Tokamak research at columbia university

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York a $3.051 million cooperative agreement on March 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for tokamak research at Columbia University in New York, New York. The award runs through February 28, 2027. The Office of Science is the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and leads federal support for fundamental scientific research in energy science. Columbia University, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division, is a premier federal research recipient that competes on a full-and-open basis across federal agencies. The institution's federal portfolio is heavily concentrated in research grants rather than service contracts, with the National Science Foundation and NASA as leading customer agencies. Columbia receives and manages significant sub-recipient relationships across multiple research institutions and serves as a sub-recipient under major universities including Yale, MIT, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Duke, performing specialized research services across quantum computing, biomedical sciences, advanced materials, and environmental studies.