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Assistance listing · 47.049
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 47.049, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $1.3B in awards under assistance listing 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, in FY2026, and $6.2B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 79 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 24% on FY2025 ($1.7B), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. ($574M), Associated Universities Inc ($531M) and California Institute of Technology ($255M).
By place of performance, the most money went to CA, DC and NY.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $1.3B | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $6.2B | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
$72M among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: aggregated payments to individuals, withheld names and individuals.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
Other programs numbered 47.xxx
- 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) $4.9B
- 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering $4.0B
- 47.050 Geosciences $3.8B
- 47.074 Biological Sciences $3.0B
- 47.041 Engineering $2.7B
- 47.084 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships $2.7B
- 47.083 Integrative Activities $1.8B
- 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences $701M
- 47.078 Polar Programs $398M
- 47.079 International Science and Engineering $254M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 47.049?
$1.3B in FY2026 and $6.2B 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 Mathematical and Physical Sciences?
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. ($574M), Associated Universities Inc ($531M), California Institute of Technology ($255M), Cornell University ($194M), Florida State University ($185M). 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.