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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
R01HD097215National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652019$3,248,672
R01NS096092National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532018$3,248,489
R01MH111610National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422017$3,247,581
R01DK131302National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$3,240,738
K12TR005104National Institutes of HealthFED93.3502024$3,233,828
R01CA266178National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942022$3,233,426
R01DA055502National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792022$3,227,768
R01GM070736National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592005$3,221,457
R01DK127184National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472021$3,218,943
R01CA262357National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942021$3,207,908
R01AG067622National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662019$3,202,959
R01NS114977National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$3,202,330
U01EY033001National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672021$3,200,220
R01AI170728National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$3,199,907
U01CA275129National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932022$3,195,177
R01NS091439National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$3,192,058
R01AA026186National Institutes of HealthFED93.2732017$3,188,075
R01AG049924National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662016$3,185,201
R01HD087363National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652017$3,184,868
DESC0022332Office of ScienceFED81.0492021$3,181,844
R01CA269967National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$3,179,597
R01CA183101National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942015$3,175,799
R01DC006014National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732005$3,175,012
R01AG057693National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662018$3,174,904
R01ES029930National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132019$3,174,648
R01AG075043National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$3,172,685
R01NS110779National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102019$3,171,959
R01HL092259National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372009$3,170,828
UH3HL141729National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372019$3,169,439
R01AI168016National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$3,163,300
R01GM121359National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592017$3,156,402
R01CA271220National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$3,151,824
R01AI165079National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$3,144,475
R01DC019834National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732021$3,143,964
R01CA200064National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942015$3,140,907
R01HL154862National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$3,138,964
R01CA218436National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932017$3,138,725
R01NS115571National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$3,138,336
R37NS096241National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$3,137,056
RF1AG094591National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662025$3,132,978
R18DK123375National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$3,131,102
R01MH111267National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422017$3,129,927
R01ES031809National Institutes of HealthFED93.1132021$3,128,545
R01AG059733National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662018$3,121,659
R01AI153344National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$3,114,362
R01AI137174National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$3,112,635
R35GM140805National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$3,110,271
U18DP006709National Institutes of HealthFED93.0682022$3,098,997
R01CA228272National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952018$3,096,309
R01AR072721National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462018$3,093,436
R35NS137478National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$3,092,703
R01EY030169National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672019$3,091,300
RF1AG068140National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$3,090,198
R01AI148403National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552020$3,080,250
R01CA242520National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102019$3,079,105
R01HL167148National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$3,073,729
R01AG062249National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662018$3,068,002
R01HD093935National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652018$3,059,611
R01HD099344National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652019$3,059,071
R01AG070194National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$3,057,044
R01DC019943National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732022$3,056,487
R01DK108434National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472017$3,053,076
R01NS127865National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532022$3,049,092
R01NS134166National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$3,035,064
R01CA290678National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962024$3,034,487
R01AR075423National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462019$3,030,981
R01HL162800National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$3,026,108
R01HD100630National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652020$3,025,096
R01AG078713National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$3,024,891
R01AA029044National Institutes of HealthFED93.2732021$3,023,811
R01AG083034National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$3,021,429
R01GM115761National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592015$3,019,571
R01DA042711National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792016$3,009,692
R01AR071091National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462018$3,008,249
R01CA214035National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102004$3,007,013
R01HL152712National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372021$3,003,521
2319427National Science FoundationFED47.0742023$3,000,000
2535132National Science FoundationFED47.0412026$3,000,000
W81XWH1710701Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202017$3,000,000
W911NF2020292Army Contracting Command Rock IslandFED12.4312020$3,000,000
N000141713024Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002017$2,999,997
U01GM152522National Institutes of HealthFED93.2732023$2,999,652
R324X220088Department of EducationFED84.3242022$2,999,638
HDTRA11810003Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512018$2,999,085
2021900National Science FoundationFED47.0762020$2,994,994
R24AI194681National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$2,994,757
R01CA233878National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952019$2,993,792
R01HL165002National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$2,993,728
R01DC016645National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732018$2,991,766
R01DK121529National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472019$2,991,379
R01AI141083National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552018$2,987,094
RF1AG057296National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$2,977,458
R01CA298333National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$2,970,010
DEFE0032386National Energy Technology LaboratoryFED81.0892024$2,969,477
P20CA233304National Institutes of HealthFED93.3972020$2,965,732
R01AI163742National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$2,956,568
R01AI172818National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$2,951,288
T32AR007611National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462001$2,949,213
R01HL134800National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382018$2,938,776
R01HL153312National Institutes of HealthFED93.8382020$2,938,545

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