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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
2209226National Science FoundationFED47.0502022$5,088,165
R01AG059291National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102019$5,083,452
R35HL155652National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$5,082,831
R01NS057499National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532007$5,075,147
T32HD007418National Institutes of HealthFED93.8651992$5,067,344
R01NS085770National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532014$5,047,110
R01MH107435National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422016$5,046,123
R01EY019463National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672010$5,042,763
R01DC016877National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732019$5,005,037
R01DK092217National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472012$5,002,670
1764421National Science FoundationFED47.0492018$5,000,000
2345174National Science FoundationFED47.0842024$5,000,000
R01CA225002National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932018$4,995,198
N000141612280Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002016$4,987,868
R01NS086859National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532014$4,971,839
UH3HD096920National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072018$4,971,276
R01AG070212National Institutes of HealthFED93.3612021$4,932,483
R01HL152442National Institutes of HealthFED93.2332020$4,932,127
2410335National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$4,921,000
R01AI118257National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552016$4,917,410
U24LM013751National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792021$4,900,921
W81XWH1710426Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202017$4,883,210
U01TR003528National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502021$4,864,370
R01DK102815National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472015$4,862,208
R01MH101297National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422013$4,845,501
R01DC001948National Institutes of HealthFED93.1731992$4,835,660
R01HL145478National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382019$4,831,643
RF1NS139949National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$4,815,513
R37CA225877National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942019$4,808,019
R01NS092823National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$4,782,555
U01DK142700National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472025$4,764,127
R01AR044016National Institutes of HealthFED93.8461996$4,760,659
R01AI176599National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$4,674,739
R01NS099623National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$4,653,464
R01AR073111National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462017$4,621,743
R01DK060635National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472002$4,612,270
R01MD010440National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072017$4,595,838
R01MH099114National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422012$4,535,488
R01AG018436National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662000$4,528,558
R01HL122309National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372014$4,508,212
R305B200037Department of EducationFED84.3052020$4,503,655
R01CA077816National Institutes of HealthFED93.3961998$4,495,678
R37DA052918National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792021$4,486,917
R37AR043380National Institutes of HealthFED93.8461996$4,463,097
R37HD038691National Institutes of HealthFED93.8651999$4,452,567
T32HL069771National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372002$4,447,539
R01CA120813National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952007$4,438,033
R01AR043380National Institutes of HealthFED93.8461996$4,433,450
T32CA070085National Institutes of HealthFED93.3981997$4,427,903
R01AI127456National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552017$4,423,422
W911NF2520174Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312025$4,422,349
R01GM089970National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592010$4,418,546
R01HD039343National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652000$4,407,566
R01NS047029National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532003$4,399,550
R01DC015426National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732016$4,384,535
UH3NS105562National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$4,382,185
DEFG0208ER15967Office of ScienceFED81.0492008$4,314,118
R01HD093718National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652018$4,295,025
DP1DA048493National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792020$4,272,396
U01NS131406National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102023$4,242,251
R01AT009143National Institutes of HealthFED93.2132016$4,227,804
R01NS084959National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532014$4,203,129
DEFG0287ER13808Office of ScienceFED81.0491987$4,188,118
TL1TR001423National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502015$4,186,373
R24MH134305National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$4,179,687
RF1NS125026National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792023$4,175,793
R01NS076054National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532011$4,136,987
R01HL107577National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372011$4,127,107
R01AR070166National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462016$4,124,143
U54CA221205National Institutes of HealthFED93.3972017$4,119,675
R01NS053792National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532006$4,106,234
T32AI083216National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552010$4,103,961
FA95502210300Air Force -- Research LabFED12.8002022$4,100,000
R01NS085002National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$4,096,800
R01HL149883National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382020$4,068,402
U54CA272163National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$4,067,942
R01MH107652National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422016$4,047,955
U01NS128655National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$4,039,862
U01AR071168National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102017$4,032,287
R01HL151079National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382020$4,027,916
TL1DK132769National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$4,021,974
R01AI057460National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552004$4,008,048
HT94252410319Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202024$3,999,779
R01EB026572National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862019$3,998,197
R35GM124820National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592017$3,991,500
R37CA255875National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932021$3,987,863
R01CA098571National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962003$3,970,283
UH3HL154297National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$3,968,134
U01AI170836National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$3,967,076
R01AG069120National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$3,953,132
D43TW009608National Institutes of HealthFED93.9892013$3,937,100
R01HL136676National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372018$3,923,459
R01DC018738National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732020$3,910,980
R01AR059697National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462010$3,901,402
U54HD085601National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652015$3,900,088
R01AR066703National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462014$3,898,952
R01AI170938National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$3,895,166
R01NS096376National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$3,892,150
R01AI092825National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552011$3,885,507
R01EY028560National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672018$3,882,228

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