National Science Foundation in Wisconsin
Federal obligations from National Science Foundation to Wisconsin
Total obligated
$548.0M
Awards
624
National Science Foundation shows $524,653,421 in USAspending.gov obligations coded to Wisconsin, across 583 awards. Awarding-agency 049 and Wisconsin (WI) are the pair. 583 awards against $524,653,421 is a 583-award science-foundation file, not a university directory. The implied mean is about $899,920.10 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 $524,653,421 in Wisconsin across 583 awards (USAspending.gov).
- The pair is awarding-agency 049 × place-of-performance WI.
- Amounts are obligations, not outlays; no fiscal year is in this packet.
- The implied mean near $899,920.10 is $524,653,421 divided by 583, not a typical award.
- The join does not name contractors and does not measure principal-investigator counts, publication tallies, or named campuses.
Foundation 049 overlapping Wisconsin
National Science Foundation as awarding agency, Wisconsin as place-of-performance: 583 awards summing to $524,653,421. A National Science Foundation award coded outside WI is out. An award in Wisconsin from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Wisconsin (WI) excludes Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. A Madison-coded award with an Illinois place-of-performance tag is a different cell.
583 awards against $524,653,421 is a 583-award science-foundation file, not a university directory. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 583 as 583 unique principal-investigator counts, publication tallies, or named campuses. National Science Foundation in Wisconsin is the both-keys table. Wisconsin federal spending is the all-agency state hub. National Science Foundation is the agency book without a WI filter. All spending ties lists other joins.
Directorates and named campuses are unpublished. Do not invent universities or principal investigators. Modifications add rows without naming a new PI. Correlation is not causation: Wisconsin did not cause $524,653,421 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 049 × WI only.
Research folklore is not a packet field
$524,653,421 does not measure principal-investigator counts, publication tallies, or named campuses. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 049 and an WI place-of-performance tag.
Do not treat 583 awards as a census of principal-investigator counts, publication tallies, or named campuses. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Wisconsin federal spending or National Science Foundation matched $524,653,421 and 583, 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 Wisconsin?
- USAspending.gov records $524,653,421 across 583 awards with awarding agency 049 and a Wisconsin tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not Wisconsin’s full federal book. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. The join is a catalog intersection, not a budget.
- Do 583 NSF awards mean 583 Wisconsin research grants?
- No. $524,653,421 is an obligation sum on awarding-agency 049 × WI. It does not measure principal-investigator counts, publication tallies, or named campuses. Those series are not fields on this aggregate. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. The join is a catalog intersection, not a budget.
- Why does this NSF file have 583 awards?
- 583 is an award-record count, including possible continuations and modifications. Dividing $524,653,421 by 583 yields about $899,920.10 as a mean, not a typical project. Unique recipients are unpublished. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov. The join is a catalog intersection, not a budget.
- Where is the live table for National Science Foundation in Wisconsin?
- National Science Foundation in Wisconsin is the overlay for both keys. Wisconsin federal spending is the all-agency Wisconsin 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.
How this pair fits
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