National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation reported $6.0 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 20 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $5,999,696,446
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 20 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 0.1%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 049
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/national-science-foundation
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $5,598,741,894 | 93.3% |
| Contracts | $400,954,552 | 6.7% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $670,341,669 | 11.2% |
| 2 | Texas | $460,567,895 | 7.7% |
| 3 | Virginia | $388,316,777 | 6.5% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $376,143,056 | 6.3% |
| 5 | New York | $333,935,846 | 5.6% |
| 6 | Colorado | $306,880,259 | 5.1% |
| 7 | Illinois | $207,551,364 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $198,943,787 | 3.3% |
| 9 | Florida | $197,320,222 | 3.3% |
| 10 | North Carolina | $190,787,448 | 3.2% |
| 11 | Arizona | $186,143,120 | 3.1% |
| 12 | District Of Columbia | $172,479,748 | 2.9% |
| 13 | Washington | $136,924,665 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Michigan | $126,343,930 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Ohio | $113,338,706 | 1.9% |
The 15 largest of 54 states and territories. These rows total $5,883,626,644, against an overall $5,999,696,446 for the agency. The difference was performed abroad or carries no reported location. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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