ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
Total Received
$1.45B
Total Awards
36
State
District of Columbia
Last Updated
Mar 20, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$1.41B24
$46.2M25
Top 36 Awards to ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.
Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through March 20, 2026.
| Award | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_1202910_049 CONSTRUCTION OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY UNDER THE MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION (MREFC) ACCOUNT -THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST) IS NOT JUST AN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $569,693,279 |
ASST_NON_1400450_049 AURA MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY -UNDER TERMS OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY (AURA), INC.… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $268,863,094 |
ASST_NON_2211469_049 MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NSF?S NOIRLAB) IS THE U.S. NATIONAL… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $153,666,534 |
ASST_NON_1421197_049 NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE, MID-SCALE OBSERVATORIES, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER -AB… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $144,261,921 |
ASST_NON_2211467_049 NSF'S NOIRLAB: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE DIRECTORATE, MID-SCALE OBSERVATORIES, AND THE COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA CENTER (NOIRLAB BASE) -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED AST… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $90,481,170 |
ASST_NON_2211468_049 NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NOIRLAB): MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $86,141,167 |
ASST_NON_1839225_049 GEMINI OBSERVATORY IN THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTRONOMY: HIGH IMAGE QUALITY AND RAPID RESPONSE TO COSMIC EVENTS -THE GEMINI OBSERVATORY OPERATES TWO LARGE TELESCOPES, ONE IN HA… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | HILO, HI-02 | 2024 | $25,974,117 |
ASST_NON_2013059_049 DEVELOPMENT OF THE US EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE PROGRAM -THE UNITED STATES EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE PROGRAM (U.S. ELT PROGRAM) WILL COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THREE ORGANIZATIO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $25,640,003 |
ASST_NON_2535601_049 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: MID-SCALE RI-1 (M1:DA): DESIGN OF A NEXT GENERATION GROUND BASED SOLAR OBSERVING NETWORK (NGGONG-DESIGN) -THE SUN IS THE CLOSEST AND MOST IMPORTANT STAR F… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.083 INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES | BOULDER, CO-02 | 2025 | $19,041,217 |
ASST_NON_1836783_049 NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY: PRE-OPERATIONS OF THE VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY -THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST) IS NOT JUST ANOTHER TELE… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $17,188,735 |
ASST_NON_1023439_049 NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY SCIENCE RESEARCH SUPPORT -THIS AWARD IS AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT. | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $16,767,566 |
ASST_NON_1559596_049 SUPPORT FOR THE KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY (KPNO) WIYN 3.5-METER TELESCOPE FACILITY -KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY (KPNO) WILL OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE WIYN 3.5-M TELESCOPE L… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $15,041,254 |
ASST_NON_2341754_049 SUPPORT FOR THE KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY (KPNO) WIYN 3.5-METER TELESCOPE FACILITY -MANY STARS IN OUR GALAXY HOST ONE OR MORE PLANETS. WITH THIS AWARD, THE WIYN TELESCOPE AT… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $6,012,406 |
ASST_NON_1839157_049 WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE CENTER FOR ASTRONOMY OUTREACH (WUCAO) -WITH THIS PROJECT, KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY (KPNO) WILL TRANSFORM THE RECENTLY RETIRED MCMATH-PIERCE SOLAR TEL… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $4,499,578 |
ASST_NON_2410236_049 NSF-NOAA INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT (IAA) FOR THE GLOBAL OSCILLATIONS NETWORK GROUP (GONG) -THIS AWARD IS AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $3,362,710 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0194_080 SCIENCE GOAL AND OBJECTIVES: WE PROPOSE TO MEASURE THE FLOWS FROM THE SURFACE DOWN TO THE UPPER SHEAR LAYER IN THE CONVECTION ZONE AROUND 5% BELOW THE SURFACE AND PROVIDE OBSERVAT… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $767,501 |
ASST_NON_1637359_049 LA SERENA SCHOOL FOR DATA SCIENCE: APPLIED TOOLS FOR ASTROINFORMATICS, BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS, AND OTHER DATA-DRIVEN SCIENCES -THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF SCIENTIFIC DATA CONTINU… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | — | 2024 | $697,783 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC18K1242_080 THE SIMPLEST MAGNETOGRAPH A NOVEL ALTERNATIVE TO THE STANDARD FILTER BASED MAGNETOGRAPH | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $558,041 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K0404_080 THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL DETERMINE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUBSURFACE FLOWS OF ACTIVE REGIONS (ESPECIALLY INFLOWS AND OUTFLOWS) ON FLUX CANCELLATION AT LOW LATITUDES AND THUS ON THE R… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $523,995 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K0735_080 THE PROPOSED WORK WILL PROVIDE A UNIQUE STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF NSSL USING THE LONGEST DATA SET PROCESSED IN A SELF-CONSISTENT MANNER. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $504,075 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7565_080 THE DEEPEST MOST ACCURATE ALL-SKY CATALOG OF MID-INFRARED PROPER MOTIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $398,604 |
ASST_NON_2332735_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT-SAT: MINIMIZING SCIENCE IMPACT ON LSST AND OBSERVATORIES WORLDWIDE THROUGH ACCURATE PREDICTIONS OF SATELLITE POSITION AND OPTICAL BRIGHTNESS -DUE TO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $339,965 |
ASST_NON_2349023_049 REU SITE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY AT NOIRLAB IN CHILE -THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT SIX UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PER YEAR FOR A 10 WEEK RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AT… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $273,270 |
CONT_AWD_N0018923PZ158_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- DEEP SOUTH TELESCOPE (DST) OPERATION | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $234,660 |
ASST_NON_2530094_049 NASA IAA FOR THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY -THIS IS THE GOVERNING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH NASA. NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY WILL CARRY OUT ACTIVITI… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $230,190 |
CONT_AWD_N0018925P0364_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- DEEP SOUTH TELESCOPE SUPPORT | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | — | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $140,597 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1451_080 'BACKYARD WORLDS: BINARIES' -- DISCOVERING BENCHMARK BROWN DWARFS THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $79,927 |
ASST_NON_2545235_049 CONFERENCE: BUILDING BRIDGES: TOWARD A UNIFIED, SUSTAINABLE, OPEN, AND SCALABLE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE ECOSYSTEM IN ASTRONOMY -ASTRONOMY IS ENTERING A NEW ERA DEFINED BY UNPRECEDENTE… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | BALTIMORE, MD-07 | 2025 | $76,500 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0712_080 FEATURE EXTRACTION TOOLS FOR EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF REMOTE-SENSING SOLAR OBSERVATIONS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2025 | $74,388 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0580_080 ENHANCING THE CAPABILITIES OF CLEDB AN OPEN SOURCE CORONAL VECTOR MAGNETIC FIELD INVERSION TOOL FOR THE HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNITY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $63,398 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1528_080 THE EXOASTEROIDS CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT - DISCOVERING INFRARED OUTBURSTS WITH WISE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2025 | $59,561 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1485_080 'BACKYARD WORLDS: COOL NEIGHBORS' - DISCOVERING EXTREME BROWN DWARFS THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $39,979 |
ASST_NON_2241526_049 NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (NOIRLAB) AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) -NSF?S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RE… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $1 |
ASST_NON_0946422_049 MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS FOR THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY -UNDER TERMS OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTR… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | TUCSON, AZ-07 | 2024 | $0 |
ASST_NON_1546092_049 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR NSF'S NATIONAL OPTICAL-INFRARED ASTRONOMY RESEARCH LABORATORY AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) -THE NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $0 |
ASST_NON_1258333_049 FINAL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS OF VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY -THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE (LSST) IS A LARGE-APERTURE, WIDE-FIELD, GROUND-BASED TELESCOPE THAT WIL… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.049 MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES | WASHINGTON, DC-98 | 2024 | $0 |
Top 36 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.
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · District of Columbia