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National Science Foundation

JUN 01, 1952
Grants in Aid of Basic Research
Physics Today

The second group of research awards to be announced this year under the National Science Foundation’s program for the support of basic research brings the total number of NSF research grants to sixty‐nine. On April 23rd the Foundation reported that forty‐one grants, amounting to $406,660, had been approved for aid in research in the physical and biological sciences. Additional proposals are being evaluated by the staff of the Foundation with the help of advisory panels of outstanding American scientists.

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