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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
R01DA061247National Institutes of HealthFED93.2792024$1,552,998
R01EY028304National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672018$1,552,058
R01GM129312National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592018$1,549,590
R37NS138211National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532025$1,539,990
80NSSC20K1280NASA HeadquartersFED43.0012020$1,538,150
R01MD018573National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072023$1,535,990
R01NS092950National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532016$1,533,037
R01AT010413National Institutes of HealthFED93.2132018$1,527,206
R01MH138333National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$1,524,809
R01EB034377National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862023$1,523,156
2303582National Science FoundationFED47.0842023$1,519,990
R01HD091492National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652017$1,516,726
2303700National Science FoundationFED47.0842024$1,514,103
R01GM143638National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592021$1,513,645
R01GM141233National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$1,512,662
DEAR0001209Advanced Research Projects Agency EnergyFED81.1352020$1,502,989
U01CA268808National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942023$1,500,060
2324252National Science FoundationFED47.0492025$1,500,000
DESC0020168Office of ScienceFED81.0492019$1,500,000
DESC0022180Office of ScienceFED81.0492021$1,500,000
FA86501817810DARPA - Tactical Technology OfficeFED12.9102018$1,499,999
W81XWH2110582Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$1,499,997
W81XWH2110749Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$1,499,997
W81XWH2010667Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202020$1,499,979
W81XWH1910447Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$1,499,388
U01AI181897National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102024$1,498,213
R01HL178787National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,482,951
R01MH115265National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422018$1,481,582
R01NS093079National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532015$1,480,341
R01HL179086National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,478,595
R01HL180694National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,477,950
R01GM141386National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$1,476,882
R01HL173147National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,467,980
R01MH136998National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422025$1,465,681
R01DK142852National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472025$1,463,700
R01CA279686National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962023$1,460,152
DESC0017615Office of ScienceFED81.0492017$1,459,703
UG3HL163121National Institutes of HealthFED93.3072022$1,456,213
W81XWH2110493Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202021$1,453,862
W81XWH1910230Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$1,452,919
HDTRA11910010Defense Threat Reduction AgencyFED12.3512019$1,449,998
S10OD032221National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$1,449,631
T32EY025202National Institutes of HealthFED93.8672015$1,443,455
R01NS133160National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532024$1,442,032
DP2NS148744National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102025$1,440,000
R37CA266487National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952022$1,438,381
R01DK125577National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$1,435,944
R01DK121354National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472019$1,435,623
R01AG072080National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662021$1,434,950
UH3HL169565National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372024$1,432,256
R01AI189411National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552025$1,431,349
R01HL175942National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,429,045
R01DK138205National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472024$1,423,584
N000141812316Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002018$1,420,404
R01CA208783National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942017$1,418,666
T32MH126368National Institutes of HealthFED93.2422021$1,417,093
R56AG045571National Institutes of HealthFED93.8662014$1,415,954
D43TW011976National Institutes of HealthFED93.9892021$1,409,834
W81XWH1810752Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202018$1,409,404
R01GM126125National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592018$1,407,555
DEFG0201ER45945Office of ScienceFED81.0492001$1,405,218
HT94252310661Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202023$1,400,310
T32HL134633National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372017$1,399,564
R305A180463Department of EducationFED84.3052018$1,397,667
R01DK124199National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472020$1,394,080
W81XWH1910627Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202019$1,390,446
HT94252410507Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACAFED12.4202024$1,388,671
R01CA295626National Institutes of HealthFED93.3932025$1,388,165
R01DK111032National Institutes of HealthFED93.8472016$1,387,627
T32CA247801National Institutes of HealthFED93.3982020$1,386,450
R01HL173291National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,386,092
R01GM107209National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592013$1,385,982
R01DC022484National Institutes of HealthFED93.1732025$1,383,737
R25NS070695National Institutes of HealthFED93.8532010$1,382,584
R01EB026207National Institutes of HealthFED93.2862018$1,381,219
N000142112784Office of Naval ResearchFED12.3002021$1,379,948
1821684National Science FoundationFED47.0762019$1,378,170
UH3CA246635National Institutes of HealthFED93.3102019$1,373,893
R01HD117479National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652025$1,366,013
R01CA297777National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942025$1,362,319
2342632National Science FoundationFED47.0702024$1,360,795
R01HL180406National Institutes of HealthFED93.8372025$1,359,188
DESC0020885Office of ScienceFED81.0492020$1,358,750
NU58DP006360Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHPFED93.9462017$1,355,699
R01AI158697National Institutes of HealthFED93.8552024$1,351,873
DESC0022119Office of ScienceFED81.0492021$1,349,261
S10OD032464National Institutes of HealthFED93.3512023$1,345,196
R01HD117463National Institutes of HealthFED93.8652025$1,341,918
2017581National Science FoundationFED47.0752020$1,337,766
R01GM140461National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592020$1,336,399
R01CA298456National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,332,674
R01CA290719National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,330,688
R01CA298152National Institutes of HealthFED93.3962025$1,326,520
R01CA289294National Institutes of HealthFED93.3942025$1,326,060
R01CA298377National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,319,866
U01HG013745National Institutes of HealthFED93.1722024$1,317,060
NNX15AM32GNASA HeadquartersFED43.0012015$1,314,093
R01CA288387National Institutes of HealthFED93.3952025$1,307,144
DESC0023233Office of ScienceFED81.0492022$1,304,510
R25GM146332National Institutes of HealthFED93.8592022$1,304,217

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