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Research funding across the Federal Science Corridor

An independent overview of federal research funding concentrated across the Montgomery County science corridor — NIH, NIST, FDA White Oak, and Walter Reed — useful context for visitors who commute across campuses.

Independent overview
Independent community resource. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency or institution. Agencies and institutions are named as nearby context only.

Why this matters for visiting researchers

  • The corridor links several large federal funders, so award activity reflects a broad, cross-campus community of fellows and contractors.
  • Knowing which agencies cluster where helps cross-campus visitors choose where to live and commute from.
  • Steady multi-agency activity sustains demand for short-term housing all along the I-270 / Red Line corridor.

Agencies concentrated nearby

Named because they fund or host work near this hub — not a claim of award totals.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Host institutions nearby

Recipient/host institutions in the area. Context only.

NIH Bethesda, NIST Gaithersburg, FDA White Oak, Walter ReedUniversity and contractor partners across Montgomery County

Recent awards (official public data)

Recent NSF awards in Maryland (NSF)

Recent individual public awards from NSF. These are recent examples, not a complete list or a total. GuestResearcher is independent and not affiliated with these agencies or institutions.

AwardRecipientAgencyAmountRecord
CDS&E: Collaborative Intelligence Adaptation of Multimodal Data Utility Theory and Foundation Models for Traffic Safety Interventions (FY2027)Johns Hopkins UniversityNational Science Foundation$545,000View ↗
Conference: 2027 Mid-Atlantic Seminar On Numbers, MASON VIII (FY2027)Towson UniversityNational Science Foundation$12,718View ↗
Excellence in Research: Understanding How College Instructors Shape Student Belonging and Success in Science and Engineering at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (FY2026)Morgan State UniversityNational Science Foundation$649,386View ↗
REU Site: AI in Sensing, Robotics, and Healthcare (AI-CARE) (FY2026)Johns Hopkins UniversityNational Science Foundation$505,423View ↗
Collaborative Research: MFAI: Mathematical Foundations of Structure-Aware Adaptive Machine Learning Algorithms (FY2026)Johns Hopkins UniversityNational Science Foundation$500,000View ↗
Collaborative Research: Targeted Infusion Project: Infusing AI-Driven Digital Forensics into Cybersecurity Education (FY2026)University of BaltimoreNational Science Foundation$169,990View ↗

Source: NSF (official public API) · retrieved Sep 3, 2026 · cached and refreshed periodically.

Open opportunities

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We show recent live examples where institution matching is reliable. For the full, current opportunities, search the official source: Open opportunities on Grants.gov.

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Methodology & sources

This section summarizes publicly available federal research-funding information to give visiting researchers context about the hubs we serve. Where institution matching is reliable, we show a few recent live examples pulled at runtime from the official sources (cached and refreshed periodically) — recent examples, not complete totals. We link to each official source for the full, current data; figures are not endorsed by, and do not originate from, the named agencies or institutions.

Official sources

External links to official, public data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by these organizations.

How to read this data
Where institution matching is reliable, we show a few recent live examples pulled at runtime from the official sources above (cached and refreshed periodically) — recent examples, not complete totals. For the full, current figures, search the official source directly and verify details there.

Last updated Jun 4, 2026.