Well Told Grants

Federal grant programs / National Science Foundation

Geosciences (47.050)

Also known as (GEO)

Geosciences (Assistance Listing 47.050) is run by the National Science Foundation. It awarded $5.4 billion in 7,605 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $710,829 per award on average. 24 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.

The typical award was $287,063. Half of the 7,605 awards fell between $110,000 and $489,305, and they ranged from $1 to $621 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To strengthen and enhance the national scientific enterprise through the expansion of fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system through the support of basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

Past notices

Of 147 notices posted under this program since 2021, most went up in June (91), September (9) and January (7).

The 15 most recent of 123 closed notices under this program since 2021. Search a notice number on the search page to find any of them.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range Low: $3,435 Range High: $60,150,814 Average: $265,967

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Geosciences (47.050) awarded $5.4 billion across 7,605 grant awards, an average of $710,829 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchColorado78$725 million
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMassachusetts288$627 million
Texas a & M Research FoundationTexas3$287 million
University of California San DiegoCalifornia170$223 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York160$193 million
Earthscope Consortium Inc.District of Columbia15$169 million
Oregon State UniversityOregon131$140 million
University of WashingtonWashington204$135 million
University of HawaiiHawaii116$113 million
University of Alaska FairbanksAlaska85$104 million
The Regents of the University of ColoradoColorado192$81.9 million
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteCalifornia10$69.7 million
University of Texas at AustinTexas100$45.5 million
University of DelawareDelaware71$45.4 million
University of Rhode IslandRhode Island59$45.3 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia93$44.9 million
The Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania109$43.7 million
University of California, Santa BarbaraCalifornia62$42.1 million
University of MiamiFlorida59$41.4 million
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (Bios) Inc.22$40.5 million

Top states: Colorado ($905 million), Massachusetts ($785 million), California ($646 million), Texas ($442 million), New York ($304 million), District of Columbia ($202 million), Washington ($166 million), Oregon ($165 million), Florida ($146 million), Alaska ($123 million).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 71% of the money, businesses 12% and small businesses 0.6%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Colleges and universities6,783$3.8 billion71%
Other216$856 million16%
Businesses351$646 million12%
Small businesses93$33.7 million0.6%
Individuals155$23.3 million0.4%
State and local governments3$4.3 millionless than 0.1%
Tribal governments and organizations4$2.2 millionless than 0.1%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Colorado452$905 million
Massachusetts631$785 million
California1,022$646 million
Texas404$442 million
New York480$304 million
District of Columbia123$202 million
Washington303$166 million
Oregon198$165 million
Florida277$146 million
Alaska117$123 million
Hawaii124$115 million
Illinois148$88.8 million
New Jersey174$83.7 million
Georgia142$74.9 million
Michigan184$73.5 million
Virginia181$73.0 million
Arizona195$71.6 million
Pennsylvania213$69.7 million
Rhode Island155$66.1 million
North Carolina165$63.3 million
Maryland153$61.6 million
Delaware77$49.2 million
Minnesota132$46.9 million
Wisconsin107$37.0 million
Oklahoma71$36.8 million
Utah96$35.2 million
Kansas40$31.4 million
Indiana104$31.0 million
New Mexico76$26.5 million
Connecticut75$26.3 million
Alabama74$24.9 million
New Hampshire64$24.4 million
Ohio84$22.8 million
Nevada65$21.2 million
Maine61$20.8 million
Louisiana72$20.3 million
Iowa52$19.3 million
South Carolina78$18.2 million
Missouri64$17.2 million
Wyoming26$17.2 million
Tennessee48$15.0 million
Montana51$14.4 million
Idaho58$13.4 million
U.S. Virgin Islands6$8.5 million
Vermont20$8.5 million
West Virginia18$7.6 million
Nebraska26$7.4 million
Mississippi17$5.3 million
Arkansas20$3.7 million
South Dakota13$3.6 million
Kentucky13$2.5 million
Guam1$2.2 million
Puerto Rico15$2.2 million
North Dakota8$2.2 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.