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Assistance listing · 11.620

Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach

Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 11.620, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.

USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.

Federal agencies obligated $87M in awards under assistance listing 11.620, Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach, in FY2026, and $279M over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 493 of 988 on this site.

Obligations were about level on FY2025 ($84M), with $0 so far in FY2027.

The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 were The Regents of the University of Colorado ($55M), The Johns Hopkins University ($40M) and University of Maryland, College Park ($35M).

By place of performance, the most money went to MD, CO and DC.

$87Mobligations, FY2026FY2026 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) · obligations
$279Mfive-year totalFY2023–FY2027 to date · obligations
$0FY2027 to dateFY2027 · obligations
493 of 988rank among programs on this sitefive-year obligations
13awards of $1.0M+ since FY2023FY2023–FY2027

Obligations by fiscal year

$48M
$60M
$84M
$87M
$0
FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026FY2027*
Obligations under listing 11.620 by fiscal year. *FY2027 runs to the data date and is incomplete.

Compared with the largest program FY2026

MeasureThis programGrants to States for MedicaidAll assistance
Obligations, FY2026$87M$722B$4.4T
Five-year total$279M$2.6T$17T
Share of all assistance obligations, five years0%15.2%100%

Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2023

#OrganisationAwardsAward value
1The Regents of the University of Colorado1$55M
2The Johns Hopkins University1$40M
3University of Maryland, College Park1$35M
4Applied Research Institute Inc1$24M
5Georgetown University1$16M
6George Washington University (the)1$15M
7Riverside Research Institute1$11M
8Association of University Technology Managers Inc1$8.0M
9The Regents of the University of Colorado1$5.7M
10Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines1$4.4M
11Carnegie-Mellon University1$4.0M
12Michigan Technological University1$1.6M
13Florida International University1$1.1M

Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards

Where the money goes

Largest awards since FY2023

RecipientAwarding agencyTypeAward valueBegunPlaceRecord
The Regents of the University of ColoradoDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$55M7 Apr 2023COUSAspending
The Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$40M5 Apr 2023MDUSAspending
University of Maryland, College ParkDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$35M7 Apr 2023MDUSAspending
Applied Research Institute IncDepartment of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyOther assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance$24M16 Nov 2022INUSAspending
Georgetown UniversityDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$16M3 Apr 2023DCUSAspending
George Washington University (the)Department of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$15M5 Apr 2023DCUSAspending
Riverside Research InstituteDepartment of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects AgencyOther assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance$11M20 Jul 2026VAUSAspending
Association of University Technology Managers IncDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$8.0M9 Sep 2024NCUSAspending
The Regents of the University of ColoradoDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$5.7M7 Apr 2023COUSAspending
Trustees of the Colorado School of MinesDepartment of CommerceNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyGrantCooperative Agreement (B)$4.4M4 Apr 2023COUSAspending

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Questions and answers

How much is obligated under assistance listing 11.620?

$87M in FY2026 and $279M over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.

Who receives the most under Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach?

The Regents of the University of Colorado ($55M), The Johns Hopkins University ($40M), University of Maryland, College Park ($35M), Applied Research Institute Inc ($24M), Georgetown University ($16M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".

What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?

A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.

Provenance

Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.