National Science Foundation
Obligations in fiscal year 2026, reporting period 11 of 12, through August 31, 2026:
An obligation is money the agency commits to pay: a signed contract, a grant award, a benefit payment. The figure in full is copied from the official record. The rounded reading beside it is ours.
Year by year
Budgetary resources are the Treasury's figure for the money available to the agency in the year, new and carried over from earlier years. Obligations are money the agency commits to pay. Outlays are money paid out. Fiscal year 2026 figures run through August 31, 2026.
| Fiscal year | Budgetary resources | Obligations | Outlays | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $10,223,664,068.35 | $6,550,550,600.26 | $8,053,031,182.02 | August 31, 2026 (period 11 of 12) |
| 2025 | $10,738,133,526.14 | $9,885,079,238.42 | $10,153,840,632.98 | September 30, 2025 |
| 2024 | $10,751,753,768.21 | $9,746,030,086.42 | $9,614,870,756.94 | September 30, 2024 |
| 2023 | $11,074,706,435.52 | $9,861,960,523.64 | $9,201,120,908.31 | September 30, 2023 |
| 2022 | $10,217,493,512.45 | $9,523,708,321.45 | $8,328,424,648.25 | September 30, 2022 |
| 2021 | $9,975,738,810.22 | $9,018,208,184.77 | $7,540,839,186.57 | September 30, 2021 |
| 2020 | $9,082,293,376.32 | $8,596,034,079.86 | $7,495,016,855.19 | September 30, 2020 |
| 2019 | $8,787,657,960.46 | $8,449,542,492.53 | $7,379,925,532.94 | September 30, 2019 |
| 2018 | $8,459,867,935.71 | $8,132,723,913.90 | $7,278,159,448.34 | September 30, 2018 |
| 2017 | $8,120,696,915.75 | $7,754,265,294.23 | $7,351,520,365.49 | September 30, 2017 |
Awards by type
Awards are contracts, grants, loans and direct payments. The Treasury gives award obligations and total obligations in two separate reports. It gives contracts and standing contracts as two figures. Fiscal year 2026, through August 31, 2026.
The Treasury's record shows award obligations above total obligations for this agency in fiscal year 2026.
| Award type | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Contracts | $622,405,941.84 |
| Direct payments | $0.00 |
| Grants | $5,938,529,110.00 |
| Standing contracts that the agency places orders against (indefinite delivery vehicles, IDVs) | $0.00 |
| Loans | $0.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
| Award obligations, the Treasury's total | $6,560,935,051.84 |
| Total obligations, from the Treasury's yearly figures | $6,550,550,600.26 |
Sub-agencies
The offices and bureaus inside this agency. The Treasury's record lists one sub-agency here.
| Sub-agency | Obligations | Transactions | New awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation NSF | $6,560,935,051.84 | 15,497 | 6,930 |
Federal accounts
A federal account is one line of the agency's books at the Treasury. All 9 federal accounts, by obligations.
| Federal account | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| Research and Related Activities, National Science Foundation 049-0100 | $5,162,686,990.36 | $6,397,558,763.93 |
| STEM Education, National Science Foundation 049-0106 | $719,970,333.66 | $874,823,972.58 |
| Agency Operations and Award Management, National Science Foundation 049-0180 | $277,604,524.28 | $330,356,117.96 |
| Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction, National Science Foundation 049-0551 | $254,714,314.65 | $281,451,219.07 |
| Salaries and Expenses, H-1B Funded, Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation 049-5176 | $97,463,382.49 | $118,035,930.69 |
| Office of Inspector General, National Science Foundation 049-0300 | $18,725,135.36 | $17,143,908.05 |
| Donations, National Science Foundation 049-8960 | $16,840,802.40 | $19,141,802.29 |
| Office of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation 049-0350 | $2,445,082.28 | $2,630,285.93 |
| Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Workforce and Education Fund, National Science Foundation 049-0108 | $100,034.78 | $11,889,181.52 |
Budget functions
A budget function is the purpose the money serves. The Treasury's record lists one budget function here.
| Budget function | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| General Science, Space, and Technology | $6,550,550,600.26 | $8,053,031,182.02 |
Object classes
An object class is the Treasury's name for a kind of spending: what the money buys, such as pay, rent or grants. Top 10 of 25 object classes, by obligations.
| Object class | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| Grants, subsidies, and contributions | $5,679,990,115.71 | $6,982,352,058.97 |
| Advisory and assistance services | $181,789,067.99 | $265,673,900.15 |
| Operation and maintenance of facilities | $174,693,614.87 | $314,927,312.01 |
| Full-time permanent (pay of full-time permanent employees) | $166,040,443.47 | $173,028,978.96 |
| Other goods and services from Federal sources | $135,603,070.48 | $176,333,367.42 |
| Civilian personnel benefits | $61,934,687.99 | $64,598,161.28 |
| Other services from non-Federal sources | $42,741,035.56 | $38,899,098.23 |
| Special personal services payments | $28,849,584.19 | $38,024,769.06 |
| Unknown | $26,375,963.66 | -$56,778,368.09 |
| Research and development contracts | $23,323,958.78 | $13,055,242.68 |
Emergency-fund laws
The Treasury tags some dollars with the law that provides them. These are the tags on this agency's record, worded as the Treasury words them.
| Tag | Law, as the Treasury names it | Title, as the Treasury gives it | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAB | Emergency P.L. 117-328 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 | Public Law 117-328 |
| C | Emergency P.L. 115-123 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 | Public Law 115-123 |
| N | Emergency P.L. 116-136 | Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act | Public Law 116-136 |
| V | Non-emergency P.L. 117-2 | American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Public Law 117-2 |
| X | Emergency P.L. 117-43 | Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act | Public Law 117-43 |
Tag Q, “Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression”, is the Treasury's tag for dollars it does not mark as emergency, disaster or wildfire money under a named law.
6 tags.
Where this comes from
Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The dollar figures written in full on this page are copied from the saved official answers below.