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Assistance listing · 47.050
Geosciences
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 47.050, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $682M in awards under assistance listing 47.050, Geosciences, in FY2026, and $3.8B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 117 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 34% on FY2025 ($1.0B), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ($588M), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($497M) and Texas a & M Research Foundation ($229M).
By place of performance, the most money went to CO, MA and DC.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $682M | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $3.8B | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
Other programs numbered 47.xxx
- 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences $6.2B
- 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) $4.9B
- 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering $4.0B
- 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 47.050?
$682M in FY2026 and $3.8B 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 Geosciences?
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ($588M), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($497M), Texas a & M Research Foundation ($229M), University of California San Diego ($183M), The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ($160M). 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.