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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
R01CA217907National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$1,799,599
R01NS116277National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,797,720
R01AI139054National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$1,791,443
R01NS093843National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$1,788,067
R50CA221848National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962017$1,778,122
R01DK116988National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$1,777,500
R01CA191317National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952015$1,776,410
R01CA208257National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932017$1,772,794
R01EY031329National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672020$1,772,445
R01GM131421National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592019$1,771,243
R01CA272639National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952023$1,768,137
R01HL166807National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,767,510
R01CA282664National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952023$1,763,601
R01CA259388National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962022$1,762,285
R01EB030629National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862021$1,757,443
R01CA204021National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962016$1,751,159
R01CA208246National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952016$1,750,129
R01CA208354National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962017$1,749,726
R01NS137587National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532025$1,748,833
R01NS109372National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$1,743,595
R01CA232347National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$1,743,310
UF1NS107697National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792018$1,739,502
R01EY032506National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672022$1,737,420
R01NS134938National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,735,458
R01NS106955National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$1,728,125
R01NS113352National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$1,728,125
R01NS112856National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$1,726,785
UH3FD006794Food and Drug AdministrationFED93.1032019$1,725,099
R01NS102669National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$1,724,960
R01NS099210National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$1,724,516
U24CA258118National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932021$1,721,691
R01HL140061National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372018$1,721,338
R01AR075015National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462020$1,720,686
R01GM140272National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,718,983
R01HL172760National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,716,429
R01DK113011National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$1,711,008
R61NS138063National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$1,707,089
CPIMP161134Office of the Assistant Secretary for HealthFED93.1372016$1,700,000
R01NS107539National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$1,696,475
R01CA258833National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$1,693,246
R01DK120847National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472019$1,688,970
U01CA292771National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932024$1,688,202
R01NS095634National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$1,687,598
T32HD101395National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652021$1,685,068
R01GM130835National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592019$1,683,316
R01HD114195National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652023$1,681,646
R01HL160552National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$1,675,407
R37NS061963National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,674,182
R01DC017482National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732019$1,672,608
D43TW010946National Institutes of HealthFED93.9892019$1,672,073
R01CA221150National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952017$1,668,411
W81XWH1710406Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202017$1,659,941
R01GM135587National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,659,000
R01AR073279National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$1,655,254
R01NS090993National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$1,653,639
DESC0024256Office of ScienceFED81.0492023$1,650,000
T32MH130325National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$1,648,302
R01EB036272National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862024$1,647,742
T32EB025766National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862019$1,645,333
1842375National Science FoundationFED47.0762019$1,642,139
R01GM144617National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$1,641,775
R01DC017167National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732019$1,641,556
W911NF1920140Dept of the Army -- Materiel CommandFED12.6302019$1,638,019
R01AT012367National Institutes of HealthFED93.2132024$1,627,441
T32GM153505National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592024$1,624,480
R01HD093726National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652018$1,621,364
R01EY038008National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672025$1,620,537
R01NS095642National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$1,617,869
NU58DP007250Centers for Disease Control - NCIPCFED93.1362022$1,616,177
R01MD014703National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072020$1,615,218
1761057National Science FoundationFED47.0762018$1,614,322
R01DK121997National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472019$1,613,743
T32GM149439National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592023$1,613,623
R01NR021666National Institutes of HealthFED93.3612024$1,611,724
R01GM126318National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592018$1,608,232
R01HG011207National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722021$1,607,086
R01NS110631National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$1,603,691
DEEE0008354Golden Field OfficeFED81.0872019$1,600,000
HT94252510032Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202025$1,600,000
R01EY034486National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672023$1,600,000
R01NS093585National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$1,596,374
R35GM142539National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$1,596,250
HT94252310730Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202023$1,591,670
R01HL140927National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$1,591,250
R01NS132487National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,586,501
R01DK142974National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472025$1,585,504
R01HL175893National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,584,166
R01DK123447National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$1,584,000
R01HL176632National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,581,937
R01DK114158National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472018$1,580,000
W81XWH2010024Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$1,580,000
R01HL140938National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372018$1,579,998
R01AG091388National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$1,579,664
R01HL136942National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372017$1,578,397
T32GM142604National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$1,573,770
DEEE0008928Golden Field OfficeFED81.0872020$1,572,947
R01EY031029National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672020$1,567,775
R01AG072490National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$1,567,732
R01GM137133National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,565,439
R01NR021993National Institutes of HealthFED93.3612025$1,557,488

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