National Science Foundation federal obligations in Maryland

One cell: NSF and Maryland

This page is a join: National Science Foundation as awarding agency 049, Maryland as place of performance. The published cell is $758,604,343.66. That number does not describe every NSF bureau account in the country, and it does not describe every federal award in Maryland. Federal-suburb and campus-lab folklore is a reader path, not a column in this extract.

The award count is 928 — a long award list. Repeat awards and modifications still add rows; the listed count is not a unique-recipient census and not a census of universities. Campuses names belong on the overlay if they appear as recipients; they are not extra packet dollars.

Open National Science Foundation in Maryland for the filtered table, Maryland federal spending for the next hub, National Science Foundation for the remaining hub, and All spending ties for other pairs.

Instruments behind 928 rows

About $817,461.58 per award is $758,604,343.66 ÷ 928. High means often mark a few large instruments; low means often mark many small rows. This packet publishes neither a breakdown by award type nor a list of campuses. Campus-lab and research-grant folklore remains outside the numeric fields.

Federal-suburb and campus-lab folklore may explain why a searcher landed here. It does not add dollars, awards, or campuses to the extract. Keep the published pair at $758,604,343.66 and 928.

Neighbor-state research is excluded

National Science Foundation is National Science Foundation without a state filter. Maryland federal spending is Maryland without an agency filter. This slug is the intersection. Citing the nationwide NSF book as if it were Maryland's $758,604,343.66 cell is a misread of the join.

A MD place-of-performance tag is not a promise that every dollar stayed inside Baltimore. Work can be planned in Maryland and performed partly in Virginia or the District of Columbia. Those neighbor-coded awards are out of this cell. No metro split of Baltimore from Annapolis or Bethesda is published here.

Legal commitment, not cash paid

USAspending.gov distinguishes obligations from outlays. The source note on this packet is explicit: the $758,604,343.66 figure is an obligation aggregate, not cash paid. No fiscal year is published in the facts, so none is invented here.

928 actions can include modifications that change a prior obligation. That is why a record count is not a unique-project census. Use National Science Foundation in Maryland for the live table.

No contractor roster in this packet

The join is descriptive. $758,604,343.66 does not prove that Maryland received too much or too little NSF money, and it does not prove that research caused local outcomes. No performance metric is in the packet.

Campaign-finance filings do not fund this USAspending cell. National Science Foundation obligations in Maryland and FEC receipts that mention similar words are separate public records. This page does not merge them.

Where National Science Foundation in Maryland sits among other ties

Cite both sides: National Science Foundation (agency 049) and Maryland. Then cite $758,604,343.66 and 928. Then cite USAspending.gov. Skip metro folklore about Baltimore from Annapolis or Bethesda. Skip invented campuses.

Follow National Science Foundation in Maryland for the overlay, Maryland federal spending for statewide context, National Science Foundation for the agency without Maryland, and All spending ties for sibling joins. Federal-suburb and campus-lab folklore does not add a third numeric field. This packet's facts remain $758,604,343.66, 928, 049, MD, and National Science Foundation. The source note is unchanged: USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays. Repeating $758,604,343.66 as cash already spent in Maryland is a unit error, not a rounding error. Campus-lab and research-grant folklore can be a legitimate research question on another page. Here it is labeled folklore because the packet has no NAICS, CFDA, or program column. Federal-suburb and campus-lab folklore is the same kind of reader path: useful for search, unused as math. Agency 049 on a different state's overlay is a sibling join, not a remainder that must add to a national NSF budget on this page. Maryland's $758,604,343.66 cell stands alone. Do not subtract it from National Science Foundation and call the difference 'Maryland versus everywhere else' without a published national total in this packet — there is none.

Questions

What is the NSF obligation total for Maryland?

USAspending.gov records $758,604,343.66 in obligations for awarding agency 049 (National Science Foundation) with Maryland place of performance, covering 928 awards. That is an obligation total, not an outlay total, and not National Science Foundation's nationwide budget.

Is $817,461.58 a typical research award in Maryland?

The extract lists 928 award actions totaling $758,604,343.66. Average obligation per award is about $817,461.58, a ratio of two packet facts, not a typical research award. Unique campuses are not published here. Original filings remain on the source sites.

Does the Maryland figure split Baltimore from Annapolis or Bethesda?

No. $758,604,343.66 and 928 awards are statewide Maryland place of performance. This packet does not split Baltimore from Annapolis or Bethesda. Awards coded to Virginia or the District of Columbia are outside this cell even if mail is handled in Baltimore.

Which page filters National Science Foundation to Maryland?

National Science Foundation in Maryland is the overlay. Maryland federal spending shows all agencies in the state. National Science Foundation shows agency 049 without a state filter. All spending ties lists other pairs. Original filings remain on the source sites.