Funding search · EIN 860138043 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

Association of Universities for Research

$145.7M
in grants paid: 444
grants: 175
recipients: 2021–2023
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.2M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.5M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.2M
University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.2M
The Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.1M
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.5M
Gmto Corporation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Scientific research and development for the us extremely large telescope program
$1.4M
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
University of California - Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.3M
University of California - Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.3M
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Massachusetts - Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
Arizona State University · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.0M
Soar Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research and development for the soar telescope facility
$1.0M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$986,829
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$936,729
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$913,138
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$907,714
Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$893,241
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$876,560
Eureka Scientific · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$856,496
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$784,912
Wiyn Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research and development for the wiyn 3.5 telescope program
$757,446
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$745,859
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$721,390
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$680,564
The University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$665,493
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$644,549
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$618,878
University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$610,796
Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$561,206
University of California - Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$508,390
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$493,180
University of California - Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$463,929
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$457,470
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$428,982
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$415,703
Texas a & M University · College Station, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$407,858
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$396,552
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$390,619
Southwest Research Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$382,314
University of Central Florida Board of Trustees · Orlando, FL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$374,923
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$368,960
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$356,722
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$318,758
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$313,303
Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$309,652
New Mexico State University · Las Cruces, NM · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$296,830
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$294,054
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$287,941
University of California - Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$282,952
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$267,546
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$261,943
University of California - Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$252,415
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$240,496
University of Maryland Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$231,556
University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$214,499
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$210,771
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$209,384
Space Science Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$207,998
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$197,569
Indiana University System · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$193,968
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$190,379
University of Missouri - Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$189,902
University of California - Merced · Merced, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$186,609
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$184,499
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$183,965
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$182,207
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$176,248
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$176,033
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$174,197
University of Cincinnati Main Campus · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$173,487
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$152,913
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$152,167
Georgia Tech Research Corp · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$152,035
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$131,408
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$125,570
Texas State University · San Marcos, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$125,387
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$122,815
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus · Norman, OK · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$118,021
University of North Carolina Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$102,458
The University Corporation · Northridge, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$101,106
Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$97,209
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$94,871
University of Alaska Anchorage · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$93,637
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$92,275
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$89,947
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$87,683
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$86,123
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$83,435
Southern Connecticut State University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$79,687
Lowell Observatory · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$77,395
University of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$76,690
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute · Moffett Field, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$72,882
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$72,432
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$71,941
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$70,331
Louisiana State University and a & M College · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the foundations whose record matches it — then explains why.

Start with one paper

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.