Federal grants to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts received $962 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 606 awards. Its largest program was Geosciences, with $627 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $170 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$962 million
- Awards606
- Awarded in FY 2025$170 million
- Largest award$123 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 212 | $205 million |
| FY 2022 | 208 | $185 million |
| FY 2023 | 228 | $200 million |
| FY 2024 | 193 | $202 million |
| FY 2025 | 153 | $170 million |
Programs that fund Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Geosciences | 288 | $627 million |
| Basic and Applied Scientific Research | 88 | $104 million |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes | 2 | $68.1 million |
| Science | 53 | $32.8 million |
| Polar Programs | 44 | $29.8 million |
| Sea Grant Support | 28 | $12.2 million |
| Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program | 7 | $10.6 million |
| Renewable Energy Research and Development | 2 | $8.8 million |
| Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) | 12 | $8.7 million |
| U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection | 8 | $7.5 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 364 | $676 million |
| Department of Commerce | 73 | $114 million |
| Department of Defense | 92 | $106 million |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 53 | $32.8 million |
| Department of Energy | 5 | $16.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management and operation of the ocean observatories initiative (OOI) | Geosciences | December 1, 2020 | $123 million |
| Research infrastructure: management and operations of the ocean observatories initiative (ooi 2.5) -the ocean observatories initiative (OOI) is a community-inspired and community-serving research observatory. Its mission is to safely operate and maintain sophisticated arrays of instruments and assoc | Geosciences | September 20, 2023 | $87.6 million |
| National deep submergence facility (2022-2026) -this award provides funds to the woods hole oceanographic institution (WHOI)/ national deep submergence facility, which operates the human occupied vehicle (HOV) alvin, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) jason II, and the autonomous underwater vehicle | Geosciences | September 6, 2022 | $66.6 million |
| Cinar: a cooperative institute for the north atlantic region | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes | January 7, 2021 | $44.2 million |
| R/v atlantis operations | Geosciences | December 7, 2020 | $44.0 million |
| Onr ship time, technician & ndsf support 2021-2026 | Basic and Applied Scientific Research | November 19, 2021 | $32.0 million |
| Stc: center for chemical currencies of a microbial planet | Geosciences | September 9, 2021 | $24.5 million |
| Cinar will serve a critical function at the juncture of the interdependent global and regional observing systems in the north atlantic ocean and those of the northeast U.S. Shelf large marine ecosystem (neus lme). In so doing, the institute will link basin scale climate observations to ecosystem-sca | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes | June 3, 2024 | $24.2 million |
| R/v armstrong operations | Geosciences | November 19, 2020 | $19.0 million |
| Onr shiptime operations, technician & nsdf support 2015-2019 | Basic and Applied Scientific Research | October 29, 2020 | $15.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution get?
$962 million in 606 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $676 million in 364 awards. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's largest federal grant?
$123 million under Geosciences, with its first action in the period on December 1, 2020. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution?
Its largest are Geosciences, Basic and Applied Scientific Research and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes.
Other grant recipients in Woods Hole
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