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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$111,205,673

National Science Foundation·National Science Foundation

to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

educationexpiring · 18d· period of performance ends in 18 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-08-15·LATEST ACTION2026-04-06·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

Supports graduate research fellowships for U.S. citizens and permanent residents pursuing STEM degrees at MIT and other institutions.

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

GRFP builds the domestic STEM workforce pipeline critical to U.S. competitiveness in technology, science, and innovation sectors.

U.S.–China competition angle

Developing advanced STEM talent domestically reduces reliance on foreign researchers and strengthens U.S. innovation capacity in strategic fields.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-27. Cost: $0.002787.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-15
End
2026-07-31
Status
expiring · 18din 18 days
Sources

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