Federal grants to Space Science Institute
Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado received $27.1 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 92 awards. Its largest program was Science, with $17.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $6.2 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$27.1 million
- Awards92
- Awarded in FY 2025$6.2 million
- Largest award$2.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 35 | $7.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 28 | $4.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 29 | $6.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 21 | $2.8 million |
| FY 2025 | 34 | $6.2 million |
Programs that fund Space Science Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Science | 66 | $17.6 million |
| Geosciences | 11 | $3.4 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 4 | $2.1 million |
| Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM) | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 4 | $1.0 million |
| Polar Programs | 2 | $632,155 |
| Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships | 1 | $517,897 |
| Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences | 1 | $300,000 |
| Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | 1 | $239,754 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 68 | $18.9 million |
| National Science Foundation | 23 | $8.0 million |
| Department of Energy | 1 | $239,754 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA has inspired the public for decades with its mission to explore new frontiers and to drive advances in science, technology, engineering, and mat | Science | January 27, 2021 | $2.5 million |
| Enhancing learning opportunities in libraries of rural communities | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | July 9, 2021 | $1.4 million |
| Collaborative research: fire-net: improving fire response time through a unified data-driven geographical approach: decision-support data integration network system (desdiny) -due to an increase in wildfire frequency, firefighters must often fight multiple fires simultaneously on a regular basis. Fi | Geosciences | August 19, 2025 | $1.0 million |
| The overarching objective of this project is to partner with public libraries to help inform engage and inspire new and underserved public audiences. | Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM) | March 10, 2021 | $987,103 |
| 22-LWS22_2-0028 advanced statistical analysis of the solar wind control of magnetospheric activity and magnetospheric particle populations | Science | May 1, 2023 | $817,461 |
| The heliospheric current-sheet network and the cellularization of the solar wind | Science | August 9, 2021 | $750,000 |
| Geomagnetic perturbations related to a variety of phenomena in the near-earth space environment induce electric fields at the earth s surface. These "geoelectric" fields in turn drive potentially damaging geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) in technological infrastructure such as railroads pipeli | Science | October 22, 2020 | $723,694 |
| Is the solar wind electron strahl a seed population for the earth's electron radiation belt? -the near-earth space is filled with charged particles from the solar wind and the earth's upper atmosphere. However, how these particles are accelerated and transported into the radiation belt remains a mys | Geosciences | July 11, 2023 | $682,313 |
| Laboratory characterization of co-propagating alfven wave interactions -the behavior of turbulence is one of the most hotly debated topics among researchers, and understanding this behavior has been a long-standing goal of the heliophysics community. Turbulence in the near-sun solar wind is imbalanc | Geosciences | June 21, 2024 | $589,888 |
| Collaborative research: energetic particle precipitation from the magnetosphere and effects on ozone dynamics in the mesosphere and stratosphere | Geosciences | July 29, 2021 | $534,010 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Space Science Institute get?
$27.1 million in 92 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Space Science Institute the most?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with $18.9 million in 68 awards. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy follow.
What is Space Science Institute's largest federal grant?
$2.5 million under Science, with its first action in the period on January 27, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Space Science Institute?
Its largest are Science, Geosciences and STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources).
Other grant recipients in Boulder
- The Regents of the University of Colorado
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- E Source Companies LLC
- County of Boulder
- Unavco, Inc
- Greenlatinos
- Bae Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
- Ion Clean Energy Inc
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