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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$111,205,673

National Science Foundation·National Science Foundation

to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

educationexpiring · 75d· period of performance ends in 75 days
ACTION DATE2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_2141064_049
Award description

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds graduate research fellowships for U.S. citizens pursuing STEM doctoral degrees at accredited institutions.

Sub-sectors
graduate-fellowshipsstem-workforcensf-grfp
Why this matters

Develops domestic scientific talent pipeline critical for maintaining U.S. research competitiveness and innovation capacity.

Supply-chain signal

Strengthens academic research ecosystem that feeds into biotech, semiconductors, energy, and aerospace sectors.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly counters China's talent recruitment efforts by retaining top U.S. STEM graduate students in domestic research.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002124.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-15
End
2026-07-31
Status
expiring · 75din 75 days
Sources

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