Each of the 60 new grantees is receiving an average of $2 million to $3 million, although a few biofuels grants are for more than $5.5 million. But the point of the federal funds and vote of confidence is to spur more private investment in the needed research. ARPAE Director Arun Majumdar said in a call with reporters that 11 previous projects that received $40 million in ARPAE grants have since secured as much as $200 million in private investment..Sports law experts had thought the lawsuits might cost the league $1 billion or more if they went to trial. The NFL had pushed for the claims to be heard in arbitration under terms of the players' labor contract. The league had also argued that individual teams bear the chief responsibility for health and safety under the collective bargaining agreement, along with the players' union and the players themselves.

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