How much has National Science Foundation obligated in New Jersey?

USAspending.gov records $626,040,588.71 across 902 awards with awarding agency 049 and a New Jersey tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not New Jersey’s full federal book. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Why does this NSF file have 902 awards?

902 is an award-record count, including possible continuations and modifications. Dividing $626,040,588.71 by 902 yields about $694,058.30 as a mean, not a typical project. Unique recipients are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Where is the live table for National Science Foundation in New Jersey?

National Science Foundation in New Jersey is the overlay for both keys. New Jersey federal spending is the all-agency New Jersey hub. National Science Foundation is the agency parent. All spending ties indexes other spending ties. Prefer the overlay when both filters must stay on.

National Science Foundation in New Jersey

Federal obligations from National Science Foundation to New Jersey

Total obligated

$650.6M

Awards

964

National Science Foundation shows $626,040,588.71 in USAspending.gov obligations coded to New Jersey, across 902 awards. Awarding-agency 049 and New Jersey (NJ) are the pair. 902 awards against $626,040,588.71 is a 902-award research file, not a campus directory. The implied mean is about $694,058.30 per award — a quotient of two packet facts, not a typical invoice. USAspending.gov is the source. Amounts are obligations, not outlays.

Key figures

National Science Foundation obligated $626,040,588.71 in New Jersey across 902 awards (USAspending.gov).
The pair is awarding-agency 049 × place-of-performance NJ.
Amounts are obligations, not outlays; no fiscal year is in this packet.
The implied mean near $694,058.30 is $626,040,588.71 divided by 902, not a typical award.
The join does not name contractors and does not measure completed studies, named laboratories, or unique principal investigators.

Foundation 049 meeting New Jersey

National Science Foundation as awarding agency, New Jersey as place-of-performance: 902 records summing to $626,040,588.71. A National Science Foundation award coded outside NJ is out. An award in New Jersey from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. New Jersey (NJ) excludes New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. A Princeton-coded award with a Pennsylvania place-of-performance tag is a different cell.

902 awards against $626,040,588.71 is a 902-award research file, not a campus directory. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 902 as 902 unique completed studies, named laboratories, or unique principal investigators. National Science Foundation in New Jersey is the both-keys table. New Jersey federal spending is the all-agency state hub. National Science Foundation is the agency book without an NJ filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Campus names belong on the overlay if they appear as recipients; they are not extra packet dollars. Do not invent a named university as the whole cell. Unique PIs stay unpublished. Correlation is not causation: New Jersey did not cause $626,040,588.71 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 049 × NJ only.

Research folklore is not a packet field

$626,040,588.71 does not measure completed studies, named laboratories, or unique principal investigators. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 049 and an NJ place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 902 awards as a census of completed studies, named laboratories, or unique principal investigators. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If New Jersey federal spending or National Science Foundation matched $626,040,588.71 and 902, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Neighboring-state NSF joins are other pairs, not addends.

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Questions

How much has National Science Foundation obligated in New Jersey?: USAspending.gov records $626,040,588.71 across 902 awards with awarding agency 049 and a New Jersey tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not New Jersey’s full federal book. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Do 902 NSF awards mean 902 New Jersey laboratories?: No. $626,040,588.71 is an obligation sum on awarding-agency 049 × NJ. It does not measure completed studies, named laboratories, or unique principal investigators. Those series are not fields on this aggregate. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Why does this NSF file have 902 awards?: 902 is an award-record count, including possible continuations and modifications. Dividing $626,040,588.71 by 902 yields about $694,058.30 as a mean, not a typical project. Unique recipients are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.
Where is the live table for National Science Foundation in New Jersey?: National Science Foundation in New Jersey is the overlay for both keys. New Jersey federal spending is the all-agency New Jersey hub. National Science Foundation is the agency parent. All spending ties indexes other spending ties. Prefer the overlay when both filters must stay on.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

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National Science Foundation federal obligations in New Jersey

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