Government shutdown update
The government shut down Dec. 22, 2018. To measure the impact of the shutdown on research grants at the National Science Foundation, we will keep a running tally here, comparing NSF grants awarded this year with those awarded by the same time last year.
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Dec. 22, 2017, through Jan. 25, 2018: Number of research grants awarded at NSF – 465 valued at $139.2 million
Dec. 22, 2018, through Jan. 25, 2019: Number of research grants awarded at NSF – 0 valued at $0.00
Jan. 25: (2018) 26 grants valued at $6.6M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 24: (2018) 30 grants valued at $5.3M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 23: (2018) 19 grants valued at $5.4M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 19: (2018) 22 grants valued at $6.4M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 18: (2018) 25 grants valued at $4.7M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 17: (2018) 19 grants valued at $5.7M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 16: (2018) 17 grants valued at $5.6M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 12: (2018) 29 grants valued at $3.7M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 11: (2018) 21 grants valued at $6.9M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 10: (2018) 17 grants valued at $7.5M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 9: (2018) 19 grants valued at $12.9M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 8: (2018) 31 grants valued at $20.0M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 5: (2018) 41 grants valued at $11.8M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 4: (2018) 20 grants valued at $5.0M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 3: (2018) 7 grants valued at $3.6M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Jan. 2: (2018) 9 grants valued at $2.4M – (2019) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 29: (2017) 18 grants valued at $4.4M – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 28: (2017) 7 grants valued at $2.6M – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 27: (2017) 35 grants valued at $7.5 – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 26: (2017) 16 grants valued at $2.8 – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 23: (2017) 27 grants valued at $5.5 – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
Dec. 22: (2017) 10 grants valued at $2.9 – (2018) 0 grants valued at $0
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