Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$49,130,933

Department of Defense·Department of the Army

WORK BEGAN2026-02-27·LATEST ACTION—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_W911NF262A043_097

Award description

THE SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND RESEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATION (SMART)

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds STEM scholarships and fellowships for students pursuing science, mathematics, and related disciplines for defense careers.

Sub-sectors

stem-scholarshipsworkforce-developmentdod-administered

Why this matters

Addresses DoD's critical STEM talent shortage and directly contests China's aggressive global recruitment of top technical talent.

U.S.–China competition angle

Directly competes with China's talent recruitment strategy and strengthens U.S. technological leadership in defense-critical STEM fields.

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Period of performance

Start

2026-02-27

End

2027-07-31

Status

activein 396 days

Recipient

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Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
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Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_W911NF262A043_097.

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