Recipient of federal assistance · ITHACA, NY

SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM

SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM received $260.8K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions, −68% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $3.2M. Its largest awarding agency was National Institutes of Health ($260.8K).

Assistance · FY2026
$260.8K
New awards
0
Actions
3
Since FY2021
$3.2M
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Location
ITHACA, NY
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 998.4KFY2021
  2. 41.4KFY2022
  3. 497KFY2023
  4. 541.6KFY2024
  5. 813.8KFY2025
  6. 260.8KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$260.8K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health$260.8K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$260.8K100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. BIOBUILDING: A TRAVELING EXHIBIT FOR FUTURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT BIOBUILDING: A TRAVELING EXHIBIT FOR FUTURE…$1.1M
    93.286 · Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 24, 2023 – Aug 17, 2026· R25EB035479
  2. THE SCIENCENTER WILL LAUNCH AN EXHIBITION PLANNING PROJECT TO DESIGN A TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT OFFERS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ENGAGING…$259.2K
    45.301 · Museums for America· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Project grant· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· MA-260502-OMS-26
  3. THE OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT (OSTEM) SEEKS TO: 1. ATTRACT STUDENTS TO STEM THROUGH UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPARK INTEREST AND…$49.9K
    43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 29, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026· 80NSSC25K0423

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $98.8K (4 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$83.4K84%
    ITHACA, NY · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$7,8077.9%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  3. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY$7,6437.7%
    TEMPE, AZ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $125.4K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. HANDS ON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$123.4K98%
    OLYMPIA, WA · 2 subawards
  2. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$2,0001.6%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $35K paid out · $260.8K received
  • FY2022: $311.1K paid out · $31K received
  • FY2023: $163.6K paid out · $10K received
  • FY2024: $69.5K paid out · $130.1K received
  • FY2025: $55.5K paid out · $70.4K received
  • FY2026: $98.8K paid out · $125.4K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.