Universities Space Research AssociationFederal contracts and grants

Washington, DC
UEI VPWMMPGGPJ74

USAspending shows $149M in obligations to this recipient in 4 of the 5 fiscal years from FY2023 to FY2027.

The obligations in FY2026 were $21M.

The obligations in FY2027 to date are under $1 million.

The awards of $1 million or more that started since FY2023 came from 3 agencies.

The largest award value came from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

A fiscal year under $1 million is not in the total.

Places of performanceAward value since FY2023

The states where the work of the awards of $1 million or more is done. The swatches go from the smallest award value to the largest. The largest is District of Columbia: $40M.

District of Columbia: the address of the recipient.

The amounts for each state. Outlines: US Census Bureau.

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Since the last update

No change is on record for this page.

The site compares each data load with the load before it. It records a change of the FY2027 obligations when the change is $1 million or more and 10% or more. It also records each new award of $1 million or more.

Obligations by fiscal year

Obligations to Universities Space Research Association by fiscal yearA fiscal year starts on 1 October. "Under $1 million" is a year below the listing floor: the amount is not zero, and the site does not list it. FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. USAspending loaded these data on 30 Sep 2026, so the figures of FY2027 stop on that date.
Fiscal year	All obligations	Contracts	Other awards
FY2023	$57M	$18M	$39M
FY2024	$46M	$20M	$26M
FY2025	$26M	under $1 million	$26M
FY2026	$21M	under $1 million	$21M
FY2027 to date	under $1 million

Contracts are the procurement award types. Other awards are grants, direct payments, loans (subsidy cost) and other assistance. The contracts figure shows only when contracts alone are $1 million or more.

Awarding agencies

Agencies that gave awards of $1 million or more to Universities Space Research AssociationAwards that started in FY2023 or later, by award value, largest first.
Agency	Awards	Award value	Share
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	4	$39M	94%
Department of Defense	1	$1.3M	3%
Department of the Interior	1	$1.1M	3%

Awards

The newest awards of $1 million or more to Universities Space Research AssociationNewest first. The text under the agency is the description on USAspending.
Awarding agency	Type	Industry or program	Award value	Start date	Place	Record
Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	12.800 Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program	$1.3M	30 Jan 2026	DC	USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	43.001 Science	$20M	31 Jan 2024	DC	USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	43.001 Science	$13M	19 Dec 2023	DC	USAspending
Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	15.808 U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection	$1.1M	19 Sep 2023		USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	GrantProject Grant (B)	43.012 Space Technology	$4.0M	8 Aug 2023	DC	USAspending

Awards of $1 million or more to Universities Space Research Association that started in FY2023 or laterBy award value, largest first. The award value is the amount obligated to the award to date. The site does not show a description that has the name of a person.
Awarding agency	Type	Industry or program	Award value	Start date	Place	Record
National Aeronautics and Space Administration5-YEAR RENEWAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CA 80MSFC17M0022	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	43.001 Science	$20M	31 Jan 2024	DC	USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationEXPANDING NASAS COMMUNITY FOR PLANETARY SAMPLE SCIENCE ENCOMPSS	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	43.001 Science	$13M	19 Dec 2023	DC	USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space Administration23-NUP2023-0050 2023 SUMMER PROGRAM ENTITLED: 'MATERIALS AND NUCLEAR ANALYSES OF THE CENTRIFUGAL NUCLEAR THERMAL REACTOR'	GrantProject Grant (B)	43.012 Space Technology	$4.0M	8 Aug 2023	DC	USAspending
Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air ForceUNIVERSITY SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION- AFRL SCHOLARS AND FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	12.800 Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program	$1.3M	30 Jan 2026	DC	USAspending
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLPI RENEWAL PROPOSAL	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	43.001 Science	$1.2M	20 Jul 2023	DC	USAspending
Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological SurveyTHE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FOSTER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH BETWEEN USGS AND USRA FOR A RANGE OF RESEARCH TOPICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO ...	GrantCooperative Agreement (B)	15.808 U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection	$1.1M	19 Sep 2023		USAspending

Industries, programs and places of performance

Assistance programsAward value of the awards of $1 million or more, largest first.
Assistance listing	Awards	Award value
43.001 Science	3	$35M
43.012 Space Technology	1	$4.0M
12.800 Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program	1	$1.3M
15.808 U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection	1	$1.1M

States of the place of performanceAward value of the awards of $1 million or more, largest first. The place of performance is where the work is done.
State	Awards	Award value
District of Columbia	5	$40M

The counties with the largest award value, largest first.

District of Columbia, DC$39M

Other recipients of about the same size

Recipients of assistance listing 43.001, Science, in all states. In order of name. These recipients have obligations nearest to those of Universities Space Research Association in the listed fiscal years.

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.Baltimore, MD
Bay Area Environmental Research InstituteMountain View, CA
Blue Marble SpaceClayton, DE
California Association for Research in AstronomyKamuela, HI
Cisco CollegeCisco, TX
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (first)Manchester, NH
Planetary Science InstituteTucson, AZ
Research Foundation of the City University of New YorkNew York, NY
Seti InstituteMountain View, CA

All recipients in District of Columbia, in order of name.

Official records

USAspending profile of this recipientUSAspending.gov. The official record of the awards to this recipient (UEI VPWMMPGGPJ74).
SAM.gov entity searchSAM.gov, U.S. General Services Administration. The search of entity registrations by name or UEI.
USAspending advanced searchUSAspending.gov. The search of all award records, with filters for recipient, agency, place and time period.

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Cite this page

Fed Spend Map. "Universities Space Research Association: federal contracts and grants". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded 30 Sep 2026.

https://fedspendmap.com/recipient/vpwmmpggpj74-universities-space-research-association/

The address of this page is permanent.

Where the figures come from

USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service). Fiscal year obligations: the list of recipients by state, with a listing floor of $1 million for each year. Awards: the award search, new awards of $1 million or more by base obligation date. Parent and business types: the recipient profile.

USAspending loaded the data on 30 Sep 2026. A closed fiscal year is a copy made after the year end. The site shows organisations only. The site corrects an error in its own work at the next build. See how to report an error and how the atlas is made.

Questions

Which fiscal years are in the total?

The total has 4 fiscal years.

FY2023: $57M
FY2024: $46M
FY2025: $26M
FY2026: $21M
FY2027 to date: under $1 million

The site lists a fiscal year of a recipient when the obligations of the year are $1 million or more.

Which industries and programs do the awards name?

The assistance awards name 4 assistance listings.

The largest award value is in listing 43.001, Science: $35M.

Where is the place of performance?

The awards of $1 million or more name 1 state as the place of performance.

The largest award value is in the District of Columbia: $40M.

The place of performance is where the work is done. It is not always the address of the recipient.

How many awards are in the lists on this page?

The lists hold 6 awards of $1 million or more that started in FY2023 or later.

Their award value is $41M.

An award under that amount is in the obligations of the fiscal years but not in the lists.