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Assistance listing · 81.049
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 81.049, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $1.4B in awards under assistance listing 81.049, Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, in FY2025, and $7.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 82 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were down 16% on FY2024 ($1.7B), with $1.2B so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Michigan State University ($502M), General Atomics ($407M) and University of Wisconsin System ($228M).
By place of performance, the most money went to CA, MI and MA.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $1.4B | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $7.6B | $3.2T | $21T |
| 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 FY2022
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $397M | 31 Jul 2023 | MI | USAspending |
| Michigan State University | Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $58M | 19 Sep 2023 | MI | USAspending |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC | Department of Energy | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $33M | 3 Jun 2024 | MA | USAspending |
| The Krell Institute Inc | Department of Energy | GrantProject Grant (B) | $22M | 16 Sep 2024 | IA | USAspending |
| University of Missouri System | Department of Energy | GrantProject Grant (B) | $20M | 7 Aug 2025 | MO | USAspending |
| The Krell Institute Inc | Department of Energy | GrantProject Grant (B) | $20M | 22 Sep 2023 | IA | USAspending |
| Research Triangle Institute | Department of Energy | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $19M | 24 Sep 2026 | NC | USAspending |
| Zap Energy Inc | Department of Energy | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $18M | 3 Jun 2024 | WA | USAspending |
| The Krell Institute Inc | Department of Energy | GrantProject Grant (B) | $17M | 18 Sep 2022 | IA | USAspending |
| The Krell Institute Inc | Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $17M | 26 Sep 2025 | IA | USAspending |
Other programs numbered 81.xxx
- 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience $11B
- 81.041 State Energy Program $9.3B
- 81.253 Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications $7.2B
- 81.255 Clean Energy Demonstrations $6.6B
- 81.042 Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons $4.5B
- 81.121 Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration $3.9B
- 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development $3.8B
- 81.126 Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies $3.7B
- 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development $2.2B
- 81.086 Conservation Research and Development $1.7B
- 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy $1.5B
- 81.117 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance $1.1B
- 81.010 Office of Technology Transitions (OTT)-Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization $859M
- 81.112 Stewardship Science Grant Program $664M
- 81.008 Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) $346M
- 81.214 Environmental Monitoring/Cleanup, Cultural and Resource Mgmt., Emergency Response Research, Outreach, Technical Analysis $267M
- 81.128 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) $235M
- 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis $121M
- 81.124 Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program $103M
- 81.113 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research $102M
- 81.123 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program $99M
- 81.104 Environmental Remediation and Waste Processing and Disposal $90M
- 81.258 Glovebox Manufacturing Expansion Initiative $70M
- 81.137 Minority Economic Impact $63M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 81.049?
$1.4B in FY2025 and $7.6B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, 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 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program?
Michigan State University ($502M), General Atomics ($407M), University of Wisconsin System ($228M), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($189M), University of Illinois ($163M). 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.