Datatypes

Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN)

ID usfain

FAIN (Federal Award Identification Number) is the unique identifying number assigned to all federal finance awards. Since October of 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has required all Federal Agencies to issue a FAIN to all financial assistance awards or grants.

Categories

Government related

Countries

United States

Languages

English

Quality

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Regular expression

[0-9A-Z]{10,13}

Python re syntax. Not anchored: it can match inside longer text.

Examples

Sources

• other: https://orsp.umich.edu/glossary/fain-federal-award-identification-number

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