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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
W911NF2410081Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$60,000
W911NF2510026Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312025$60,000
1940668National Science FoundationFED47.0752019$59,998
2404956National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$59,556
2448416National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$57,696
F99NS105182National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$57,690
1953111National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$57,654
R01HL153122National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$56,891
F31MH123121National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422021$54,135
F31NS117084National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$53,799
F32DA057128National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792022$53,756
F31AR076920National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462020$53,598
F30AI194436National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552026$53,461
N000142412658Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002024$53,302
2152559National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$50,714
80NSSC22K0800NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012022$50,350
1906251National Science FoundationFED47.0492019$50,000
2306263National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$50,000
2328626National Science FoundationFED47.0842023$50,000
2333902National Science FoundationFED47.0842023$50,000
2526723National Science FoundationFED47.0842025$50,000
R13MD015672National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072020$50,000
F31AG094137National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662026$49,538
80NSSC19K1715NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012019$48,966
F31AG069412National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$48,427
F30HD120077National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652026$48,200
F30AI188632National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552026$44,751
F31DC023492National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732026$44,751
F31HL177921National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372026$44,751
F31NS141565National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532026$44,751
FA95502010271Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002020$44,209
2116465National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$44,206
F31AI183996National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$44,187
F31MH136704National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$44,187
F31EY036265National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672026$44,001
F31AG092224National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$43,948
F31MH140552National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$43,875
F31DA060615National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792024$43,700
F99AG088569National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$42,934
F99NS130873National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$42,732
F31AR084860National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462025$42,575
F31NS108444National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$40,742
F31AR076188National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462020$40,710
90YE0214Administration for Children and FamiliesFED93.5752019$40,024
R13HD113376National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652023$40,000
2444119National Science FoundationFED47.0752025$39,997
2145584National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$39,844
2206494National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$39,746
F31NS111892National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$37,895
F31AG084416National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$37,644
F31DC017878National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732019$35,565
2348566National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$35,000
F31EY030360National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672019$34,232
F31MH132506National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$33,292
2410632National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$33,000
2242472National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$32,413
80NSSC22K0541NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012022$31,600
1747457National Science FoundationFED47.0492017$30,000
2230159National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$30,000
2331394National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$30,000
R13HL165778National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$30,000
R13HL178275National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$30,000
W911NF2410210Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$30,000
F30CA265107National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982021$29,940
2150876National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$28,863
1901427National Science FoundationFED47.0492019$28,538
2106562National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$26,840
2304723National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$25,000
2330274National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$25,000
2341547National Science FoundationFED47.0752024$25,000
2430644National Science FoundationFED47.0412024$25,000
R13AR078066National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462020$25,000
R13HL175882National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$25,000
R13HD115388National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462024$24,367
R13HL160042National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$24,000
80NSSC20K0764NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012020$22,725
2048066National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$22,585
F31HL172345National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$21,501
2414460National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$20,000
2433786National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$20,000
2501693National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$20,000
2223922National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$19,160
2219566National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$17,459
1851195National Science FoundationFED47.0752019$16,690
2438973National Science FoundationFED47.0752025$16,221
R13HD114390National Institutes of HealthFED93.1212023$15,419
2227695National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$15,000
2326060National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$14,800
W911NF2410158Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$13,933
2141430National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$13,506
2227814National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$12,528
F31HL168876National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$11,959
80NSSC20K0642NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012020$10,811
2314440National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$10,714
N000142312320Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002023$10,500
2215338National Science FoundationFED47.0752022$10,091
R13CA306111National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932025$10,000
R13AI178939National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$8,731
1756617National Science FoundationFED47.0752018$8,587
2234845National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$8,248

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