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$396,718,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

researchactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-07-15·LATEST ACTION2026-05-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESC0023633_089
Award description

OPERATION OF THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS AS SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds ongoing operation of Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a DOE scientific user facility for nuclear physics research.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-physicsscientific-user-facilitydoe-national-lab
Why this matters

FRIB is a critical U.S. nuclear science infrastructure enabling discovery in nuclear structure, astrophysics, and fundamental physics; supports workforce development and international collaboration.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for specialized accelerator components, detector systems, and cryogenic equipment from precision manufacturing and instrumentation suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

FRIB maintains U.S. leadership in nuclear science capabilities; China is developing competing rare-isotope beam facilities, making sustained U.S. investment strategically important.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-18. Cost: $0.003028.

Period of performance
Start
2023-07-15
End
2027-01-14
Status
activein 198 days
Sources

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