Assistance listing (financial assistance)

Polar Programs

Assistance Listing 47.078

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

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

$60.7M
Federal awards
FY2026 · data still posting
60
Recipients
Assistance Listing 47.078
Code

CFDA 47.078 (Polar Programs) accounted for $60.7M in federal grants in FY2026, led by the National Science Foundation, across 60 recipients. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Obligations by year

Computed
$135.9M
FY20
$145.1M
FY21
$126.1M
FY22
$114.1M
FY25
$60.7M
FY26 partial
▼ 16%
FY20 to FY25

Key takeaways

Computed
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01
  • Polar Programs (Assistance Listing 47.078) accounted for $60.7M in federal obligations in FY2026, compared with $114.1M in FY2025.
  • The National Science Foundation provided 100% of it.

Top recipients

Computed

The five largest recipients on record received 44% of this category's FY2026 obligations, and the ten largest 56%.

University of Alaska Fairbanks$8.8M
Oregon State University$6.3M
The Regents of the University of Colorado$5.8M
University of Washington$3.7M
University of Texas at Austin$2.6M
University of California, San Diego$2M
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$1.8M
Rutgers, the State University$1.2M
University of Oklahoma$1.1M
University of California, Santa Barbara$1M

Recipient breakdown available for 73% of obligations shown

Top funding agencies

Computed
National Science Foundation$60.7M

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