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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
W81XWH1910228Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$626,943
FA95501810401Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002018$624,981
FA95502010364Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002020$624,954
2338202National Science FoundationFED47.0412024$623,708
2021721National Science FoundationFED47.0502021$623,266
R56DC019157National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732021$623,243
R56NS069777National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532010$622,888
2403516National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$620,000
1921678National Science FoundationFED47.0752019$615,991
2029641National Science FoundationFED47.0412020$614,799
W911NF1910383Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312019$610,431
NU17CE010031Centers for Disease Control - NCIPCFED93.1362019$609,690
2208573National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$608,100
R25DA059987National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102024$605,718
2154627National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$603,682
2221571National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$603,183
R56AG075600National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$603,031
2145433National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$601,980
1912694National Science FoundationFED47.0412019$600,751
R21EB030305National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862020$600,609
2107042National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$600,000
2119686National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$600,000
2229162National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$600,000
2247666National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$600,000
2512923National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$600,000
80NSSC21K1810NASA HeadquartersFED43.0122022$600,000
DESC0021172Office of ScienceFED81.0492020$600,000
DESC0024540Office of ScienceFED81.0492023$600,000
DESC0025283Office of ScienceFED81.0492024$600,000
N000141712993Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002017$600,000
R21DC022031National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732024$600,000
R21DC022906National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732025$600,000
R21DC023275National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732025$600,000
S10OD028566National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102020$600,000
W911NF2310285Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312023$600,000
DESC0022268Office of ScienceFED81.0492021$599,999
2331932National Science FoundationFED47.0502023$599,995
2437819National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$599,926
S10OD032270National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$599,822
N000141912496Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002019$599,653
2330011National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$599,651
2207215National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$599,046
S10OD034362National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$599,040
2219149National Science FoundationFED47.0832023$599,026
2412400National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$597,201
1729720National Science FoundationFED47.0752017$596,080
S10OD030339National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512021$595,268
R21DC018357National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732020$593,274
W81XWH2010504Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$592,500
K01MH113132National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422017$589,040
W81XWH2110911Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$588,549
2511543National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$587,631
K24HL150235National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$582,355
G08LM013188National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792019$581,461
2004557National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$581,095
2236819National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$578,892
W81XWH1910477Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$576,132
2440412National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$576,083
K23AG088497National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$575,100
R01HG013773National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722024$575,072
K08EB030120National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862020$575,065
K22CA251636National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982023$573,146
80NSSC19K0323NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012019$572,483
2047693National Science FoundationFED47.0702021$572,247
K01DK138265National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472023$572,124
2239538National Science FoundationFED47.0752023$572,110
N000142212690Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002022$571,315
K01DA058919National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792024$570,798
2404030National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$569,433
R56HG012360National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722022$568,846
2146530National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$568,493
1845460National Science FoundationFED47.0702019$565,562
2305731National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$564,000
HT94252410972Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202025$557,592
1816870National Science FoundationFED47.0702019$556,800
2130831National Science FoundationFED47.0492021$556,628
N000142012777Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002020$554,757
2225234National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$554,468
HT94252310360Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202023$553,172
R56NS118888National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$552,532
2423216National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$552,402
1751308National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$552,273
2435138National Science FoundationFED47.0412026$549,997
2310112National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$549,859
1943506National Science FoundationFED47.0702020$549,775
R21EB024315National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862017$548,381
2225087National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$547,447
2513048National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$546,450
1846447National Science FoundationFED47.0702019$546,397
2246475National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$546,366
R56NS100785National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$544,893
N000142312593Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002023$543,559
FA95502310420Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002023$543,398
2307327National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$540,758
2153191National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$537,000
80NSSC24K0087NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012024$534,982
2237984National Science FoundationFED47.0702023$534,758
W81XWH2210763Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$533,665
R56AI159536National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$532,926
2415770National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$532,396

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