Award terminations by month since January 2025
Annual NASA terminations for convenience, by fiscal year
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Data updated September 22, 2026.

About This Dashboard

This dashboard tracks NASA contracts and grants terminated since January 20, 2025. It is maintained by Casey Dreier at The Planetary Society to provide transparency into changes affecting NASA's programs and the organizations that support them.

The dashboard presents two independent datasets, selected at the top of the Dashboard tab. They answer different questions and may overlap — many awards claimed by DOGE also appear among the confirmed terminations — so their counts must never be added together.

Confirmed Cancellations

NASA awards whose federal record shows a termination action. Each award was identified from USAspending.gov award data in one of two ways: a formal FPDS termination action code or explicit termination language in the text of the award's transaction descriptions (e.g. "terminated for convenience").

Every award in the terminations list counts in the headline and the dollar totals, including awards labeled Closed out — ones that had already wound down when the termination was recorded; the action is real and is counted. Descoped awards (part of the work was cut while the award continues) are a separate dataset: they appear in the table, the map and the district pages with a Descoped label, but never in the headline count or the dollar totals.

DOGE Claims

Every NASA award cancellation publicly claimed by the Department of Government Efficiency. Though DOGE is no longer active, this dataset is intended to preserve a historical record of its claims for NASA savings and outcomes. Each claim was checked against the award's federal transaction reporting from USASpending.gov. Note that some terminations were restored by litigation, and some claims could not be matched to any federal award at all.

Claimed savings figures sum DOGE's own reported savings numbers. Not all terminations reported savings.

What's an Award?

In federal spending, an award is money the government commits to a recipient. There are two main types:

  • Contracts — Agreements to purchase specific goods or services. NASA uses contracts to buy spacecraft, fund research and development, and hire technical support.
  • Grants — Financial assistance to support a public purpose. NASA awards grants to universities, nonprofits, and researchers for scientific studies, education programs, and technology development.

The dollar amounts shown represent obligations—money the government committed to spend—which may differ from amounts actually paid out, and potential value, which is the total potential value of an award if all commitments are exercised.

Why This Matters

NASA awards billions of dollars annually to universities, research institutions, and private companies across the United States. When contracts or grants are terminated, it can affect scientific research, student training, small businesses, and local economies. This dashboard helps citizens, journalists, and policymakers track these changes.

About the Fiscal-Year Chart

The fiscal-year chart on the Confirmed Cancellations panel counts NASA awards terminated “for convenience.” Each award is counted once, in the federal fiscal year the termination was issued. Terminations later reversed or vacated are removed, and terminations for cause are not counted.

Data Sources & Downloads

  • USAspending.gov — The authoritative federal spending database. All award details (recipient names, funding amounts, dates, locations, congressional districts) come from this source.
  • DOGE's published list — The savings claims posted by the Department of Government Efficiency for NASA contracts and grants, archived before DOGE's dissolution.

You can also browse cancellations by congressional district as plain pages, one per district.

Download the data behind each panel:

  • terminations.csv — Confirmed Cancellations (one row per award termination action)
  • descoped.csv — Descoped awards (same columns; the scope was cut but the award continues)
  • doge_claims.csv — DOGE Claims (one row per claim, with verification columns)

Important Notes

  • Updated daily — The source data is refreshed from federal records each day; the date of the last update is shown at the top of the Dashboard tab.
  • Not exhaustive — This list captures awards meeting specific detection criteria. Cancellations that leave no trace in these sources will not appear.

Contact

For questions, corrections, or to submit information about cancelled awards, contact Casey Dreier at casey.dreier@planetary.org.