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$237,065,653

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to SOUTH DAKOTA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-09-30·LATEST ACTION2026-05-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESC0020216_089
Award description

SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY (SURF) - OPERATIONS

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Operations funding for the Sanford Underground Research Facility, a deep physics research laboratory studying dark matter and neutrinos.

Sub-sectors
national-lab-operationsphysics-researchdark-matter-detection
Why this matters

SURF is a critical U.S. asset for fundamental physics research; this 2019–2029 cooperative agreement ensures continuity of world-leading underground science experiments.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for specialized detector equipment, cryogenic systems, and scientific instrumentation suppliers supporting long-term physics research infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

Underground physics facilities are strategic for fundamental science leadership; sustained U.S. investment maintains competitive advantage in dark-matter and neutrino research.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-20. Cost: $0.002969.

Period of performance
Start
2019-09-30
End
2029-09-29
Status
activein 1186 days
Sources

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