,951
1743324National Science FoundationFED47.0702018$299,942
2318975National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$299,499
K99MH135062National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422024$298,944
T32AR085530National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462025$298,166
FA95502510066Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002025$298,160
G08LM012688National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792017$297,789
S10OD034357National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$295,565
2237349National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$292,220
W81XWH2210386Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$291,332
2149422National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$291,152
2427686National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$289,238
80NSSC22K1217NASA HeadquartersFED43.0122022$288,610
1921294National Science FoundationFED47.0752019$286,989
R21AG065705National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$286,651
W911NF2410075Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$285,000
2229410National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$283,995
2338942National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$283,379
W81XWH1810777Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202018$281,376
K99NS130277National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102023$280,770
K99AG068544National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$280,407
2417860National Science FoundationFED47.0752024$280,197
2302624National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$279,999
N000142112233Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002021$279,996
2315652National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$278,400
N000141912321Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002019$276,999
DESC0023522Office of ScienceFED81.0492023$276,047
R50CA293523National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952024$271,614
K99HL168338National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$269,575
R21HD105101National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652022$269,001
1808590National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$268,551
K22AI177518National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$266,838
K00MH139084National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$266,690
2441769National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$265,703
2201307National Science FoundationFED47.0762022$265,000
N000142512240Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002025$265,000
K01AR075087National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$263,793
K22AI186623National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$263,705
W911NF2510082Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312025$260,000
2246780National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$259,999
R21HL181701National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$259,729
R21NS125187National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$259,581
K99CA279896National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982023$257,454
K99AG083213National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$257,040
R25GM154271National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592024$256,454
R21HL165376National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$255,000
2004176National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$254,637
1756245National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$254,038
R21DC018905National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732020$250,770
F32HL162418National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$250,698
80NSSC25K0248NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012025$250,008
2328973National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$250,000
2330041National Science FoundationFED47.0792024$250,000
2419181National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$250,000
FA23862114078Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002021$250,000
HR00112420364DARPA - Tactical Technology OfficeFED12.9102024$250,000
1815507National Science FoundationFED47.0702018$249,999
2219489National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$249,999
80NSSC20K0430NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012020$249,922
1801632National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$249,777
2440539National Science FoundationFED47.0702025$249,682
K99AI183290National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$249,480
R00GM149757National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592023$249,000

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