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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
R01EY032609National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672021$2,004,347
R01NS116190National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$2,001,553
R01EY029121National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672018$2,001,353
R01MH109466National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422016$2,000,599
2317974National Science FoundationFED47.0412023$2,000,000
R01DC019434National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732022$2,000,000
S10OD036235National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512025$2,000,000
S10OD028680National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512020$1,999,848
R01HL155113National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$1,999,316
R01NS097901National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$1,991,914
R01AR080089National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462022$1,988,959
R01EY032922National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672021$1,988,000
R01NS125785National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$1,987,958
R01HL168859National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,986,775
R01NS122908National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$1,986,750
R01NS100785National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$1,985,749
DP5OD021356National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102015$1,984,700
R01HL169780National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,980,950
R01AG068579National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$1,980,674
R01CA245699National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962020$1,979,816
R01CA285193National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962023$1,978,140
R01AR083390National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462024$1,977,517
R01AI165236National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$1,975,193
R01AG065988National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662019$1,975,000
R01AI134952National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$1,975,000
R01AI148190National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552019$1,975,000
R01MH117111National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422018$1,975,000
RF1AG022560National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662003$1,975,000
R01AI127783National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552017$1,973,604
R01CA285402National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952024$1,973,417
W81XWH2010484Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$1,972,220
R01AI179744National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$1,971,854
R01CA278832National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962024$1,967,527
R01HD113891National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652024$1,960,309
2119069National Science FoundationFED47.0702022$1,959,454
DEFG0206ER46346Office of ScienceFED81.0492009$1,958,849
R01HD101563National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652021$1,958,456
R01DK124220National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$1,955,970
R01HL150729National Institutes of HealthFED93.8392020$1,955,143
R01HG009906National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722018$1,954,542
R01MH120088National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422020$1,951,891
R01DC020962National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732024$1,951,609
R01HL168700National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,951,464
R01DK131118National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472022$1,949,855
R01CA290743National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952024$1,947,219
R01NS122395National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$1,945,914
R01DK131052National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472022$1,945,870
RF1AG079419National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$1,942,437
R01AI153568National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$1,936,145
R01CA218802National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$1,934,655
R01AG070054National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$1,931,240
RF1NS109157National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532019$1,927,697
UG3FD006794Food and Drug AdministrationFED93.1032019$1,924,252
R01CA247619National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962020$1,922,505
UG3NS127383National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$1,914,184
R01CA192124National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932015$1,911,255
R01NS117608National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$1,909,651
R01HL161389National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$1,909,600
R01DK128477National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$1,907,974
R01CA254047National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952020$1,906,278
R01GM140584National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,905,362
R01ES027011National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132017$1,905,009
R01EY033813National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672022$1,902,955
R01AG054429National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$1,902,496
R01DC021849National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732024$1,902,202
R01HL149385National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382019$1,901,963
R01HL167986National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,901,542
R01ES028149National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132018$1,900,565
R01EY031815National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672020$1,899,208
S10OD036453National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512024$1,899,161
W81XWH1710578Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202017$1,892,500
HDTRA11910007Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512019$1,890,000
R01AI142079National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552019$1,888,481
R01HL144129National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372018$1,872,300
R01NS120226National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$1,870,765
R01GM115739National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592016$1,862,999
R01CA218659National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942018$1,862,731
R01NS115955National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,861,278
R01HL149787National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$1,860,666
DESC0019342Office of ScienceFED81.0492018$1,860,000
R01AR064349National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462013$1,858,580
R01HL147070National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382019$1,854,137
R01CA216882National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$1,845,354
R01AI158543National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$1,842,344
R01GM135391National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,840,821
U01HL160279National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$1,838,313
R01EY034444National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672023$1,836,080
R01CA285876National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952024$1,830,000
R01NS110703National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$1,828,160
R01MD013609National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072018$1,825,103
K24DC012801National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732013$1,824,794
R01GM148571National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592023$1,823,080
DEFG0205ER46248Office of ScienceFED81.0492005$1,820,287
R01CA220002National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932018$1,811,840
R01HD095187National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652018$1,809,323
R01CA214928National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$1,806,516
R01CE003271Centers for Disease Control - NCIPCFED93.1362020$1,805,935
R01MD019124National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072023$1,803,389
R01AI150559National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552012$1,801,190
2221346National Science FoundationFED47.0492022$1,800,000

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