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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
N000141812508	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2018	$1,032,784
R01AG092241	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2025	$1,032,164
R01MH137028	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2025	$1,029,857
DESC0019339	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2018	$1,024,353
2031467	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2020	$1,024,084
R35GM158118	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2025	$1,020,000
R01MH138285	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2025	$1,014,977
2409652	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2024	$1,013,101
R56AG055425	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2017	$1,010,002
R00DA055111	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2022	$1,001,097
K08MH128640	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2022	$1,000,093
FA95501710247	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2017	$1,000,003
2219843	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2022	$1,000,000
2509217	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2025	$1,000,000
DEEE0008089	Golden Field Office	FED	81.087	2018	$1,000,000
FA95501610379	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2016	$1,000,000
W911NF2310141	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2023	$1,000,000
HDTRA12410014	Defense Threat Reduction Agency	FED	12.351	2024	$999,999
N000141613175	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2016	$999,857
2227641	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2023	$999,809
K23HL150236	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.310	2021	$999,759
W81XWH1710679	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2019	$999,078
R01CE003675	Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC	FED	93.136	2024	$994,565
R01CA295739	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2025	$990,748
1904701	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2019	$988,219
R00AA029180	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.273	2022	$988,195
K23DA037913	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2015	$987,056
R38CA245095	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.393	2021	$985,358
T32CA268935	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2023	$984,857
DESC0014424	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2015	$984,160
K01OD026571	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.351	2018	$981,705
DEEE0008437	Golden Field Office	FED	81.087	2018	$974,495
K08EY030923	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.867	2020	$971,527
R01GM155872	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2024	$968,886
R25MH115855	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2019	$963,525
R01DK131469	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2022	$960,670
HT94252411080	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2024	$959,996
K23DA048062	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2020	$957,826
W81XWH2110378	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2021	$957,772
1763743	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2018	$957,275
2332782	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2024	$955,876
R01EY029306	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.867	2019	$955,205
R01CA291994	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.396	2025	$954,436
DESC0018093	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2017	$952,000
W81XWH1810479	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2018	$947,974
W81XWH1810244	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2018	$947,699
K23AI141694	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2019	$946,745
W81XWH1710141	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2017	$946,629
K23DA050729	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2021	$945,679
2326024	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2023	$943,192
W81XWH2110849	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2021	$939,940
R01DK141825	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2025	$937,744
T32DK108738	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2016	$932,691
K23HL157832	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2021	$929,048
R50CA211428	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.393	2016	$925,069
R35GM158705	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2025	$924,556
R33HL168758	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2023	$924,063
R01HD100318	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.865	2019	$918,206
R34DA052216	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.279	2020	$918,033
K08NS093127	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2015	$917,739
K01MH121854	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2020	$914,101
W81XWH2110862	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2021	$908,339
2123447	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2021	$904,339
2148177	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2022	$899,998
2208011	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2022	$899,998
R305D240023	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2024	$899,973
R305D220052	Department of Education	FED	84.305	2022	$899,721
FA95501810359	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2018	$899,063
N000141712409	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2017	$897,129
A3049998	Health Resources and Services Administration	FED	93.110	2023	$896,550
DESC0022181	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2021	$890,000
2209585	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$888,534
R00NS109252	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2018	$883,101
K25DK113242	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2018	$880,714
R35GM159598	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2025	$880,000
DESC0024253	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2023	$877,092
2240216	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2023	$875,634
DESC0024255	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2023	$875,000
DESC0025599	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2024	$875,000
DESC0026331	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2025	$875,000
DESC0026333	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2025	$875,000
1934367	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2020	$873,932
K23HL157766	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2021	$873,094
R34CA283480	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.394	2024	$869,060
K01MH125172	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2021	$865,350
U01DK137258	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2023	$863,657
W81XWH1910563	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2019	$860,206
T32CA281953	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2023	$858,921
2148183	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2022	$855,000
DESC0023342	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2022	$854,202
W911NF2210286	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2022	$850,000
DEEE0008079	Golden Field Office	FED	81.087	2017	$846,200
2442903	National Science Foundation	FED	47.074	2025	$844,975
R00NS115918	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.372	2022	$843,476
T32DK062716	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2003	$841,629
2506333	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2025	$838,645
DESC0023364	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2022	$833,137
2201894	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2022	$832,126
2211315	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2023	$830,834
N000142112398	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2021	$830,616

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