Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
CFDA 81.049 · Federal Grants & Funding
Total Funding
$12.47B
Awards
5K
Recipients
1K
States
53
Last Updated
Mar 31, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
| Fiscal Year | Obligations | Awards | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.27B | 5K | |
| 2026 | $202.5M | 271 | -98.3% |
Award Type Mix
| Type | Obligations | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | 0 | |
| $0 | 0 |
Top 50 Awards under CFDA 81.049
Largest individual obligations for Office of Science Financial Assistance Program.
| Award | Recipient | Awarding Agency | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_DEFC0204ER54698_089 DIII-D NATIONAL FUSION FACILITY (RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS) PROGRAM, AND ADDITIONAL GENERAL ATOMICS SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES PROGRAM AND TH… | GENERAL ATOMICS California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SAN DIEGO, CA-50 | 2024 | $1,196,474,884 |
ASST_NON_DESC0000661_089 FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | EAST LANSING, MI-07 | 2024 | $836,082,435 |
ASST_NON_DESC0023633_089 OPERATION OF THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS AS SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | EAST LANSING, MI-07 | 2024 | $325,082,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0018409_089 GREAT LAKES BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTER | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Wisconsin | Department of Energy Department of Energy | MADISON, WI-02 | 2024 | $226,250,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0020216_089 SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY (SURF) - OPERATIONS | SOUTH DAKOTA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY South Dakota | Department of Energy Department of Energy | LEAD, SD-00 | 2024 | $211,065,653 |
ASST_NON_DESC0018420_089 CENTER FOR ADVANCED BIOENERGY AND BIOPRODUCTS INNOVATION (CABBI) | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Illinois | Department of Energy Department of Energy | URBANA, IL-13 | 2024 | $197,476,477 |
ASST_NON_DEFC0106EH06008_089 FORMER WORKER SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE A MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM FOR FORMER DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WORKERS AT Y-12, X-10, A… | RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK New York | Department of Energy Department of Energy | NEW YORK, NY-90 | 2024 | $120,067,617 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0297ER41020_089 EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Washington | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SEATTLE, WA-07 | 2024 | $78,303,346 |
ASST_NON_DEFC0204ER15533_089 RADIATION CHEMISTRY AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN THE CONDENSED PHASE AND AT INTERFACES | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC Indiana | Department of Energy Department of Energy | NOTRE DAME, IN-02 | 2024 | $74,043,528 |
ASST_NON_DESC0014264_089 MIT PLASMA SCIENCE AND FUSION CENTER MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION EXPERIMENT RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $67,480,548 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0297ER41033_089 STUDIES OF NUCLEAR STRUCTURE USING NEUTRONS AND CHARGED PARTICLES | DUKE UNIVERSITY North Carolina | Department of Energy Department of Energy | DURHAM, NC-04 | 2024 | $63,633,307 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0297ER25308_089 COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | THE KRELL INSTITUTE INC Iowa | Department of Energy Department of Energy | AMES, IA-04 | 2024 | $62,699,328 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0293ER40773_089 DOE-CYCLOTRON BASED NUCLEAR SCIENCE | TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY Texas | Department of Energy Department of Energy | COLLEGE STATION, TX-10 | 2024 | $55,265,328 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0294ER40818_089 RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS: MEDIUM ENERGY NUCLEAR PHYSICS | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $53,193,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0291ER20021_089 PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENERGY CAPTURE, CONVERSION AND STORAGE: FROM FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS TO MODULAR ENGINEERING | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | EAST LANSING, MI-07 | 2024 | $51,154,711 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0200ER41132_089 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR THEORY | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Washington | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SEATTLE, WA-07 | 2024 | $47,329,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0202ER63445_089 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, PROTEOGENOMICS AND COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMA | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE Massachusetts | Department of Energy Department of Energy | BOSTON, MA-07 | 2024 | $47,191,846 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0286ER13491_089 STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ATOMS, IONS, AND MOLECULES | KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Kansas | Department of Energy Department of Energy | MANHATTAN, KS-01 | 2024 | $45,400,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0024098_089 HIGH RIGIDITY SPECTROMETER PROJECT | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | EAST LANSING, MI-07 | 2024 | $43,356,565 |
ASST_NON_DESC0011755_089 AMS OPERATIONS | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $39,136,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0007901_089 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE Pennsylvania | Department of Energy Department of Energy | PHILADELPHIA, PA-03 | 2024 | $38,911,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0204ER54742_089 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSTITUTE FOR FUSION STUDIES | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Texas | Department of Energy Department of Energy | AUSTIN, TX-37 | 2024 | $38,292,001 |
ASST_NON_DESC0007859_089 PROPOSAL TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES AND INTERACTIONS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES FUNDING YEARS FY 2021-2023 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | ANN ARBOR, MI-06 | 2024 | $36,674,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFC0207ER54918_089 BASIC PLASMA SCIENCE FACILITY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | LOS ANGELES, CA-36 | 2024 | $36,557,847 |
ASST_NON_DESC0011925_089 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE GOALS OF EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS AT CALTECH | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | PASADENA, CA-28 | 2024 | $34,512,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0021173_089 CENTER FOR HYBRID APPROACHES IN SOLAR ENERGY TO LIQUID FUELS (CHASE) | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL North Carolina | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CHAPEL HILL, NC-04 | 2024 | $34,347,539 |
ASST_NON_DEFC0202ER63421_089 UCLA-DOE INSTITUTE | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | LOS ANGELES, CA-36 | 2024 | $34,300,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0293ER54222_089 UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING THE STELLARATOR CONCEPT: AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PROGRAM ON THE HELICALLY SYMMETRIC EXPERIMENT | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Wisconsin | Department of Energy Department of Energy | MADISON, WI-02 | 2024 | $33,350,911 |
ASST_NON_DESC0010107_089 RESEARCH IN PARTICLE PHYSICS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SANTA CRUZ, CA-19 | 2024 | $32,719,903 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0295ER54309_089 THEORY AND SIMULATION OF FUSION PLASMAS (GACP 20018807) | GENERAL ATOMICS California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SAN DIEGO, CA-50 | 2024 | $30,373,539 |
ASST_NON_DESC0009999_089 RESEARCH IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | DAVIS, CA-04 | 2024 | $29,795,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0008637_089 CENTER FOR PREDICTIVE INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS SCIENCE PRISMS CENTER | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Michigan | Department of Energy Department of Energy | ANN ARBOR, MI-06 | 2024 | $28,930,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0012577_089 UNDERSTANDING & CONTROLLING ACCELERATED AND GRADUAL EVOLUTION OF MATERIALS FOR ENERGY | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP Georgia | Department of Energy Department of Energy | ATLANTA, GA-05 | 2024 | $27,551,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0011702_089 UCSB HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS GROUP PROPOSAL | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | SANTA BARBARA, CA-24 | 2024 | $26,191,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0009920_089 A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | IRVINE, CA-47 | 2024 | $25,189,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0012673_089 CENTER FOR MESOSCALE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK New York | Department of Energy Department of Energy | STONY BROOK, NY-01 | 2024 | $25,011,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0021266_089 LIQUID SUNLIGHT ALLIANCE (LISA) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | PASADENA, CA-28 | 2024 | $24,672,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0018266_089 THE WISCONSIN PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY: A USER FACILITY FOR FRONTIER PLASMA SCIENCE | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Wisconsin | Department of Energy Department of Energy | MADISON, WI-02 | 2024 | $23,619,686 |
ASST_NON_DESC0019443_089 PROGRAMMABLE QUANTUM MATERIALS (PRO-QM) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK New York | Department of Energy Department of Energy | NEW YORK, NY-13 | 2024 | $23,350,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0007968_089 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY New Jersey | Department of Energy Department of Energy | PRINCETON, NJ-12 | 2024 | $23,178,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0297ER41041_089 STUDIES OF NUCLEAR PROCESSES | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL North Carolina | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CHAPEL HILL, NC-04 | 2024 | $23,162,467 |
ASST_NON_DESC0008475_089 EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER New York | Department of Energy Department of Energy | ROCHESTER, NY-25 | 2024 | $22,809,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0011726_089 RESEARCH IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE Ohio | Department of Energy Department of Energy | COLUMBUS, OH-03 | 2024 | $22,712,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0009919_089 UCSD EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PARTICLE PHYSICS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO California | Department of Energy Department of Energy | LA JOLLA, CA-50 | 2024 | $22,140,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0017647_089 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS RESEARCH: EXPERIMENTAL & THEORETICAL | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Wisconsin | Department of Energy Department of Energy | MADISON, WI-02 | 2024 | $21,821,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0019409_089 EFRC BREAKTHROUGH ELECTROLYTES FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND SYSTEMS (BEES2) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Ohio | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CLEVELAND, OH-11 | 2024 | $21,750,000 |
ASST_NON_DESC0025528_089 2024 COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | THE KRELL INSTITUTE INC Iowa | Department of Energy Department of Energy | AMES, IA-04 | 2024 | $21,744,164 |
ASST_NON_DESC0019330_089 CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MAGNETIC QUANTUM MATERIALS (M2QM) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Florida | Department of Energy Department of Energy | GAINESVILLE, FL-03 | 2024 | $21,614,259 |
ASST_NON_DESC0007914_089 PARTICLE PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Pennsylvania | Department of Energy Department of Energy | PITTSBURGH, PA-12 | 2024 | $21,607,000 |
ASST_NON_DEFG0291ER54109_089 THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN ADVANCED PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Massachusetts | Department of Energy Department of Energy | CAMBRIDGE, MA-07 | 2024 | $21,450,000 |
Top 50 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Spending by State
| State | Funding | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| California | $2.68B | 762 |
| Michigan | $1.59B | 184 |
| Massachusetts | $869.1M | 326 |
| New York | $735.5M | 328 |
| Illinois | $605.6M | 243 |
| Texas | $503.6M | 269 |
| Wisconsin | $495.8M | 98 |
| Pennsylvania | $390.2M | 207 |
| Washington | $340.5M | 102 |
| Colorado | $320.9M | 232 |
| North Carolina | $305.6M | 124 |
| Virginia | $247.7M | 177 |
| Indiana | $246.8M | 99 |
| South Dakota | $234.9M | 21 |
| Ohio | $230.2M | 125 |
| Florida | $223.6M | 142 |
| New Jersey | $214.9M | 113 |
| Iowa | $209.5M | 43 |
| Georgia | $194.2M | 100 |
| Tennessee | $166.3M | 104 |
| Maryland | $162.6M | 121 |
| Minnesota | $144.0M | 57 |
| Arizona | $136.9M | 79 |
| Connecticut | $111.8M | 59 |
| Utah | $82.1M | 72 |
| New Mexico | $82.0M | 73 |
| Kansas | $79.2M | 28 |
| Missouri | $72.2M | 53 |
| Alabama | $61.2M | 53 |
| Hawaii | $52.9M | 29 |
| Delaware | $49.4M | 27 |
| South Carolina | $47.9M | 36 |
| Nebraska | $47.4M | 25 |
| Louisiana | $46.1M | 37 |
| District of Columbia | $45.8M | 44 |
| Oregon | $42.4M | 34 |
| Oklahoma | $41.9M | 38 |
| Rhode Island | $41.8M | 43 |
| New Hampshire | $38.5M | 29 |
| Kentucky | $36.9M | 26 |
| Idaho | $34.0M | 21 |
| Montana | $26.3M | 16 |
| Mississippi | $25.5M | 21 |
| West Virginia | $23.8M | 12 |
| Arkansas | $22.1M | 17 |
| Nevada | $19.3M | 24 |
| Wyoming | $18.1M | 20 |
| Alaska | $13.5M | 9 |
| Vermont | $8.5M | 12 |
| Maine | $5.2M | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | $4.6M | 7 |
| North Dakota | $2.1M | 2 |
Top Recipients
Agencies Administering This Program
Department of Energy$12.47B
Source: USAspending.gov · All Programs