General Resources
Track Spending in Your Community
Interested in identifying funding in your own state or congressional district? Learn more about grants, contracts, and loans to individuals, institutions, non-profits, state and local governments, and businesses below.
Official data source to track all federal spending information by state and federal agency.
Official data source to track all contracts to small businesses through agency partnerships. Download our fact sheet about federal research funding and SBIR/STTR.
NIH | RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools)
Official data source to track all NIH grants, contracts, and loans to individuals, institutions, and businesses. Download our fact sheet about federal research funding and NIH.
NCSES | American Institutions Profiles
Official data source to track federal research expenditures by agency to colleges and universities.
Background on Federal Research Funding
Learn more about the background, history, and current R&D funding across the federal government.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report | Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2025
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) History
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) History
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) History
- National Science Foundation (NSF) History
- U.S. Geological Survey History
Studies of the Economic Impact of Federal Research Funding
Learn more about the economic impact of federal research spending from official studies completed by research institutions, advocacy groups, and the federal government.
Science Coalition’s 2025 Report | Sparking American Economic Growth
Coalition of research universities that identifies and analyzes how federal research dollars at member institutions promote business partnerships, growth, and innovation.
United for Medical Research | Annual Economic Report
Coalition of research institutions, patient and health advocates, and private industry that identifies and analyzes the economic impact of NIH funding using a model developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Institute for Research on Innovation and Science | Reports & Products
Research consortium of 27 universities that identifies and analyzes how federal research dollars to universities are shared throughout congressional districts across the country.
Institute for Research on Innovation and Science | Reports & Products
Official analysis of the economic impact of agency participation in SBIR/STTR programs.