The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the independent agency that funds basic research outside medicine (NIH covers medicine). Through competitive grants it supports university research across physics, math, computer science, engineering, and the social sciences.
It also funds frontier areas such as AI, quantum, semiconductors, and materials; this site's NSF grant data comes from it. By supporting research infrastructure (supercomputers, observatories) and talent, it underpins U.S. scientific capacity.
What the data shows
- We have collected 9 Federal Register documents (rules and notices) for this agency.
- It awarded $3,389,583 in federal contracts (2 awards) in our collection; the top recipient is DELTA BRAVO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC ($1,989,583, ~59%).
- Spending is concentrated in a single top recipient.
Federal Register (rules & notices)
By type： Notice 9
- Notice Jul 17, 2026 Notice of Application of Emergency Provision Under the Antarctic Conservation Ac... ↗
- Notice Jul 13, 2026 Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program ↗
- Notice Jul 9, 2026 Membership of National Science Foundation's Senior Executive Service Performance... ↗
- Notice Jun 24, 2026 Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foun... ↗
- Notice Jun 17, 2026 Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Survey of Graduate St... ↗
- Notice Jun 12, 2026 Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Antarctic Conservatio... ↗
- Notice Jun 11, 2026 Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Grantee Reporting Req... ↗
- Notice Jun 9, 2026 Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request ↗
Federal contracts (awarded · USAspending)
What this shows：In the collected data, the largest single recipient is DELTA BRAVO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGE... (about 59% of the total), across 2 recipients — showing how concentrated awards are at the top.
| Amount | Recipient | Scope (original) |
|---|---|---|
| ≈$2M | DELTA BRAVO ARTIFICIAL INTELLI... ／National Science Foundation | CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR FUTURE WATER SYSTEMS ↗ |
| ≈$1.4M | INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ／National Science Foundation | ASSESSING THE US CAPACITY AND NEED FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE... ↗ |
Where the money goes (by company)
The main companies this agency funds and cumulative amounts, from this site's collected contract data. Click a company for details.
Federal contract awards over time (past 9 fiscal years)
Federal contract awards by National Science Foundation has risen about 54% from FY2017 to FY2025 (≈$462M to ≈$711M).
| Fiscal year | Awarded |
|---|---|
| FY2025 | ≈$711M |
| FY2024 | ≈$775.7M |
| FY2023 | ≈$631.1M |
| FY2022 | ≈$577.5M |
| FY2021 | ≈$498.1M |
| FY2020 | ≈$503.3M |
| FY2019 | ≈$506.2M |
| FY2018 | ≈$466.2M |
| FY2017 | ≈$462M |
Total federal contracts (award types A–D) awarded by this agency per fiscal year (starting October). Source: USAspending. May be revised.
NSF research grants (awarded)
- Oct 1, 2026 NSF AI grant $2.54M: "Cloud Conversations" — an AI assistant that builds res... Explained — University of Chicago
- Oct 1, 2026 CICI:TCR: Towards Resilient AI Data Center Infrastructure with Power Safety ↗ — Virginia Polytechnic Institute...
- Oct 1, 2026 AI-Driven Professional Learning to Strengthen Pre-Service Teachers' Content... ↗ — Texas A&M University
- Sep 15, 2026 Category II: Sagebrush - An AI Inference Resource for ACCESS, NAIRR, and the... ↗ — University of Texas at Austin
- Sep 1, 2026 NSF AI grant $9M: operationalizing the National Science Data Fabric (NSDF) f... Explained — University of Tennessee Knoxvi...
- Sep 1, 2026 NSF grant ~$1.69M: predicting the "start switch" of plant genomes with AI fo... Explained — Michigan State University
- Sep 1, 2026 Collaborative Research: FEC: AI-Enabled Environmental Surveillance of Microb... ↗ — University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Sep 1, 2026 Center: CREST Phase II: Center for Research, Education, Application, and Tec... ↗ — Texas A&M University-Kingsvill...
Timeline
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Based on real dates within this site's collected set (contracts = start date / filings = filing date / rules = publication date). Not exhaustive.
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