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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
F32HL170648	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2023	$248,996
R21AG062968	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2020	$248,888
N000142212158	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2022	$248,770
FA95502210512	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2022	$248,741
U01FD006875	Food and Drug Administration	FED	93.103	2019	$248,151
2225225	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2022	$247,903
1708503	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2017	$247,612
K99NS126639	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2023	$247,320
F30HL157066	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2021	$246,334
80NSSC17K0192	NASA Headquarters	FED	43.012	2017	$245,277
2440509	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$244,229
1910202	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2019	$241,742
2335204	National Science Foundation	FED	47.050	2024	$240,528
F32DC019557	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.173	2021	$239,234
R21HL150498	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2020	$237,625
R21AG064470	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2020	$237,000
W81XWH2010850	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2020	$237,000
W911NF2510190	Army Contracting Command Rock Island	FED	12.431	2025	$236,286
HQ00342410064	Washington Headquarters Services	FED	12.024	2024	$235,945
2051512	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2021	$235,861
F32DC017352	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.173	2018	$235,616
R03DK127128	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2021	$234,179
R56AI187084	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2024	$233,565
R03HL172916	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2025	$232,875
2325669	National Science Foundation	FED	47.050	2024	$232,237
2017716	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2020	$231,537
K08HL146943	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.838	2020	$229,744
2518581	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2025	$228,000
1810747	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2018	$226,000
2104759	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2021	$225,000
2411598	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$225,000
K99EY032547	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.867	2021	$223,596
K99MH133991	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2024	$222,539
DESC0020176	Office of Science	FED	81.049	2019	$221,903
2154820	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2022	$221,000
2049513	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2021	$219,847
F30HL134202	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.839	2016	$219,189
F32HL164050	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2022	$218,154
K99HL168239	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2023	$217,870
F32MH118718	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.372	2018	$217,334
K99CA277584	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2023	$216,996
K99GM159065	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2025	$215,676
F32GM145160	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2022	$213,239
F30AG079577	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2022	$212,958
F30AG076317	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2022	$212,146
F31HL147413	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2020	$210,538
F32GM139401	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2020	$209,581
F30DK123985	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2019	$207,712
U01FD006887	Food and Drug Administration	FED	93.103	2019	$202,560
2210844	National Science Foundation	FED	47.070	2023	$200,611
2341432	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2024	$200,592
R03DK128531	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2021	$200,163
K99NS119783	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2021	$200,146
2311203	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$200,000
2332054	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2023	$200,000
2420982	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2024	$200,000
2452331	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$200,000
2506325	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2025	$200,000
FA23862414066	Air Force -- Research Lab	FED	12.800	2024	$200,000
HT94252510242	Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA	FED	12.420	2025	$200,000
2306239	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2023	$199,982
F30NS090893	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2015	$199,477
NNX16AI78A	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	FED	43.008	2016	$198,608
F30CA257519	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2021	$198,603
F31HL132552	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2016	$198,409
K99MH125016	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.242	2021	$197,318
K99AI167819	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2021	$197,048
F32DE029113	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.121	2019	$196,796
F30CA250248	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$196,403
F32DK122675	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2020	$195,226
K99CA234434	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2019	$195,057
N000141912135	Office of Naval Research	FED	12.300	2019	$194,996
K99HL161469	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2022	$194,607
F31CA228431	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2019	$194,342
F32HL162417	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2022	$194,164
K99DE031825	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.121	2023	$194,098
F30HL162456	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2022	$194,056
2410054	National Science Foundation	FED	47.041	2024	$193,583
F30CA203472	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2016	$192,250
F32CA216996	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2018	$191,420
2051194	National Science Foundation	FED	47.075	2021	$190,000
F32HD100076	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.865	2019	$189,323
F30CA206413	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2016	$189,242
F32GM134679	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2019	$188,340
2343693	National Science Foundation	FED	47.076	2024	$187,061
F32HL146005	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2019	$187,003
2401106	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2024	$185,771
F30CA250196	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$184,441
F32GM122349	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.859	2017	$183,712
F30AI131937	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.855	2017	$182,804
F30DK116481	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2018	$181,354
F30CA264513	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2021	$181,032
K00AG088569	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.866	2024	$180,701
F30HL142187	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.837	2018	$180,463
F30NS093811	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.853	2016	$180,188
K99DK124682	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.847	2020	$180,000
1802037	National Science Foundation	FED	47.049	2018	$179,999
F30CA250236	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2020	$179,656
F30EY031565	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.867	2020	$178,652
F30CA203325	National Institutes of Health	FED	93.398	2016	$177,989

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