Federal grants to General Atomics
General Atomics in San Diego, California received $588 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 43 awards. Its largest program was Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, with $495 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $119 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$588 million
- Awards43
- Awarded in FY 2025$119 million
- Largest award$447 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 16 | $115 million |
| FY 2022 | 25 | $115 million |
| FY 2023 | 20 | $123 million |
| FY 2024 | 18 | $116 million |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $119 million |
Programs that fund General Atomics
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 30 | $495 million |
| Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | 4 | $60.2 million |
| Conservation Research and Development | 3 | $28.2 million |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Science | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | 2 | $949,648 |
| Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program | 1 | $102,432 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | 39 | $584 million |
| Department of Defense | 3 | $1.7 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1 | $1.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The diii-d national fusion program and advanced fusion technology research and development | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | January 20, 2021 | $447 million |
| In the 2012 consolidated appropriations act, congress appropriated funds to doe for the research and development of advanced atf in response to the incident that occurred at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan following the march 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The fukushima daiichi inci | Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | December 28, 2022 | $35.2 million |
| Rare earth element (REE) separation and processing demonstration project | Conservation Research and Development | September 28, 2021 | $24.2 million |
| New award: general atomics under foa: DE-FOA-0002271: horizontal compact high temperature gas reactor | Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | December 15, 2021 | $20.2 million |
| Theory and simulation of fusion plasmas | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | April 1, 2021 | $10.2 million |
| Frontiers in leadership gyrokinetic simulation | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | September 28, 2023 | $5.5 million |
| Predict-first modeling and experimental demonstration of a fully noninductive scenario in nstx-u | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | October 21, 2020 | $4.9 million |
| The objectives of this financial assistance award are to fund a project that will enhance the chances for using silicon-carbide ceramic matrix composite cladding on nuclear fuel rods in order to be successful toward meeting doe’s accident tolerant fuel (ATF) program goals. In cooperation with an exi | Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | July 21, 2021 | $4.2 million |
| A fusion machine learning data science platform to support the design and safe operation of a fusion pilot plant | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | September 22, 2023 | $2.6 million |
| Control and extension of iter and advanced scenarios to long pulse in east and kstar | Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | July 7, 2021 | $2.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does General Atomics get?
$588 million in 43 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives General Atomics the most?
The Department of Energy, with $584 million in 39 awards. The Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration follow.
What is General Atomics's largest federal grant?
$447 million under Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, with its first action in the period on January 20, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund General Atomics?
Its largest are Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration and Conservation Research and Development.
Other grant recipients in San Diego
- San Diego Association of Governments
- Metropolitan Transit System
- Neighborhood House Association
- San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
- San Diego State University Foundation
- San Diego Unified School District
- Family Health Centers of San Diego Inc
- San Diego, City of
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