Fiscal Year 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Funds research equipment and instrumentation for U.S. universities doing science important to national defense.
University labs doing defense-relevant science often run on equipment that's aging or missing outright, and that caps what they can discover or teach. The Air Force runs this version of the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program to buy that equipment directly.
Money goes toward research equipment and instrumentation at accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, in areas import…
Purchase of research equipment and instrumentation at accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, in areas important to national defense; for-profit organisations are not eligible.
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