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If you want to skip the fluff, the actual funded program abstract here:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award/?AWD_ID=2624416

Appropriately enough for a pilot, there's a structured usual cohort-mentoring and outcomes evaluation component.

(NSF brings 3 years of $$$, but as it is, it doesn't seem like attempt to nudge people screwed over by GRFP restrictions towards industry.)

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I'd recommend the I-PhD's page instead of the NSF grant as it goes deeper into the partners as well as the program.

https://uidp.org/i-phd-scholars/

Looking at the $$$ awarded -- that's interesting: $37k/year, and while there's a $22,000 "ancillary expenses" component, institutions administer it, and can use it like any other indirect cost $$$. Conversely, industry funders have to stump up at least $100,000/year per student.

Thanks - the program guide at the very bottom seems to have the most detail.

https://uidp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/UIDP-I-PhD-Schol...

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