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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
R01NS094748National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$2,284,399
R01DC015504National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732017$2,281,969
R33NS120245National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$2,281,854
U18DP006524National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$2,276,209
HDTRA12110038Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512021$2,275,000
RF1AG067622National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662019$2,274,616
U01CA268052National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$2,265,527
R01NS128053National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532023$2,265,113
T32GM105538National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592013$2,262,147
DP2NS120847National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102020$2,250,855
R35GM147283National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$2,246,640
R01HL146844National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372020$2,245,941
R01CA245969National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952020$2,244,742
NNX15AL05GNASA HeadquartersFED43.0012015$2,241,348
R01NS122840National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$2,240,739
R01LM013523National Institutes of HealthFED93.8792021$2,233,992
RF1AG080092National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662023$2,231,406
T32EB009406National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862009$2,230,481
U18DP006120Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAFED93.9452015$2,219,587
R01EY034662National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672023$2,212,848
RF1AG072080National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$2,211,239
R35GM146979National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$2,205,432
R01NS115471National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$2,203,167
R01GM104530National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592013$2,201,562
DEAR0001817Advanced Research Projects Agency EnergyFED81.1352024$2,199,999
T32AI095207National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552012$2,198,304
R01AI147498National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552019$2,195,229
R01DK103769National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472016$2,193,053
R01MH139198National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$2,192,893
R01CA267544National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$2,191,565
R01CA196270National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962015$2,191,457
R01MH134369National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422024$2,188,801
2217317National Science FoundationFED47.0742022$2,188,601
1502632National Science FoundationFED47.0492015$2,185,074
R01DK135193National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472023$2,169,831
R01AI141609National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552019$2,166,647
R37CA258426National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952021$2,164,576
R01AG081244National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662022$2,163,324
R01CA222963National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962018$2,161,086
R01DC018539National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732021$2,157,723
R01HL173987National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$2,156,733
R01AR081103National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462022$2,155,573
R24AI155395National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552021$2,153,092
R01HL175575National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$2,150,880
DESC0016284Office of ScienceFED81.0492016$2,150,734
R01AI178711National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$2,147,585
R35HL177401National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$2,146,962
R01CA256741National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962021$2,146,235
R01AA031656National Institutes of HealthFED93.2732025$2,145,105
U01AI170075National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552022$2,142,884
R01NS115403National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$2,140,713
T32GM140995National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$2,137,901
R01HL169507National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372023$2,133,498
1854827National Science FoundationFED47.0412019$2,127,326
R01AI131267National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552017$2,124,322
R01DC016364National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732018$2,124,023
R01AR070025National Institutes of HealthFED93.8462017$2,122,058
R01NS117476National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532020$2,118,440
R01CA211648National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952017$2,113,981
R01CA236904National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962019$2,112,104
R01NS099334National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$2,109,132
R01CA299011National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$2,105,127
R01NS099064National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532017$2,099,183
R01EY036341National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672024$2,092,775
R01NS138072National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$2,092,567
R01DK132647National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472023$2,092,420
R01AG062566National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662020$2,092,140
R01DC018666National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732021$2,087,857
R01HL171376National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$2,083,266
R01DK101730National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472015$2,082,316
R01EB030324National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862021$2,078,096
R35GM147170National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$2,071,110
R01MH130428National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422022$2,070,724
R01NS123285National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532021$2,069,587
R35GM143054National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$2,069,274
R33AG057383National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$2,068,968
R01NS098509National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$2,068,127
R01HL168832National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652022$2,061,152
R01HD113270National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652024$2,059,997
R01NR021291National Institutes of HealthFED93.3612024$2,055,369
RF1AG057884National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662017$2,052,457
R35GM138192National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$2,051,458
R01HL148012National Institutes of HealthFED93.8392020$2,048,037
R01AI173256National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552023$2,045,851
R01MD020130National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072024$2,042,998
R35GM128900National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592018$2,042,871
R01CA240639National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942020$2,030,878
R01DK123463National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472019$2,028,440
R33AT011863National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102021$2,027,472
R35GM142441National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$2,026,145
UG3HL165065National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$2,026,020
R01HD115551National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652024$2,020,653
R01MH117598National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422018$2,019,620
R01HL162895National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$2,017,353
R01DK125414National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$2,015,349
R01DK139052National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472024$2,013,345
R01MH125885National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422023$2,010,832
R01DC021663National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732024$2,010,821
R01HL163820National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372022$2,010,267
R01CA235647National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932019$2,006,245

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