← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$3,219,709,892
Total funding
208
Grants
Funding over time
peak $586.1M · FY2005–25$1B$750M$500M$250M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$3,090,878,683 · 74
NASA$128,737,481 · 132
DOD$106,853 · 1
DOE$-13,125 · 1
By mechanism
—$3,219,709,892 · 208
Investigators at Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy, Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
Construction of Vera C. Rubin Observatory under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) Account$570,618,048
· FY2014 · MPS
Management and Operations of the Gemini Observatory$336,966,368
· FY2006 · MPS
AURA Management and Operation of the National Solar Observatory$277,033,088
· FY2015 · MPS
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) Construction under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) Account$216,372,128
· FY2010 · MPS
NSF's National Optical-infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory: Management and Operations of the Gemini Observatory$190,969,696
· FY2017 · MPS
Cooperative Agreement for the Management, Operation and the Maintenance of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)$186,104,000
· FY2002 · MPS
Management and Operations of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory$163,840,240
· FY2009 · MPS
Management, Operations and Maintenance of the International Gemini Observatory$159,846,528
· FY2022 · MPS
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) Construction under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)$146,000,000
· FY2010 · MPS
NSF's National Optical-infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory: Management and Operations of the Directorate, Mid-Scale Observatories, and the Community Science and Data Center$144,261,920
· FY2015 · MPS
Gemini Operations and Maintenance$121,985,168
· FY2002 · MPS
NSF's NOIRLab: Management and Operations of the Directorate, Mid-Scale Observatories, and the Community Science and Data Center (NOIRLab Base)$96,253,672
· FY2022 · MPS
NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab): Management and Operations of Vera C. Rubin Observatory$91,491,168
· FY2022 · MPS
Support of the Management, Operations, and the Maintenance of the National Solar Observatory (NSO)$89,547,072
· FY2002 · MPS
THE SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, LEADING AN INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHANDRA X-RAY CENTER, THE INFRARED PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS CENTE$55,593,686
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Management and Operations of the National Solar Observatory$47,800,000
· FY2009 · MPS
Gemini Observatory in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy: High Image Quality and Rapid Response to Cosmic Events$25,974,116
· FY2018 · MPS
Development of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program$25,640,004
· FY2020 · MPS
Administration by NOAO of the Telescope Systems Instrumentation Program (TSIP)$23,944,000
· FY2003 · MPS
Research Infrastructure: Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:DA): Design of a Next generation Ground based solar Observing Network (ngGONG-Design)$19,041,216
· FY2025 · MPS