![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106153346im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field DHS and National Science Foundation Announce $3.1 Million in Academic Research Initiative Awards
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September 30, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today approximately $3.1 million in new grant awards to academic institutions for the fiscal year 2008 Academic Research Initiative.
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Source U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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engineering, with an annual budget of $6.06 billion. NSF funds reach all 50
states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year,
NSF receives about 45,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes over
11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards over $400 million in
professional and service contracts yearly.
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