USAspending.gov · federal agency · CY2024 · code 049
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Federal contract spending profile, contract obligations, budget authority and top contractors, from USAspending.gov.
- Corpus rank
- #21 of 65
- Contract obligations (CY2024)
- $717.0M
- Budget authority
- $10.1B
- Agency
- NSF
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, National Science Foundation’s annual contract obligations held roughly level from $711.4M in 2023 to $717.0M in 2024. 0.8% vs 2023
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures share the calendar-year basis of the CY2024 headline above; budget authority is a separate measure.
How National Science Foundation leads the CY2024 obligation board
$717.0M · #21 of 65 by CY2024 contract obligations (above the median) - a top-third USAspending agency by calendar-2024 contract obligations (same board as the agencies listing). See methodology.
From calendar 2019 to 2024, National Science Foundation held #21 of 66 agencies in the annual contract-obligation series. Its share of that year’s tracked agency total moved from 0.094% to 0.095%. Across the available annual series, its obligations ranged from $499.9M in 2022 to $717.0M in 2024, a 1.4x spread.
Leidos, Inc. is the largest listed prime contractor at $276.9M, or 38.6% of this agency’s calendar-2024 obligation total. The table below shows the remaining named prime recipients in the extract. Contract obligations ($717.0M) are a thin slice of the $10.1B budget-authority ceiling - most of the legal authority is outside this contract window. Methodology documents the distinct populations and the Treasury source fields.
Top Contractors
| # | Contractor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leidos, Inc. | $276.9M |
| 2 | Battelle Memorial Institute | $57.1M |
| 3 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | $39.0M |
| 4 | By Light Professional It Services LLC | $17.4M |
| 5 | Research Triangle Institute | $14.0M |
| 6 | Directviz Solutions, LLC | $9.9M |
| 7 | Lancer Information Solutions, LLC | $8.9M |
| 8 | National Opinion Research Center | $8.2M |
| 9 | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $7.7M |
| 10 | Institute for Defense Analyses | $7.3M |
| 11 | Spatial Front Inc | $7.2M |
| 12 | Mathematica Inc. | $6.6M |
| 13 | Lynker Corporation | $5.2M |
| 14 | Criterion Systems, L.L.C. | $5.1M |
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Nearby mega-scale agencies
Data-derived peers across the USAspending agency extract: nearest contract-obligation scale and nearest budget authority. Not recommendations or same-department siblings.
Closest CY2024 contract obligations
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $568.5M
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM) $497.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $1.1B
- Small Business Administration (SBA) $324.7M
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) $289.0M
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) $210.7M
Similar budget authority
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) $9.1B
- Agency for International Development (USAID) $16.7B
- Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) $2.9B
- Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) $2.7B
- Executive Office of the President (EOP) $1.5B
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) $1.5B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Contract amounts are aggregated and may not reflect the most current modifications or de-obligations. Always verify with official sources.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.