The Atomic Energy Commissionhas made 175 grants with a total value of nearly $2 million to 165 educational institutions as part of its five‐year‐old program to aid the purchase of laboratory equipment for courses related to nuclear energy. Awards in the physical sciences and engineering amounting to $1.4 million were granted to 111 institutions. The new grants under the five‐year‐old program bring the grand total of such assistance to more than $20 million. In addition, the AEC has loaned nuclear materials worth about $11 million to many of the same institutions.