UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE
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A floor, not a total. These are the federal assistance awards we hold, for the fiscal years imported, under the assistance listings our own records name. Money received outside that window is real and is not here. Figures as of 2026-09-15.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | $6,044,459 |
| 2025 | 115 | $97,303,749 |
| 2024 | 135 | $129,448,892 |
| 2023 | 133 | $182,952,759 |
| 2022 | 113 | $169,454,981 |
| 2021 | 130 | $168,789,591 |
| 2020 | 135 | $199,987,307 |
| 2019 | 84 | $249,111,207 |
| 2018 | 90 | $143,428,566 |
| 2017 | 67 | $148,425,688 |
| 2016 | 35 | $121,120,357 |
| 2015 | 18 | $38,235,585 |
| 2014 | 7 | $22,556,624 |
| 2013 | 6 | $50,638,363 |
| 2012 | 10 | $54,418,814 |
| 2011 | 8 | $44,068,375 |
| 2010 | 3 | $10,205,866 |
| 2009 | 2 | $10,346,314 |
| 2008 | 1 | $6,898,374 |
| 2007 | 1 | $3,529,982 |
| 2006 | 4 | $37,685,983 |
| 2005 | 3 | $12,794,425 |
| 2004 | 2 | $9,820,722 |
| 2003 | 1 | $3,365,966 |
| 2002 | 2 | $9,664,634 |
| 2001 | 3 | $29,196,257 |
| 2000 | 1 | $1,763,116 |
| 1999 | 1 | $3,299,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | $9,322,672 |
| 1997 | 1 | $33,366,179 |
| 1996 | 2 | $7,596,936 |
| 1992 | 1 | $13,137,450 |
| 1990 | 1 | $2,115,290 |
Who funded them
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93.279 | 77 | $253,851,446 | 107 |
| 93.866 | 101 | $196,144,807 | 136 |
| 93.859 | 38 | $123,606,751 | 62 |
| 81.089 | 31 | $90,015,507 | 3 |
| 93.853 | 55 | $87,312,037 | 101 |
| 93.837 | 54 | $85,965,992 | 80 |
| 93.855 | 64 | $73,907,795 | 89 |
| 93.847 | 36 | $71,175,109 | 77 |
| 93.136 | 11 | $62,246,898 | 27 |
| 93.353 | 4 | $51,235,284 | 2 |
| 47.083 | 22 | $50,321,567 | 16 |
| 12.420 | 29 | $50,183,639 | 78 |
| 93.262 | 4 | $47,393,107 | 20 |
| 93.395 | 24 | $45,974,641 | 52 |
| 93.350 | 4 | $45,634,680 | 39 |
| 93.113 | 23 | $42,698,187 | 69 |
| 93.310 | 13 | $40,388,765 | 95 |
| 93.396 | 18 | $38,083,966 | 37 |
| 93.143 | 3 | $33,837,859 | 12 |
| 81.049 | 19 | $30,619,388 | 2 |
| 47.074 | 30 | $29,414,657 | 25 |
| 93.273 | 20 | $29,160,586 | 96 |
| 47.070 | 38 | $27,932,182 | 28 |
| 93.846 | 18 | $25,979,390 | 60 |
| 93.121 | 16 | $25,683,229 | 89 |
| 93.865 | 19 | $22,326,386 | 105 |
| 93.103 | 9 | $20,650,225 | 55 |
| 47.041 | 39 | $17,803,859 | 39 |
| 47.076 | 16 | $17,525,831 | 32 |
| 93.351 | 9 | $17,075,666 | 30 |
| 93.393 | 14 | $16,780,997 | 58 |
| 47.049 | 56 | $16,298,301 | 52 |
| 93.398 | 13 | $15,580,354 | 38 |
| 93.173 | 11 | $14,194,658 | 86 |
| 93.352 | 2 | $13,548,058 | 3 |
| 93.242 | 11 | $13,086,133 | 119 |
| 43.008 | 26 | $12,862,705 | 2 |
| 93.898 | 2 | $12,069,991 | 1 |
| 93.077 | 1 | $11,633,256 | 2 |
| 93.307 | 6 | $11,321,399 | 59 |
| 93.912 | 5 | $11,002,635 | 3 |
| 93.839 | 4 | $10,062,646 | 80 |
| 93.224 | 3 | $8,779,664 | 5 |
| 93.945 | 3 | $8,449,058 | 2 |
| 81.087 | 4 | $8,392,768 | 1 |
| 12.800 | 3 | $7,905,358 | 16 |
| 93.867 | 4 | $7,751,177 | 76 |
| 93.361 | 3 | $7,635,180 | 50 |
| 81.135 | 4 | $6,492,599 | 1 |
| 93.110 | 2 | $5,687,301 | 10 |
| 93.286 | 4 | $4,603,084 | 58 |
| 93.394 | 6 | $4,241,953 | 55 |
| 93.838 | 3 | $3,960,899 | 79 |
| 93.879 | 5 | $3,881,373 | 43 |
| 93.213 | 5 | $3,812,902 | 73 |
| 43.001 | 11 | $3,499,751 | 12 |
| 47.050 | 8 | $3,353,240 | 43 |
| 84.305 | 1 | $3,237,898 | 3 |
| 93.153 | 2 | $2,977,968 | 1 |
| 93.145 | 1 | $2,524,948 | 2 |
| 45.312 | 7 | $1,924,465 | 2 |
| 12.431 | 3 | $1,797,449 | 14 |
| 93.088 | 1 | $1,500,000 | 1 |
| 93.068 | 1 | $1,499,995 | 1 |
| 16.754 | 2 | $1,495,634 | 1 |
| 15.805 | 3 | $1,483,801 | 1 |
| 43.012 | 6 | $1,448,199 | 2 |
| 47.084 | 5 | $1,445,591 | 20 |
| 47.075 | 11 | $1,365,630 | 36 |
| 81.117 | 1 | $1,192,099 | 1 |
| 45.313 | 2 | $832,980 | 1 |
| 93.172 | 1 | $747,000 | 73 |
| 84.324 | 1 | $697,576 | 2 |
| 47.079 | 2 | $497,140 | 13 |
| 12.910 | 1 | $474,467 | 6 |
| 93.372 | 1 | $473,100 | 9 |
| 15.808 | 6 | $410,309 | 1 |
| 45.301 | 2 | $393,140 | 3 |
| 93.300 | 1 | $336,152 | 1 |
| 15.945 | 2 | $189,712 | 1 |
| 93.918 | 1 | $112,354 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2103437 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2022 | $399,396 |
| R21AI163561 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2021 | $398,470 |
| R21AI144648 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2019 | $396,775 |
| 2340075 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2024 | $393,624 |
| 2414541 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2024 | $391,972 |
| LG-96-17-0199-17 | Institute of Museum and Library Services | FED | 45.312 | 2018 | $390,378 |
| R21CA285253 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.395 | 2024 | $390,252 |
| 2203559 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2022 | $390,000 |
| R21CA284179 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.394 | 2024 | $388,673 |
| G08LM013185 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.879 | 2019 | $388,260 |
| R21AI180274 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2024 | $386,777 |
| U18FD006179 | Food and Drug Administration | FED | 93.103 | 2017 | $385,100 |
| R21CA231911 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.394 | 2019 | $381,884 |
| 2314844 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.076 | 2024 | $381,537 |
| 2434536 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2025 | $379,804 |
| 80NSSC18K0525 | NASA Headquarters | FED | 43.001 | 2018 | $379,268 |
| R21CA261844 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.394 | 2021 | $377,872 |
| R56AG061508 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.866 | 2019 | $377,281 |
| R21DA049130 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.279 | 2020 | $376,497 |
| R56DK136728 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.847 | 2023 | $375,080 |
| R21AG083820 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.866 | 2024 | $374,765 |
| R21AA026129 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.273 | 2017 | $373,192 |
| R56AG069685 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.866 | 2020 | $372,385 |
| R34AR079672 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.846 | 2022 | $364,543 |
| K25AI177810 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2024 | $360,774 |
| R21CA218231 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.393 | 2017 | $360,755 |
| 2412802 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.074 | 2025 | $360,663 |
| R21AT013164 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.213 | 2024 | $360,514 |
| 2501468 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $359,756 |
| R35GM158223 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.859 | 2025 | $359,179 |
| DESC0021227 | Office of Science | FED | 81.049 | 2020 | $357,810 |
| 2510100 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $357,110 |
| 2342391 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2024 | $355,994 |
| R21AI163886 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2021 | $350,241 |
| S15OD039798 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.351 | 2025 | $350,000 |
| 2029235 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2020 | $349,987 |
| 2450614 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2025 | $349,611 |
| 2225567 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2022 | $349,591 |
| R21AI155008 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.855 | 2020 | $347,331 |
| 2210957 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.074 | 2022 | $347,201 |
| 2116799 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.075 | 2021 | $347,149 |
| 2139167 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2022 | $343,554 |
| R21AR078447 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.846 | 2022 | $343,502 |
| 1652149 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2017 | $336,305 |
| H79TI083995 | Health Resources and Services Administration | FED | 93.300 | 2021 | $336,152 |
| 2208314 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2022 | $335,978 |
| 2527163 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2025 | $335,959 |
| R61NS111081 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.853 | 2020 | $333,157 |
| 2121674 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2021 | $331,999 |
| 2410647 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2024 | $330,000 |
| 80NSSC21K0286 | NASA Headquarters | FED | 43.012 | 2021 | $325,003 |
| 2409132 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2024 | $325,000 |
| 2215223 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.075 | 2022 | $324,995 |
| 2110731 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2021 | $324,815 |
| R03DA061626 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.279 | 2024 | $323,599 |
| NU87DP000047 | Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC | FED | 93.136 | 2024 | $322,500 |
| 2119853 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.050 | 2021 | $314,807 |
| 2451533 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $313,823 |
| 2404503 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2024 | $313,510 |
| 2247561 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2023 | $310,240 |
| G25AP00172 | Geological Survey | FED | 15.805 | 2025 | $309,908 |
| 2151802 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2022 | $306,749 |
| R03AG083363 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.866 | 2023 | $306,000 |
| R03OD030603 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.310 | 2020 | $302,539 |
| 2111673 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2021 | $300,000 |
| 2449695 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2026 | $300,000 |
| 2534872 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2026 | $299,642 |
| 2304781 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2023 | $297,584 |
| 2433190 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.084 | 2024 | $295,591 |
| 2246335 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.079 | 2023 | $294,784 |
| R03DE029547 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.121 | 2020 | $291,423 |
| R13DC016831 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.173 | 2017 | $291,035 |
| 2512457 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2025 | $288,979 |
| K99HL145117 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.837 | 2019 | $288,802 |
| K01HL177045 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.837 | 2025 | $288,738 |
| 2452462 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $288,480 |
| LG-250035-OLS-21 | Institute of Museum and Library Services | FED | 45.312 | 2021 | $288,306 |
| 2450299 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $287,952 |
| 2154996 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2022 | $287,009 |
| 2414281 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2024 | $286,982 |
| 2330794 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2023 | $282,193 |
| 2237242 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2023 | $281,681 |
| NNX16AN51G | NASA Headquarters | FED | 43.001 | 2016 | $280,610 |
| 2316602 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2023 | $274,948 |
| 80NSSC18K1670 | NASA Headquarters | FED | 43.012 | 2018 | $274,710 |
| 1825258 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2018 | $273,751 |
| 80NSSC20K0102 | NASA Headquarters | FED | 43.012 | 2020 | $269,021 |
| 2451909 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2025 | $266,401 |
| 2010102 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.049 | 2020 | $264,059 |
| K01DK141909 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.847 | 2025 | $262,210 |
| K99DA060267 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.279 | 2024 | $261,895 |
| T32DK138894 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.847 | 2025 | $261,874 |
| 2015889 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.041 | 2020 | $261,211 |
| K99AA031309 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.273 | 2024 | $258,982 |
| 2218617 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.083 | 2023 | $257,270 |
| K01AG092253 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.310 | 2025 | $254,669 |
| 2230162 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2023 | $254,145 |
| 2434170 | National Science Foundation | FED | 47.070 | 2025 | $250,000 |
| DEFE0032501 | National Energy Technology Laboratory | FED | 81.089 | 2024 | $249,989 |
| K99CA303792 | National Institutes of Health | FED | 93.398 | 2025 | $249,092 |
Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last checked 2026-09-15.