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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
N000142312311Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002023$531,000
2501241National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$527,896
2407475National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$526,943
W81XWH2010692Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$524,999
DEAR0001469Advanced Research Projects Agency EnergyFED81.1352021$524,339
K01HL165038National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$523,674
2137286National Science FoundationFED47.0412021$517,105
2043156National Science FoundationFED47.0412021$516,000
2303536National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$510,414
R56NS108639National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$510,021
1905742National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$510,002
1903053National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$510,000
N000142212447Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002022$510,000
N000141712425Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002017$509,637
1751035National Science FoundationFED47.0742018$508,874
N000142312529Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002023$508,846
W911NF2110052Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312021$506,226
W81XWH1810780Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202018$503,715
K01AG078442National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$502,742
2149425National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$501,799
FA95502210421Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002022$500,999
2305039National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$500,923
K23HL169815National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$500,828
2048075National Science FoundationFED47.0412021$500,000
2106964National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$500,000
2322572National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$500,000
2323316National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$500,000
2328032National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$500,000
2445337National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$500,000
N000142312294Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002023$500,000
1653552National Science FoundationFED47.0492017$499,999
2008450National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$499,891
K08HL171879National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$499,176
N000142012447Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002020$499,061
80NSSC21K1746NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012021$498,718
R00EY033850National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672025$498,000
R00HL155845National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$498,000
R00MH130713National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$498,000
N000141812550Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002018$497,961
1930642National Science FoundationFED47.0702018$497,383
R00GM143527National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$497,177
2229170National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$496,301
K01AG080070National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$496,240
W911NF1810402Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312018$495,220
2404059National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$495,000
80NSSC24K1224NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012024$493,899
2310178National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$491,708
2406802National Science FoundationFED47.0832024$491,136
R00MH133994National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$490,838
1834701National Science FoundationFED47.0702018$490,065
K08HL169904National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$489,240
FA95502010277Dept of the Army -- Materiel CommandFED12.6302020$484,108
R21MH115231National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422017$483,875
R21AG055954National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$481,480
HT94252410352Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202024$480,000
N000142012725Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002020$480,000
W81XWH2110146Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$479,999
W911NF1710430Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312017$479,962
DESC0023219Office of ScienceFED81.0492022$478,842
2537043National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$477,158
R00CA245035National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962020$476,624
R21AG080426National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$475,336
R21AG081627National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$475,181
W911NF2020136Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312020$475,000
R21DC019448National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732021$473,724
HT94252410313Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202024$473,659
N000142012327Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002020$472,997
1853521National Science FoundationFED47.0502019$472,282
2111324National Science FoundationFED47.0492021$472,024
R21EY031849National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672020$471,658
R34DK125958National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$471,543
R33NS101150National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$471,536
R01CA248770National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962020$470,834
2006851National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$470,000
2132252National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$469,421
2007613National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$469,209
R21DA058583National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792023$468,972
R56EY036320National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102024$468,734
R21AI137932National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552019$468,000
R34DK114773National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$467,287
2208865National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$465,772
FA95502510040Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002025$465,614
2447498National Science FoundationFED47.0742025$465,000
W911NF1910340Dept of the Army -- Materiel CommandFED12.6302019$465,000
R21EB036732National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862025$464,301
R21DC015880National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732017$463,519
2337566National Science FoundationFED47.0752024$462,400
2203703National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$461,982
2446949National Science FoundationFED47.0412026$460,347
2011208National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$460,000
N000142412109Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002024$460,000
W911NF1910039Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312019$458,744
2115905National Science FoundationFED47.0762022$458,419
1707296National Science FoundationFED47.0702016$458,079
80NSSC23K0734NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012023$457,614
2239834National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$457,459
2149908National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$456,000
2233912National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$455,974
2308601National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$455,075
R21AG075613National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$455,053

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