Page and Brin were both initially funded by the National Science Foundation to do the algorithmic work that led to Google [1]. Page was supported by an NSF gran

Page and Brin were both initially funded by the National Science Foundation to do the algorithmic work that led to Google [1]. Page was supported by an NSF grant from the 1994 Digital Library Initiative program; Brin was at Stanford on an NSF Graduate Student Fellowship. [1] https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100660 https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=100660