NEWS 14 April 2026 Quantum science and AI research are big winners just a year after the US funding giant slashed its Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in half. By Dan Garisto 0 Dan Garisto Dan Garisto is a science journalist in Syracuse, New York. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Save article View saved research In an unexpected turnaround, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) on Sunday handed out a record 2,599 of its prestigious graduate fellowships to young researchers — after briefly slashing the number to a low of just 1,000 last year .…