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The Books · Agencies · NSF

National Science Foundation

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 1 sub-agencies.

NSF primarily awards research and education grants to universities and research organizations. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$8.9B

Awarding agency NSF

Transactions

29,772

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.18%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for National Science Foundation
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$8.9B
FFY 2023$9.1B
FFY 2022$8.8B
FFY 2021$8.4B
FFY 2018$7.6B
FFY 2017$7.2B
FFY 2016$7.2B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for National Science Foundation
CategoryAmount
Grants$8.1B
Contracts$775.7M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for National Science Foundation
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
National Science FoundationNSF$8.9B29,772

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies