National Science Foundation federal obligations in Washington

NSF awards tagged to Washington

National Science Foundation as awarding agency, Washington as place-of-performance: 810 records summing to $731,393,046.83. A National Science Foundation award coded outside WA is out. An award in Washington from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Washington (WA) excludes Oregon, Idaho, and California even when a lab collaboration crosses the Columbia. Place of performance is a state tag, not a Pacific Northwest rollup.

Eight hundred ten records is a mid-thin NSF file: more rows than a headquarters-only list, far fewer than a USDA assistance flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 810 as 810 unique principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs. The overlay National Science Foundation in Washington is the both-keys table. Washington federal spending is the all-agency state hub. National Science Foundation is the agency book without a WA filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

PNNL is a Department of Energy site, not an NSF field in this packet. University of Washington versus WSU folklore is unpublished. $731,393,046.83 stays statewide. Correlation is not causation: Washington did not “cause” $731,393,046.83 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 049 × WA only.

Agency 049 is not a university ranking

$731,393,046.83 does not measure principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 049 and a WA place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 810 awards as a census of principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Washington federal spending or National Science Foundation matched $731,393,046.83 and 810, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Oregon, California, and Idaho NSF cells are other pairs, not addends.

Washington place of performance, not Oregon

Place of performance WA is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Washington (WA) excludes Oregon, Idaho, and California even when a lab collaboration crosses the Columbia. Place of performance is a state tag, not a Pacific Northwest rollup. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

PNNL is a Department of Energy site, not an NSF field in this packet. University of Washington versus WSU folklore is unpublished. $731,393,046.83 stays statewide. This packet does not split $731,393,046.83 by city, county, or named facility. 810 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Research commitments, not cash already paid

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $731,393,046.83 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Washington confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Washington’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 810-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $731,393,046.83. Sharing a state with NSF does not mean campaign donations funded these awards.

Citing the NSF–Washington join

Cite USAspending.gov: National Science Foundation (agency 049) obligated $731,393,046.83 on 810 awards coded to Washington. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs.

Prefer National Science Foundation in Washington if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Washington federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to WA. National Science Foundation is the 049 parent without the WA filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $731,393,046.83.

A usable footnote names National Science Foundation, Washington, $731,393,046.83, and 810. The compact headline $731.4 million is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $902,954 is $731,393,046.83 divided by 810. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the National Science Foundation obligated in Washington?

USAspending.gov records $731,393,046.83 across 810 awards with awarding agency 049 and a Washington tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs. National Science Foundation in Washington is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $731,393,046.83.

Is $731,393,046.83 a measure of principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs?

No. The packet publishes $731,393,046.83 and 810 awards for agency 049 inside WA coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this NSF file have 810 awards?

That is the award-record count for 049 × WA. Combined with $731,393,046.83, the average is about $902,954. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 810 is not unique principal investigators, ranked universities, or named national labs. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

National Science Foundation in Washington is the overlay. Washington federal spending and National Science Foundation are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $731,393,046.83. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.