Federal grants to Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts received $96.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 193 awards. Its largest program was Science, with $79.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $22.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$96.8 million
- Awards193
- Awarded in FY 2025$22.8 million
- Largest award$24.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 68 | $21.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 69 | $20.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 61 | $21.0 million |
| FY 2024 | 46 | $11.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 70 | $22.8 million |
Programs that fund Smithsonian Institution
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Science | 163 | $79.9 million |
| Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 18 | $8.3 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 1 | $2.8 million |
| Geosciences | 7 | $2.8 million |
| Integrative Activities | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Polar Programs | 1 | $366,668 |
| Mission Support | 1 | $56,921 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 164 | $80.0 million |
| National Science Foundation | 29 | $16.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The ads s mission is aligned with NASA s strategic goal of expanding human knowledge by enabling open science and fostering interdisciplinary breakthrough research. | Science | February 18, 2021 | $24.8 million |
| In october 2020 as part of its strategic goal to support open interdisciplinary science NASA requested the ads team to develop a plan to extend ads's services to all the scientific disciplines supported by the science mission directorate (SMD). Ads would no longer primarily serve astrophysics (AP) b | Science | April 24, 2025 | $4.4 million |
| We propose to develop a multi-wavelength infrared coronagraph and spectropolarimeter for NASA s scientific balloon program and eventual use in space. | Science | June 17, 2021 | $3.9 million |
| Youthastronet: research on the scale-up of innovative technology experiences in astronomy and science imaging | STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | March 23, 2021 | $2.8 million |
| Wou-mma: operations of veritas in the epoch 2022 to 2025 -gamma rays are the highest energy form of electromagnetic radiation, and their observation has proven essential to advancing our understanding of the most extreme astrophysical processing in the universe. Located at the fred lawrence whipple | Mathematical and Physical Sciences | August 17, 2022 | $2.4 million |
| Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:dp): next generation event horizon telescope design | Integrative Activities | August 30, 2022 | $1.9 million |
| The swift solar activity x-ray imager (SSAXI) instrument for the hi-c flare campaign | Science | June 2, 2022 | $1.8 million |
| Hitran pact (practical accurate complete and traceable) to support NASA remote-sensing missions of the atmosphere | Science | September 28, 2023 | $1.8 million |
| The NASA goddard space flight center (GSFC) has developed and continue to mature the milli-k scale thermally stable and picometer spatial metrology system to study the basic building blocks of future ultra-stable telescopes key to enabling high cont | Science | February 1, 2022 | $1.7 million |
| We propose a five year study to develop long-term (27.5 year) earth system data records (ESDRS) of global formaldehyde glyoxal and water vapor vertical column densities. We will produce unified coherent and validated long-term esdrs from july 1995 to november 2022 by applying our well-established re | Science | November 25, 2020 | $1.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Smithsonian Institution get?
$96.8 million in 193 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Smithsonian Institution the most?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with $80.0 million in 164 awards. The National Science Foundation follow.
What is Smithsonian Institution's largest federal grant?
$24.8 million under Science, with its first action in the period on February 18, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Smithsonian Institution?
Its largest are Science, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources).
Other grant recipients in Cambridge
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- The Broad Institute, Inc
- National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
- City of Cambridge
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
- Ada Forsyth Institute, Inc.
- Abt Global LLC
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