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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
N000142212693Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002022$390,000
R21NS120521National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$389,066
U34DK136922National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472023$388,583
R21LM012618National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792017$388,558
R21AR081520National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462022$388,540
R56AG088061National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$388,062
R21AR080351National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462022$387,200
R21NS113037National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$387,165
R21EB035648National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862024$386,881
R21AR081475National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462022$386,615
R21AG056903National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$386,437
2222369National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$386,139
2204237National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$385,441
2318807National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$385,000
K01CA296781National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982025$383,400
K23HL175227National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$383,264
2514091National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$382,402
R21AR074902National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$382,360
K23MH136421National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$382,359
2305857National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$381,761
N000142112706Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002021$380,356
2413680National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$380,000
2434044National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$380,000
N000141912181Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002019$379,593
R21CA239130National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942019$378,015
R21AI131179National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$377,262
1812057National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$376,717
R21LM013097National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792019$376,604
K23DK144661National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472025$375,576
W911NF2410050Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$375,000
N000141812651Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002018$374,928
R21DC017210National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732018$374,462
N000142212602Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002022$373,093
R21CA226671National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932018$372,680
2510570National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$371,816
K02DA060357National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792024$371,790
2440223National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$369,117
W911NF2210291Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312023$367,846
2237139National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$366,358
R01CA266487National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$366,000
FA95502210474Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002022$365,980
R21HL152324National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$364,306
W911NF2210180Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312022$362,637
R21CA230367National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932019$362,214
2420245National Science FoundationFED47.0752024$360,962
2303085National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$360,773
2203242National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$359,879
2203243National Science FoundationFED47.0412022$359,500
R21EY029516National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672018$359,415
R56AI188902National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$358,502
W911NF2210204Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312022$358,139
N000141812097Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002018$357,643
R25DA057711National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792025$356,992
2020013National Science FoundationFED47.0492019$355,217
2343227National Science FoundationFED47.0412024$354,999
2400191National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$353,236
80NSSC20K0504NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012020$352,043
1914567National Science FoundationFED47.0492019$351,559
R21EY032233National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672021$351,206
2210369National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$350,000
R24OD035422National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$350,000
R56AI176611National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$350,000
W911NF2410022Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312024$350,000
2348315National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$349,929
2524910National Science FoundationFED47.0502025$348,474
2006350National Science FoundationFED47.0412020$348,029
1841569National Science FoundationFED47.0492017$347,702
U34DK126626National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$344,308
K00AG068511National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$342,223
R21AG089563National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$341,772
N000142412196Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002024$341,650
2154076National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$338,133
2306233National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$337,444
2308182National Science FoundationFED47.0492023$337,029
2523955National Science FoundationFED47.0752026$335,000
2337351National Science FoundationFED47.0742024$334,345
1840816National Science FoundationFED47.0412019$334,079
DESC0021169Office of ScienceFED81.0492020$333,945
2023698National Science FoundationFED47.0492020$333,699
2150134National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$332,871
2139566National Science FoundationFED47.0412021$332,579
K00CA234799National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982020$332,309
K01AR072773National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462018$332,082
2447155National Science FoundationFED47.0702025$331,917
2446761National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$325,967
K01HL173859National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$325,652
S10OD032342National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512022$324,593
FA95502210158Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002022$324,074
2505640National Science FoundationFED47.0412025$323,716
W81XWH1910121Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$323,476
2221122National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$321,347
2312155National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$320,987
2411584National Science FoundationFED47.0492024$320,626
DENE0009173Idaho Field OfficeFED81.1212022$320,000
HT94252310537Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202023$320,000
R03AG074031National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$320,000
R03AG087284National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662024$320,000
R03AG092302National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$320,000
R03AG093098National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$320,000
W81XWH2210217Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202022$319,651

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