grantee
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grantees
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Etymology
Origin of grantee
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at grant, -ee
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"Progress in consciousness science will reshape how we see ourselves and our relationship to both artificial intelligence and the natural world," said co-author Prof Anil Seth from the University of Sussex and ERC grantee.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
No donor or grantee should be criminally prosecuted for speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
“They really started to shift the conversation and shift the public thinking. It was starting to get to the root of the problem,” the grantee said.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
Atala has the CV that you’d expect from an NSF grantee, including membership in the National Academy of Medicine, and has been working for 3 decades on engineering new tissue and organs from extracted cells.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 29, 2024
In response to the Southam situation, the NIH investigated all their grantee institutions and found that only nine out of fifty-two had any policy in place to protect the rights of research subjects.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
She said those headed to the Central African Republic "are mainly withholding grantees from a variety of countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Georgia".
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Some grantees said they got the letter late Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
“For example, organizations would be well-served to conduct both pre- and post-award due diligence on the activities of their grantees, funders, fiscal sponsors and partners.”
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
As the club co-founder discussed the details of the new grant with grantees, club regular Bex Muñoz began to tear up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Here’s what some of the other characters in this story have been up to since 2000: My mother retired from her job with a foundation for disadvantaged children, where she managed communications for grantees.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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