ML24052A040
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| Issue date: | 08/22/2023 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
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| News Release-23-050 | |
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No: 23-050 August 22, 2023 CONTACT: Ivonne Couret, 301-415-8200 NRC Awards Nearly $11 Million in Education Grants Supporting Nuclear Science and Engineering Fields The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today it has awarded 26 grants to 23 academic institutions, including three minority-serving institutions, in 20 states, totaling nearly $11 million.
These awards are vital to advancing nuclear science and research at academic institutions across the United States, said NRC Regulatory Research Director Ray Furstenau.
The program continues to educate students and develop faculty to strengthen the nuclear workforce to meet the future needs for highly skilled engineers and scientists.
The University Nuclear Leadership Program provides federal funding opportunities to qualified academic institutions to bolster nuclear engineering and related programs.
These grants include five undergraduate scholarships, 13 graduate fellowships, and eight distinguished faculty advancement awards. Each undergraduate scholarship provides up to
$20,000 in financial support to students over the course of the three-year program, and each graduate fellowship provides up to $50,000 to students over the course of the four-year program.
The NRCs distinguished faculty advancement awards provide up to $600,000 over a four-year period.
Type of Award University City/State Award Amount Distinguished Faculty Advancement Florida International University Miami, Florida
$599,290 Distinguished Faculty Advancement Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement University of Nevada - Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Wisconsin
$600,000 Distinguished Faculty Advancement University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming
$600,000 Fellowship Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado
$400,000 Fellowship Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia
$400,000 Fellowship Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York
$400,000 Fellowship The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
$400,000 Fellowship University of Illinois at Urbana -
Champaign Champaign, Urbana
$400,000
Page l 2 Since the programs inception in 2009, the NRC has awarded 602 educational grants totaling more than $190 million, of which 109 were awarded to minority-serving institutions.
This funding has benefitted more than 176 individual faculty members and 4,800 students located in 39 states and Puerto Rico.
The complete list of grants awarded and general information about the grant program are available on the NRCs website. The NRC announces grant opportunities on www.grants.gov, which enables the public to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. Current funding opportunities for NRC educational grants can be found on both websites.
Fellowship University of Missouri S&T -
(Rolla)
Rolla, Missouri
$400,000 Fellowship University of Nevada - Reno Reno, Nevada
$399,998 Fellowship University of New Haven West Haven, Connecticut
$400,000 Fellowship University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$400,000 Fellowship University of Texas - Austin Austin, Texas
$398,135 Fellowship University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
$400,000 Fellowship University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Wisconsin
$399,980 Fellowship Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia
$400,000 Scholarship Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho
$197,009 Scholarship Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon
$200,000 Scholarship Thomas Edison State University Trenton, New Jersey
$200,000 Scholarship University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Wisconsin
$200,000 Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts
$199,540 Total Total
$10,993,950