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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
80NSSC20K0247	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.001	2020	$8,051
R13AI154685	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2022	$8,000
R13AI179132	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2023	$8,000
DESC0022918	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2022	$7,664
2317140	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2023	$5,000
R13CA268280	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2022	$5,000
R13TR003484	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.350	2020	$5,000
2137784	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2022	$2,774
1944985	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2020	$0
2107784	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2021	$0
2142915	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2021	$0
2152853	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2022	$0
2241884	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2023	$0
2302592	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2023	$0
80NSSC20K1575	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.001	2020	$0
80NSSC21K0279	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.001	2021	$0
80NSSC21K0705	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.001	2021	$0
80NSSC25K7608	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.012	2025	$0
DESC0021351	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2020	$0
DESC0024493	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2023	$0
F32MD018259	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.307	2022	$0
80NSSC23M0106	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.012	2023	$-1,338

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