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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 year	Awards	Total
2026	16	$5,656,952
2025	228	$179,869,967
2024	304	$360,663,085
2023	305	$341,568,859
2022	328	$504,598,922
2021	277	$467,887,968
2020	283	$458,516,259
2019	244	$484,946,327
2018	200	$480,926,098
2017	128	$293,823,630
2016	87	$291,638,710
2015	63	$352,727,811
2014	15	$130,425,551
2013	12	$36,849,331
2012	13	$59,251,043
2011	9	$78,242,858
2010	15	$54,774,031
2009	10	$150,208,288
2008	5	$28,346,534
2007	11	$79,246,477
2006	4	$19,344,673
2005	6	$21,625,463
2004	4	$21,047,512
2003	8	$48,576,896
2002	3	$16,852,729
2001	6	$17,631,692
2000	3	$12,281,625
1999	5	$26,357,288
1998	2	$11,170,556
1997	5	$150,622,519
1996	5	$23,931,170
1994	4	$40,072,581
1993	3	$19,813,162
1992	2	$9,903,004
1991	1	$3,832,080
1990	1	$3,362,473
1987	3	$22,318,882
1986	1	$6,223,557
1983	1	$11,195,089
1979	1	$6,747,731
1976	1	$5,184,181

Who funded them

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Funder	Years	Awards	Total
National Institutes of Health	1976–2026	1779	$4,229,000,223
National Science Foundation	2015–2026	447	$405,492,300
Office of Science	1987–2025	72	$274,629,931
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	2017–2025	84	$94,301,834
National Institute of Standards and Technology	2014–2025	4	$50,796,126
Army Contracting Command Rock Island	2016–2025	41	$48,094,665
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office	2018–2024	7	$44,436,664
Office of Naval Research	2016–2025	54	$40,616,615
Air Force -- Research Lab	2016–2025	32	$36,458,171
Health Resources and Services Administration	2011–2023	3	$25,524,148
Department of Education	2014–2024	11	$18,369,280
Defense Threat Reduction Agency	2015–2024	8	$17,770,607
NASA Headquarters	2015–2025	45	$14,563,406
Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC	2019–2024	5	$7,373,997
Golden Field Office	2017–2020	5	$5,993,642
Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy	2020–2024	3	$4,227,327
Food and Drug Administration	2019	4	$4,100,062
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command	2019–2023	4	$2,987,127
National Energy Technology Laboratory	2024	1	$2,969,477
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	2016–2018	2	$2,443,960
Centers for Disease Control-GHC	2021	1	$2,350,000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA	2015	1	$2,219,587
Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP	2017	1	$1,355,699
Centers for Disease Control - OD	2019	1	$746,626
Institute of Museum and Library Services	2024	1	$439,597
Idaho Field Office	2022	1	$320,000
Washington Headquarters Services	2024	1	$235,945
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	2016	1	$198,608
Administration for Children and Families	2019–2022	2	$139,940
Geological Survey	2019	1	$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.

Listing	Awards	Total	Open now
93.853	222	$460,775,467	97
93.866	150	$439,349,801	129
93.855	159	$342,914,446	87
93.837	185	$340,629,187	78
81.049	72	$274,629,931	1
93.847	114	$255,596,897	70
93.242	109	$246,536,505	114
93.859	112	$239,325,614	60
93.310	42	$224,580,795	85
93.353	4	$128,595,446	2
47.049	172	$128,282,668	44
93.865	71	$128,132,267	101
93.846	59	$120,944,939	59
93.838	20	$112,170,204	77
93.395	50	$110,886,262	47
93.279	42	$109,843,387	102
93.350	12	$108,705,690	37
93.173	57	$106,631,296	80
93.307	26	$100,240,964	59
93.396	48	$99,209,946	34
12.420	84	$94,301,834	28
93.867	52	$90,017,496	74
93.393	30	$79,770,916	53
47.076	28	$77,420,671	30
93.397	7	$76,792,438	9
47.070	86	$71,764,982	28
47.041	73	$62,783,905	37
93.286	28	$50,881,435	56
11.609	4	$50,796,126	0
12.431	41	$48,094,665	14
12.910	7	$44,436,664	4
93.394	23	$44,040,429	50
12.300	54	$40,616,615	8
12.800	32	$36,458,171	15
93.398	57	$31,615,504	35
93.530	2	$24,627,598	2
93.172	11	$23,921,360	73
93.273	11	$22,952,979	92
47.084	8	$19,898,209	20
93.233	6	$18,583,265	77
12.351	8	$17,770,607	1
93.351	20	$15,580,141	26
84.305	10	$15,369,642	0
47.074	18	$15,162,648	25
93.113	9	$14,477,783	69
93.213	8	$14,375,851	71
93.361	5	$13,036,738	50
43.001	35	$12,786,854	10
47.075	46	$12,256,505	36
93.399	1	$11,894,720	51
93.989	5	$10,389,809	14
93.879	8	$10,133,505	43
47.050	10	$9,410,981	43
47.083	5	$8,261,731	16
93.839	5	$8,232,608	78
93.372	3	$7,769,337	9
93.136	5	$7,373,997	27
81.087	5	$5,993,642	1
81.135	3	$4,227,327	1
93.103	4	$4,100,062	55
93.121	4	$3,237,720	86
93.068	1	$3,098,997	1
84.324	1	$2,999,638	0
12.630	4	$2,987,127	5
93.840	2	$2,970,079	71
81.089	1	$2,969,477	1
93.137	2	$2,443,960	4
93.318	1	$2,350,000	3
93.945	1	$2,219,587	2
43.012	10	$1,776,552	2
93.946	1	$1,355,699	1
93.110	1	$896,550	10
93.061	1	$746,626	2
45.312	1	$439,597	2
81.121	1	$320,000	4
47.079	1	$250,000	13
12.024	1	$235,945	1
43.008	1	$198,608	2
93.077	1	$158,000	2
93.575	2	$139,940	0
15.808	1	$108,000	0

The awards themselves

Largest first. Every row links to the award record it came from. The figures above are computed over all of them.

Award	Funder	Source	Listing	FY	Amount
R00AG068544	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2020	$720,082
R34MH130969	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2022	$720,000
R34MH134941	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2024	$720,000
R34MH137721	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2024	$720,000
R34MH139788	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2025	$720,000
R34MH128410	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2022	$719,346
K08MH126166	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2021	$719,275
2446392	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$717,618
R01DK124460	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2020	$717,000
1733860	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2017	$716,000
R00NS112604	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2019	$714,630
R34DA059723	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2024	$713,552
R34NS127119	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2022	$712,742
R34DA044752	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2017	$710,950
R01DK132672	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2022	$710,400
K01DC019421	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.173	2022	$709,693
80NSSC21K1722	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.001	2021	$709,670
R34AT009551	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.213	2019	$707,189
HT94252410417	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2024	$705,263
R34AT009447	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.213	2018	$705,055
2333907	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2024	$705,000
K08MH112878	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2017	$704,821
2518022	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2025	$704,063
FA95501910410	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2019	$701,979
R21NS127345	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.310	2022	$701,843
W81XWH2210018	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$701,798
R56AG061327	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2019	$700,723
R35GM158184	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2025	$700,655
70NANB24H136	National Institute of Standards and Technology	FED	11.609	2025	$700,000
R305A160013	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2016	$699,337
R25AG095785	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2025	$697,845
R50CA211271	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2016	$696,453
DESC0026334	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2025	$696,100
2432037	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$694,951
R56AI157822	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2021	$694,366
2047365	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2021	$692,176
R305D170041	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2017	$691,951
R34NS116713	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2020	$691,448
N000142112216	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2021	$688,213
HT94252410241	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2024	$685,802
R34MH132453	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2023	$685,492
DESC0026327	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2025	$685,012
K01AG070107	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.310	2021	$684,946
R01AG081520	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2024	$684,924
N000141712482	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2017	$680,000
R01AR083983	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.846	2025	$679,672
K08CA273547	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2023	$679,662
2452791	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$675,000
K08NS131581	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2024	$672,993
R00NS119787	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2021	$672,569
1855494	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2019	$672,379
FA95502310683	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2023	$672,344
2330015	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2023	$670,152
W911NF2310411	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2023	$668,827
R00EB033857	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.286	2024	$668,284
K01HL152009	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2020	$662,321
W81XWH1810257	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2018	$661,890
W81XWH1910582	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2019	$661,876
FA87502220156	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2022	$660,749
K01MD016170	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.307	2022	$660,284
2508419	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2025	$659,694
S10OD026786	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.351	2019	$657,890
K08HL163392	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2023	$656,208
2210112	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$655,341
W911NF2010137	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2020	$655,000
K08HL135348	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2017	$654,310
K01HD084672	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.865	2015	$653,275
2239867	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2023	$650,000
2430743	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2024	$649,999
DESC0021399	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2020	$649,623
R34DA050266	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2019	$648,703
R56MH135860	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2024	$647,833
2207819	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$645,309
K23HL173655	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2024	$645,029
K08DK118188	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2018	$642,865
2428112	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$642,000
R34MH124960	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2021	$641,063
W911NF1910298	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2019	$640,386
2144365	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2022	$640,157
HT94252310998	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2023	$640,002
HT94252310997	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2023	$640,001
1929356	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2019	$640,000
HT94252410905	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2024	$640,000
R01DK144103	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2025	$640,000
W81XWH2210470	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$639,999
HT94252410573	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2024	$639,742
DESC0022204	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2021	$638,834
W81XWH2210471	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2022	$638,497
W911NF2310306	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2023	$637,793
N000141613055	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2016	$637,104
1856619	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2019	$636,370
K23HL133601	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2016	$636,322
HDTRA12210041	Defense Threat Reduction Agency	FED	12.351	2022	$635,400
2505621	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2026	$635,000
DESC0025282	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2024	$630,972
2452270	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$630,000
FA95501910243	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2019	$630,000
1945249	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2020	$628,866
FA95502010258	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2020	$628,857
2207945	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$628,695

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