SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON, Virginia
Total Received
$84.2M
Total Awards
82
State
Virginia
Last Updated
Mar 9, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$52.5M24
$31.8M25
Top 50 Awards to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through March 9, 2026.
| Award | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONT_AWD_33330424P00499318_3300_-NONE-_-NONE- CAPITAL GALLERY RENT | Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $20,984,934 |
CONT_AWD_33330425P00515981_3300_-NONE-_-NONE- CAPITAL GALLERY RENT | Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $20,720,456 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1203_080 THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) HAS BEEN AN ENDURING PARTNER OF THE SMITHSONIAN S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM FROM THE MUSEUM S RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.009 MISSION SUPPORT | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $10,000,000 |
ASST_NON_HDTRA12210018_097 MITIGATING THE RISK OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE IN NORTHERN KENYA | Department of Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 12.351 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | — | 2025 | $2,727,187 |
ASST_NON_R01OD023139_075 DRYING, STORING, AND REANIMATING EGG GERMINAL VESICLES TO PRESERVE FERTILITY - PROJECT SUMMARY THE ABILITY TO PRESERVE THE FEMALE GAMETE (OOCYTE) IS CRITICAL FOR WOMEN WANTING TO… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.351 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $2,162,469 |
ASST_NON_2005404_049 GAME CHANGERS EXHIBITION: A SPORTS EXHIBITION AND RESEARCH STUDY TO ENCOURAGE INVENTIVE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AND BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM INNOVATION -NATIONAL PRIORITIES RECO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.076 STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES) | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $1,804,552 |
ASST_NON_DESC0021112_089 COASTAL TERRESTRIAL INTERFACE CARBON CYCLING IN A WARMER CLIMATE | Department of Energy Department of Energy | 81.049 OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $1,600,000 |
ASST_NON_2450729_049 ACCELNET IMPLEMENTATION PHASE 1: BIOINVASION RESEARCH INTEGRATION ACROSS DYNAMIC GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS (BRIDGE) -BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS BY NON-NATIVE SPECIES CAN HARM LOCAL ECONOMIES, F… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.079 OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | EDGEWATER, MD-05 | 2025 | $1,500,000 |
ASST_NON_2244445_049 REU SITE: NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES -THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (NMNH), LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL HOST A RESEARCH EXPERIENC… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $1,324,937 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0084_080 THIS PROPOSAL WILL LEVERAGE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY DATA/MODEL AVAILABILITY AND PROCESS KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TIDAL WETLANDS… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2025 | $1,123,941 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K1912_080 ENGAGING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY IN CHESAPEAKE BAY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $1,120,078 |
ASST_NON_DESC0024327_089 UNDERSTANDING AND MODELING CURRENT AND FUTURE ''HOT MOMENTS'' IN COASTAL WETLANDS | Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy | 81.049 OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | EDGEWATER, MD-05 | 2024 | $1,000,000 |
ASST_NON_SIZ10021GR3022_019 THIS AWARD NO LONGER EFFECTUATES AGENCY PRIORITIES AND IS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS, 2 CFR 200.340, AND/OR AWARD PRO… | Department of State Department of State | 19.021 INVESTING IN PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | — | 2024 | $887,531 |
ASST_NON_SIZ10020GR0006_019 THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT TO DE-OBLIGATE THE BALANCE OF U.S. SHARE OF COST. RECIPIENT COUNTERSIGNATURE IS NOT REQUIRED. | Department of State Department of State | 19.021 INVESTING IN PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | — | 2024 | $781,778 |
ASST_NON_2341407_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFDEB-NERC: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRADEOFFS IN CO2 AND CH4 EMISSIONS IN TROPICAL WETLANDS -WETLANDS ARE A CRITICAL HABITAT FOR CARBON STORAGE, AS WELL AS A… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.074 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | EDGEWATER, MD-05 | 2024 | $769,637 |
ASST_NON_P23AP02250_014 2022 HPF SAT - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - PRESERVATION OF THE GUNBOAT PHILADELPHIA | Department of the Interior National Park Service | 15.929 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $750,000 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0527_080 22-LCLUC22_2-0046 CAN IMPROVED STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION PREVENT HUMAN-CAUSED MANGROVE LOSS IN THE MESOAMERICAN REEF ECOREGION? | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $747,643 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1536_080 22-ECON22-0010 A REMOTE-SENSING-BASED BIRD FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE AGROFORESTRY: A MULTI-SENSOR APPROACH TO EVALUATING AND MONITORING AVIAN HABITAT QUALITY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $723,508 |
ASST_NON_2405660_049 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: MRI: TRACK #1 ACQUISITION OF NEW STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETER TO SUPPORT MODERN AND DEEP-TIME INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.083 INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES | SUITLAND, MD-04 | 2024 | $662,562 |
ASST_NON_03D10124_068 DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION PROVIDES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $649,148 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE FOR ITS PROJECT WHICH IS TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE SURVEY OF FISHES AND MOBILE MACROINVE… | Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency | 66.484 GEOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS - SOUTH FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM | FL-18 | 2024 | $649,148 |
ASST_NON_P24AC01114_014 TO SUPPORT COORDINATED COOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND USABLE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT TO INFORM SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL PARK… | Department of the Interior National Park Service | 15.945 COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS – RESOURCES OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM | VENTURA, CA-24 | 2024 | $580,000 |
ASST_NON_R01HD110572_075 INVESTIGATING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FOLLICULAR EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE MIRNAS: FROM GONADOTROPIN CONTROL OF BIOGENESIS TO APPLICATION IN OOCYTE VITRIFICATION - PROJECT S… | Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health | 93.865 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH | FRONT ROYAL, VA-06 | 2024 | $531,214 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0879_080 BUILDING A GLOBAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF DIONE CONTRIBUTING TO A COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCEAN WORLDS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2024 | $514,659 |
ASST_NON_20196701329139_012 ** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SOYBEANS AR… | Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture | 10.310 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE (AFRI) | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $500,000 |
ASST_NON_2131060_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF-BIO/BBSRC: THE AMPHIBIAN SKIN MICROBIAL-IMMUNE INTERFACE AND ITS IMPACT ON INFECTION OUTCOME -THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS ANIMALS FIGH… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.074 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $491,711 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1537_080 WE WILL ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES BY WORKING WITH AN ESTABLISHED NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND CONSERVANCY MANAGERS ACROSS THE GREATER MARA ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHERN KENYA THAT HAVE THE AUTH… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $489,815 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0468_080 PASTORAL HERDING IS THE MOST PREVALENT LAND USE TYPE IN MONGOLIA AND IS A WAY OF LIFE ROOTED IN THE COUNTRY S LONG HISTORY OF NOMADISM. TRADITIONAL HERDING FAMILIES ARE INCREASING… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $466,888 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K1051_080 WE PROPOSE TO STUDY THREE ASPECTS OF MARS SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES USING A NOVEL METHOD OF PROCESSING SHARAD RADAR SOUNDING ECHOES IN THREE SUB-BANDS OF THE OR… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2024 | $455,462 |
ASST_NON_NA23NMF4570424_013 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S PROPOSAL MIGRATION ECOLOGY OF RIVER HERRING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE WILL RECEIVE $445,623 FOR A 3-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT. THE SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL… | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 11.457 CHESAPEAKE BAY STUDIES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $445,623 |
ASST_NON_P19AP00545_014 2018 HPF SAT - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, CONSERVING SOUND RECORDINGS FROM ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL S VOLTA LABORATORY | Department of the Interior National Park Service | 15.929 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES | DC-98 | 2024 | $404,521 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0936_080 VEGETATION S THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) STRUCTURE DETERMINES HABITAT SUITABILITY SHAPES SPECIES LIFE HISTORIES AND IS A KEY PREDICTOR OF BIODIVERSITY. THE 3-D STRUCTURE OF VEGETATI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2024 | $390,825 |
ASST_NON_NA22OAR4310148_013 THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS IN NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS SUCH AS MANGROVES, S… | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 11.431 CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH | EDGEWATER, MD-05 | 2025 | $353,780 |
ASST_NON_SMO55021GR3018_019 PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO DE-OBLIGATE REMAINING ULO IN THE AMOUNT OF $8.55
ALL OTHER PROVISIONS REMAIN THE SAME. | Department of State Department of State | 19.040 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS | — | 2025 | $349,604 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0925_080 23-NFDAP23_2-0009 EXPLORING NEAR-SURFACE LAYERING ON ASTEROID (101955) BENNU AND ITS IMPACT ON MASS MOVEMENT | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $342,471 |
ASST_NON_F24AP01483_014 ASIAN ELEPHANT POPULATIONS CONTINUE TO DECLINE ACROSS THEIR RANGE AND IN RECENT DECADES THESE LOSSESAPPEAR TO BE MOST SEVERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN RANGE COUNTRIES. THE SITUATION IN L… | Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 15.621 ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION FUND | — | 2024 | $299,877 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K1625_080 CONSTRAINING THE GEOLOGY AND NEAR SURFACE PROPERTIES OF THE INSIGHT LANDING SITE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2025 | $286,162 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7048_080 A RADAR-BASED ANALYSIS OF ROCK POPULATIONS AND REGOLITH PROPERTIES IN THE LUNAR MARIA. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $282,767 |
ASST_NON_2347773_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENERGETIC CONTROLS ON MARINE BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN SPACE AND TIME -THE MODERN OCEANS AND THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY CONTAIN RESULTED FROM MILLIONS OF YEA… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $281,310 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0852_080 ENGAGING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY IN CHESAPEAKE BAY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2025 | $277,803 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0827_080 ASTEROID (101955) BENNU IS THE TARGET OF NASA S ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND SECURITY REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) MISSION AND IS A RUBBLE PILE… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $262,734 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1092_080 TIMING AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF POST-NOACHIAN FLUVIAL EROSION ON MARS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $250,837 |
ASST_NON_P25AP01911_014 15.929 SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES OPPORTUNITY P24AS00545 SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES GRANTS FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND PROVIDE PRESERVATION AND OR CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE TO NA… | Department of the Interior National Park Service | 15.929 SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $227,015 |
CONT_AWD_HE125424FE186_9700_HE125424D0008_9700 USING AMERICAN ART THROUGHOUT DODEA K-12 CURRICULA | Department of Defense Department of Defense Education Activity | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $224,955 |
CONT_AWD_HE125425FE578_9700_HE125424D0008_9700 AMERICAN ART RESOURCES PROVIDED ON DEMAND FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM TO ALL OF OUR REQUESTING TEACHERS, K-12, IN DODEA. HE125424D0008 POC EMILY ATKINSON | Department of Defense Department of Defense Education Activity | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $215,075 |
ASST_NON_N624732220004_097 RANGE WIDE WESTERN POND TURTLE STUDY/SURVEYS ON MILITARY LANDS | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | 12.300 BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | CA-90 | 2024 | $204,680 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0498_080 DR. WILSON PURDY S RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF LANDFORMS ON MARS THAT WERE FORMED OR MODIFIED BY WATER. HER CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH AIMS TO DECIPHER T… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $199,966 |
ASST_NON_2530296_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CLOSING THE GAP: THE HISTORY OF RIVER CONNECTIONS WITH THE FORMATION OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS IN RIVERS -ONE OF T… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.074 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $166,798 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1129_080 23-MDAP23_2-0042 COMPOSITION OF MARTIAN FANS BASIN DEPOSITS AND WATERSHEDS USING VNIR SPECTROSCOPY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $166,062 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC19K1221_080 A PALEO-LANDSCAPE THAT PRESERVES EVIDENCE OF LIQUID WATER AND (OR) ICE IS THE MOST UNAMBIGUOUS MARKER OF A WATER-RICH PAST CLIMATE. WE PROPOSE TO COMPLETE THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC GLO… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2025 | $163,791 |
ASST_NON_2350541_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RAPID: TURNING UP THE HEAT: EL NINO WARMING EFFECTS ON TOP-DOWN CONTROL OF TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC REEF COMMUNITIES -SPECIES INTERACTIONS ARE KEY DRIVERS… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $156,445 |
Top 50 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Funding Agencies
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Smithsonian Institution$41.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$19.3M
National Science Foundation$7.3M
Department of Defense$3.5M
Department of Health and Human Services$2.8M
Department of Energy$2.6M
Department of the Interior$2.5M
Department of State$2.5M
Department of Commerce$846K
Environmental Protection Agency$663K
Federal Programs (CFDA)
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43.009 — MISSION SUPPORT$10.0M
43.001 — SCIENCE$9.3M
12.351 — SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION$2.7M
81.049 — OFFICE OF SCIENCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$2.6M
93.351 — RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS$2.2M
47.050 — GEOSCIENCES$1.8M
47.076 — STEM EDUCATION (FORMERLY EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES)$1.8M
19.021 — INVESTING IN PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA$1.7M
47.079 — OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING$1.5M
47.074 — BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES$1.5M
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · Virginia