Who Got the Grant?06/12/2026, 03:27:53 AMNSF just put $1.5B behind an escape hatch from academic scienceNSF's new X-Labs initiative commits $1.5 billion over ten years to independent, milestone-driven research teams outside traditional universities. The inaugural bets: quantum sensing/imaging instruments and quantum interconnects. What follows the money, and why the funding model is the real signal.
