# NSF logs eight cooperative awards totaling $92.5M on Aug. 28

Federal awards data shows the National Science Foundation recorded eight grants on Aug. 28, ranging from $5.21M to $29.2M, with two awards revised upward from earlier figures.

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The National Science Foundation recorded eight awards on Aug. 28 totaling, by this paper's arithmetic, $92.54M across universities and research organizations, with two of the eight revised upward from their first observed values.[^7]

The largest single award is $29.2M to National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. under award 2320948, covering I-Corps training and evaluation support. Federal awards data shows that figure moved from $24.8M when first recorded across two observed revisions, with $17.4M outlaid to date.

The second-largest is $19.9M to Associated Universities Inc under award 2334267, supporting next-generation Very Large Array design activities for 2024-2026. Outlays to date on that award stand at $17.8M - the highest outlay-to-award ratio among the eight, suggesting work on that contract is well advanced.[^3]

The University of Chicago received $10.7M under award 2317138 for a Physics Frontier Center for Living Systems, with $6.19M outlaid.[^8] The University of Missouri System received $9.11M under award 2334906 for the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society, with $2.82M outlaid to date.[^2]

The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy received $6.48M under award 2341754 for support of the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope facility at Kitt Peak National Observatory, with $5.46M outlaid. That award also moved from $6.01M when first observed, across two revisions.[^1] The University of Wyoming received $6.26M under award 2331477 for a technology transfer re-engineering project, with $1.82M outlaid to date.[^4]

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science received $5.67M under award 2326774 for collaborative research on active societal participation in research and education, with $1.1M outlaid.[^5] The University of Texas at Austin received $5.21M under award 2322664 for a Long Term Ecological Research project on Arctic coastal ecosystems, with $2.61M outlaid.[^6]

The read here is that the two revised awards - Kitt Peak and I-Corps - account for combined upward movement of roughly $4.89M from their first observed figures, suggesting ongoing scope adjustments rather than clean single-tranche funding. The three awards with the lowest outlay ratios - Maryland ($1.1M of $5.67M), Wyoming ($1.82M of $6.26M), and Texas ($2.61M of $5.21M) - appear to be in earlier execution stages, which the next revision cycle may clarify.

## What this stands on

1. National Science Foundation awarded $6,482,406 to ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. under award 2341754, a cooperative agreement (b) for "support for the kitt peak national observatory (kpno) wiyn 3.5-meter telescope facility -many stars in our galaxy host one or more planets. with this award, ...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $5,464,265. The amount has moved from $6,012,406 when first observed to $6,482,406 across 2 observed revisi (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
2. National Science Foundation awarded $9,105,419 to UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM under award 2334906, a cooperative agreement (b) for "center: advancing research impacts in society -the center for advancing research impact in society (aris) will build capacity for research impact at the nati...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $2,816,827. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
3. National Science Foundation awarded $19,864,068 to ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES INC under award 2334267, a cooperative agreement (b) for "research infrastructure: next-generation very large array design activities: 2024-2026 -the national radio astronomy observatory (nrao) has been working with...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $17,826,559. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
4. National Science Foundation awarded $6,261,590 to UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING under award 2331477, a cooperative agreement (b) for "art: re-engineering technology transfer at the university of wyoming -wyoming is a rural state with population density of less than 6 per square mile. its ec...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $1,817,389. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
5. National Science Foundation awarded $5,672,851 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE under award 2326774, a project grant (b) for "collaborative research: implementation grant: active societal participation in research and education -the active societal participation in research and educ...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $1,095,610. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
6. National Science Foundation awarded $5,213,564 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN under award 2322664, a project grant (b) for "lter: seasonal controls and emergent effects of changing land-ice-ocean interactions on arctic coastal ecosystems (ble ii) -this project continues the beaufo...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $2,614,510. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
7. National Science Foundation awarded $29,169,656 to NATIONAL COLLEGIATE INVENTORS & INNOVATORS ALLIANCE, INC. under award 2320948, a cooperative agreement (b) for "i-corps: continuation and expansion of training and evaluation support -the i-corps program aims to increase the economic and societal impact of nsf research...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $17,379,719. The amount has moved from $24,782,404 when first observed to $29,169,656 across 2 observed revi (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)
8. National Science Foundation awarded $10,700,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO under award 2317138, a cooperative agreement (b) for "physics frontier center for living systems -living systems continually explore new out-of-equilibrium configurations and adapt to changing environments from ...", as recorded on USASpending.gov on 2026-08-28. Outlays to date are $6,194,578. (USASpending.gov, Federal awards, claim on record)

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