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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$396,718,000

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

energyactive
ACTION DATE—·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 operation of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams as a scientific user facility for nuclear physics research.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-sciencescientific-research-infrastructure
Why this matters

FRIB is a critical U.S. nuclear science facility enabling fundamental research in nuclear structure and rare isotope production with global scientific impact.

Supply-chain signal

Supports domestic scientific infrastructure and rare isotope production capabilities, reducing reliance on international facilities for nuclear research.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. leadership in nuclear science research and rare isotope capabilities, areas of strategic scientific competition.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-13. Cost: $0.001338.

Period of performance
Start
2023-07-15
End
2027-01-14
Status
activein 245 days
Recipient
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
UEI R28EKN92ZTZ9
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