Highway Research and Development Program — CFDA 20.200

Highway R&D obligations at $603.4M

USAspending.gov records $603,364,345.16 in obligations under CFDA 20.200. Three hundred sixty-four awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1.66 million per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical FHWA research invoice and not a cost per study.

The assistance-listing title is HIGHWAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. CFDA 20.200 is the identifier. Other DOT highway-construction, formula, or University Transportation Center listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $603.4M. Combining those codes would invent a combined highway-research total this packet does not contain.

87 recipients and 364 award rows

Eighty-seven recipients share 364 awards, or about 4.2 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $603,364,345.16 evenly would assign about $6.93 million per recipient. That density is a research-cooperator pattern: universities, state DOTs, and other named organizations carrying several assistance rows. The packet does not list the 87. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal extract, not a census of labs or engineers.

Fifty-two jurisdictions in the geographic count cover states plus territories and other coded entities in the USAspending state field. Research dollars still follow work plans as coded, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award rows are not a study census

Among DOT research listings, 20.200 is a mid-row cooperative file: 364 awards against 87 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of highway studies” and a worse proxy for miles tested. Recipients (87) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (364) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report reports published, test sections, or crash reductions. Citing 364 as studies would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, jurisdictions.

Obligations versus highway-research outlays

The $603.4M is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Highway Research and Development awards — are not in the packet. A cooperative file can show a large obligation stock while reimbursements follow a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 20.200 to size this Highway Research and Development Program listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a STBG, NHPP, or construction dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 20.200.

What the 20.200 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a publications index, not a DOT directory, and not a pavement inventory. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $603,364,345.16. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 364 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 52 jurisdictions is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to cooperators.

Highway Research and Development’s 52-jurisdiction map and 87-recipient headcount together describe a research-cooperative book, not a construction ledger. A researcher comparing 20.200 with STBG or NHPP codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The $603.4M stock is the USAspending obligation book for this listing only.

Where the 20.200 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 20.200 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other DOT listings. For 20.200 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 20.200’s 364 awards spread $603,364,345.16 across 87 recipients and 52 jurisdictions. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 4.2 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Studies, test sections, and crash reductions live in other FHWA series. Those rows are outside $603,364,345.16 unless they share CFDA 20.200. Quote 364 as assistance records, 87 as organizational payees, and 52 as the geographic count.

Questions

How much is obligated for highway research and development?

USAspending.gov records $603.4M in obligations for CFDA 20.200. SpendingVault indexes 364 awards, 87 recipients, and 52 jurisdictions. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a study count. CFDA 20.200’s $603,364,345.16 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 20.200 carry?

The listing shows 364 awards against 87 recipients, or about 4.2 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1.66 million per award. Award count is not a count of studies or test tracks. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 20.200 awards?

The extract lists 87 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 20.200, not a census of labs or engineers. Geographic coding covers 52 jurisdictions. The packet does not name the 87 or publish a study roster. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.

Is $603.4M already paid for highway R&D?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 20.200’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or reports published. The $603,364,345.16 on 364 awards is the obligation figure. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.