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National Science Foundation

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.
$9.1B
obligated · FY2023
143
recipients

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$9.1B
FY23
$8.9B
FY24
$8.9B
FY25
▼ 2%
since FY23

Where this money goes

✓ from source
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDAT
TOP RECIPIENTS
National Science Foundation
$9.1B
FY2023 obligated
Leidos,
$0.2B
University of
$0.2B
University Corporation
$0.2B
Regents of
$0.1B
Woods Hole
$0.1B
138 other recipients
$8.2B
band width = obligations · FY2023 · source: USASpending.gov

What it funds

No categories recorded.

Top recipients

Leidos, Inc.$217.1M
University of Illinois$168.8M
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research$157.2M
Regents of the University of Michigan$139.3M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$135.8M
Associated Universities Inc$132.6M
University of Washington$129.4M
University of California, San Diego$127.3M
University of Wisconsin System$126M
Battelle Memorial Institute$120M

Largest awards

Science Operation and Maintenance Support for the United States Antarctic…
awarded 2011$3.1B
Management and Operation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
awarded 2018$975.9M
Management and Operations of the Joides Resolution as a Facility for the…
awarded 2014$640.7M
Construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (Lsst) Under the Major…
awarded 2014$570.6M
Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (Alma) Operations and Maintenance
awarded 2016$480.5M
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Very Large Array Operations and…
awarded 2016$406.2M
National Ecological Observatory Network: Operations Activities
awarded 2017$401M
Construction of Up to Three Regional Class Research Vessels (Rcrvs) - Phases…
awarded 2017$400M

The agency’s biggest individual awards by total value, largest first.

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