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Award Statistics FY26

Total Awards
$1,874M

Federal Awards
$1,626M

Non-Federal Awards
$248M

Research Expenditures Ranking
5th

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WISPER and SFS Have Been Decommissioned

Page Updated: June 24, 2026

RAMP is now the official replacement system and must be used for all:

  • Proposal development
  • Routing
  • Submission to Grants.gov
  • Agreements
  • Award setup

WISPER and SFS Have Been Decommissioned

The WHISPER Login link under Related Links will now direct users to a “WHISPER Search” page.

You can still:

  • Search and view historical WISPER records
  • Search documents in DocFinity using the DocFinity link

However, no other actions can be performed in WISPER.