Assistance listing (financial assistance)

Basic Scientific Research

Assistance Listing 12.431

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

$472.9M
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
88
Recipients
Assistance Listing 12.431
Code

CFDA 12.431 (Basic Scientific Research) accounted for $472.9M in federal grants in FY2026, led by the Department of Defense, across 88 recipients. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$461.8M
FY20
$531M
FY21
$567.8M
FY22
$559.5M
FY25
$472.9M
FY26 partial
▲ 21%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Basic Scientific Research (Assistance Listing 12.431) accounted for $472.9M in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $559.5M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Defense provided 100% of it.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 20% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 30%.

University of Tennessee$23.8M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$22.9M
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated$22.1M
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, the$14.3M
President and Fellows of Harvard College$13.5M
University of Southern California$10.8M
University of California, Santa Barbara$10.5M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the$10.5M
Duke University$9.1M
Regents of the University of Michigan$8.6M

Recipient breakdown available for 69% of obligations shown

Top funding agencies

Computed
Department of Defense$472.9M

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