Polar Programs — CFDA 47.078 obligation totals

Five hundred twenty awards carrying $520.7M

USAspending.gov records $520.7M in obligations on assistance awards tagged 47.078. SpendingVault reprints that catalog total. Polar research and logistics, as implied by the listing title, can mix science grants with support work; this extract does not split those costs inside the $520.7M. This guide will not invent an Antarctic-only share or an Arctic-only share.

No fiscal year is attached. If a university polar office cites a different federal total, match the CFDA number before adding that citation to $520.7M. Other research listings are other catalog rows. Keep Polar Programs on its own obligation sum. Five hundred twenty awards at this dollar scale is a mid-to-high volume research file.

The packet has no median award size. Do not divide $520.7M by 520 and publish the quotient as a typical polar grant. Amount-sort on the hub is the check. Discipline — glaciology, oceanography, or other — is not in the packet. Award titles on the table are the place to see what USAspending stored.

520 awards on 174 research recipients

One hundred seventy-four recipients hold 520 awards. That pattern is compatible with research institutions holding multiple awards over time. The packet does not classify the 174 as universities, labs, or other organizations. Award count is a row count; recipient count is distinct identifiers, not a count of investigators or field-camp staff.

A 174-name list is large enough that search on the program hub helps. Repeat identifiers mean the same organization received more than one recorded award. Repeat appearance is not a finding about science quality. Expedition rosters and ice-core inventories are not in this extract.

44 states on a polar listing

The file counts 44 states. Polar fieldwork happens far from most campuses; USAspending state counts still follow recorded location fields, often a home institution’s state. The packet does not name the 44 or split the $520.7M among them. Forty-four is a coverage count of those recorded states, not a map of ice camps.

Missing states are not listed, so their absence is not explained here. Use award-level place fields on the hub if a particular campus state is the question. This rollup will not impute Antarctic or Arctic place-of-performance coordinates. The $520.7M remains an obligation sum on 520 awards.

Polar obligations are not logistics outlays

Icebreaker schedules, station-resupply contracts, and field-camp fuel are different ledgers when they sit on other award types. CFDA 47.078’s $520.7M is USAspending assistance-award obligations on this listing. Mixing a logistics contract into $520.7M would mix catalogs unless that contract is tagged 47.078, which this packet does not itemize.

Outlays are payments. Obligations are commitments. Multi-year polar awards can draw after the obligation date. This extract does not report outlays or field days. Cite $520.7M as recorded commitments on 520 awards. Do not describe the sum as money already spent on the ice.

Not a combined polar-research catalog

Other science listings can sit near 47.078 on the all-programs index because their obligation totals occupy a similar band. Similar scale is not similar geography. Do not add this $520.7M to a neighboring CFDA. Keep Polar Programs on its own catalog row.

Opening the 47.078 table

The Polar Programs page lists the 520 awards and 174 recipients behind $520.7M. Filter by location if a state is the question; the 44-state count will not name them. Agency pages are a different USAspending cut; this packet does not name the awarding agency, so the $520.7M stays on the CFDA card. Ice-core inventories remain a different file than this obligation rollup. Cite $520.7M only as the CFDA 47.078 obligation total on SpendingVault. Ice-core inventories are not this CFDA 47.078 extract. Cite $520.7M only as the obligation total on SpendingVault. Expedition-day counts are outside the packet. Station-logistics contracts are a different ledger than this assistance-award sum.

Questions

How much is obligated under Polar Programs CFDA 47.078?

POLAR PROGRAMS show $520.7M in USAspending.gov obligations in SpendingVault’s extract. The figure is a commitment total, not outlays and not a count of field days, ice-core meters, or station-resupply tons. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 47.078 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

How many polar-program awards are in the extract?

The file lists 520 awards and 174 recipients. Award count is a row count; recipient count is distinct identifiers. The packet does not classify those recipients as universities or labs. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 47.078 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Which states appear on CFDA 47.078?

The extract counts 44 states but does not name them or split the $520.7M by state. Those states often reflect home institutions, not ice-camp coordinates. Use the award table for recorded location fields. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 47.078 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Is $520.7M the amount already spent in polar regions?

No. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. The $520.7M on CFDA 47.078 is the obligation total. Logistics contracts and expedition-day counts are not in this packet. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 47.078 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.