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NSF logs $283M across eight awards on Aug. 28, led by $145M Caltech LIGO grant

Federal awards data shows the National Science Foundation obligated funds to universities, nonprofits and research centers in a single day's postings.

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Stands on 9 first-party readings of USASpending.gov and Congress.gov, not reporting.
The National Science Foundation obligated $145M to California Institute of Technology under award 2309200 on Aug. 28, the largest single posting in an eight-award batch that totaled, by this paper's arithmetic, roughly $283M recorded that day on USASpending.gov.[7]