Monday, May 11, 2009
NSF To Help Improve Academic Research Facilities
$200 million funding provided under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced a new solicitation in a program to fund repairs and renovations at the nation's academic research facilities. The grant program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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 Monday, May 11, 2009
NSF Announces $200 Million Funding for Research Instrumentation
Funding is provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The National Science Foundation today announced a special opportunity for funding projects that strengthen the research infrastructure in the nation's science and engineering research and education institutions. Funding of $300 million was provided for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009.
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 Thursday, March 26, 2009
Director Bement, Jr., discusses how NSF intends to implement the ARRA
In his remarks, Dr. Bement said that NSF's portion of the ARRA ($3 billion) is "sorely needed to ensure that America remains a leader in science and engineering research and education. That investment of 3 billion dollars will have an immediate impact on investigators, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students, and teachers throughout the nation. NSF funding now helps to support nearly 200,000 individuals every year." Learn more about the NSF Programs Receiving Recovery Act Funding here.
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