Assistance listing (financial assistance)

Research and Technology Development

Assistance Listing 12.910

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

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

$553.4M
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
79
Recipients
Assistance Listing 12.910
Code

CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development) accounted for $553.4M in federal grants in FY2026, led by the Department of Defense, across 79 recipients. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$600M
FY20
$483.2M
FY21
$412.4M
FY22
$436.1M
FY25
$553.4M
FY26 partial
▼ 27%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Research and Technology Development (Assistance Listing 12.910) accounted for $553.4M in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $436.1M in FY2025.
  • The Department of Defense provided 95% of it.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 34% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 43%.

University of Texas at Austin$129.6M
The Regents of the University of Colorado$18.3M
Regents of the University of Michigan$13.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$13.5M
University of Southern California$13.2M
The Leland Stanford Junior University$11.2M
President and Fellows of Harvard College$10.4M
Cornell University$9.7M
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education$9.4M
Clemson University$9M

Recipient breakdown available for 71% of obligations shown

Top funding agencies

Computed
Department of Defense$529.9M
Department of the Interior$23.5M

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