Bonus Round

ARRA grants bring $267 million to U-M

by Michael Betzold

posted 4/13/2010

When Congress passed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) last spring, it earmarked $21.5 billion for scientific research, equipment, and construction projects. Because it didn't require that the money fund new initiatives, ARRA mostly worked out as a kind of "bonus round" for researchers already tapped into the federal funding stream.

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