Federal grants to California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California received $4.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 21 awards. Its largest program was Biological Sciences, with $1.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.7 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$4.1 million
- Awards21
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.7 million
- Largest award$808,848
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 7 | $988,068 |
| FY 2022 | 8 | $522,873 |
| FY 2023 | 5 | $415,035 |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $522,199 |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $1.7 million |
Programs that fund California Academy of Sciences
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | 11 | $1.9 million |
| Geosciences | 2 | $681,398 |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 1 | $626,598 |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 1 | $398,366 |
| Marine Mammal Data Program | 4 | $261,222 |
| Museums for America | 1 | $249,986 |
| Oral Diseases and Disorders Research | 1 | $2 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 13 | $2.6 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $626,600 |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $398,366 |
| Department of Commerce | 4 | $261,222 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | 1 | $249,986 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edge cmt: how the easter egg weevils (pachyrhynchus) got their spots: the functional genomics of structural colors in beetles. -in many animals, including insects, coloration is formed by the animal?s nanostructure, which bends and reflects light, rather than by pigments. Studying how nature creates | Biological Sciences | August 28, 2025 | $808,848 |
| Investigating mechanisms of specificity in a bioluminescent vertebrate-bacteria symbiosis | Trans-NIH Research Support | August 26, 2021 | $626,598 |
| Collaborative research: modeling marine paleocommunity dynamics of the permian-triassic transition: testing uniformitarian assumptions of paleo-food web reconstruction -this project advances NSF?s mission and national interests by increasing our understanding of ecosystem functioning, ensuring conti | Geosciences | June 30, 2025 | $457,737 |
| Reu site: the summer systematics institute: training the next generation of scientists for the field, the lab, and sharing their science with the world -this reu site award to the California academy of sciences, located in san francisco, California, will support the training of 10 students for 10 we | Biological Sciences | March 10, 2023 | $449,562 |
| California amphibian and reptile collection and genomics | Basic and Applied Scientific Research | September 14, 2023 | $398,366 |
| Collaborative research: digitization tcn: extending anthophila research through image and trait digitization (big-bee) | Biological Sciences | August 2, 2021 | $255,400 |
| California academy of sciences will establish a new youth environmental action hub to engage youth ages 14-18 in community-based environmental civic discourse and action. Project staff will create a leadership design council composed of 14 teen participants to collaboratively design, plan, and imple | Museums for America | July 12, 2024 | $249,986 |
| Oce-prf: the landscape of hybridization and adaptation across reef depth in a coral community | Geosciences | August 9, 2021 | $223,661 |
| Collaborative research: integrating phylogenomics with the fossil record: sea urchins as a model clade for macroevolutionary research | Biological Sciences | March 30, 2021 | $142,508 |
| This proposal requests federal funds from the john h. Prescott marine mammal rescue assistance grant program to secure staff to continue to improve the California academy of sciences and the noyo center for marine sciences high level of marine mammal response and data collection in northern californ | Marine Mammal Data Program | September 25, 2025 | $99,678 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does California Academy of Sciences get?
$4.1 million in 21 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives California Academy of Sciences the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $2.6 million in 13 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense follow.
What is California Academy of Sciences's largest federal grant?
$808,848 under Biological Sciences, with its first action in the period on August 28, 2025. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund California Academy of Sciences?
Its largest are Biological Sciences, Geosciences and Trans-NIH Research Support.
Other grant recipients in San Francisco
- The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
- California Public Utilities Commission
- City & County of San Francisco
- City & County of San Francisco
- Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District
- City and County of San Francisco
- Wested
- San Francisco State University
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