DOE logs eight cooperative agreements on Aug. 21, led by $836 mn to Michigan State for rare isotope facility
Federal awards data shows DOE obligated more than $1 billion across eight cooperative agreements on a single day, spanning nuclear research, advanced reactors and accelerator work.
Stands on 8 first-party readings of USASpending.gov and USASpending.gov, not reporting.
The Department of Energy recorded $836,082,435 in total obligations to Michigan State University under award DESC0000661, a cooperative agreement for the "facility for rare isotope beams," as of August 21, 2026.[2] That figure alone accounts for the bulk of the day's activity across eight DOE cooperative agreements logged on USASpending.gov.
