ML24052A097
| ML24052A097 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/18/2023 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
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| News Release-23-060 | |
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No: 23-060 September 18, 2023 CONTACT: Ivonne Couret, 301-415-8200 NRC Anticipates Awarding $11.7 Million in Research and Development Grants for 2024 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission anticipates awarding 24 research and development grant proposals next year totaling more than $11.7 million. Final awards will be issued by the end of January 2024 and posted the following month on the NRC website.
This is the fourth year the NRC has offered a research component under the University Nuclear Leadership Program, which provides grants to academic institutions to support research and development for nuclear science, engineering, technology and related disciplines. The intent of the grants is to develop a workforce capable of supporting the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities, and the safe handling of nuclear materials.
We are very impressed with the quality of these proposals and look forward to continuing to support the development of the nuclear talent of tomorrow, said Ray Furstenau, director of the NRCs Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
The grant proposals included three Minority Serving Institutions and nine partnering institutions.
The following proposals have been recommended for awards:
Institutional Name State Technical Area Amount Project Liaison University of Michigan MI Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
$ 500,000 Majdi I. Radaideh North Carolina State University NC Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
$ 500,000 Abhinav Gupta Ohio State University OH Electrical and I&C
$ 500,000 Lei Raymond Cao University of Texas at Austin TX Electrical and I&C
$ 500,000 Mitch Pryor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Fuels Analysis
$ 500,000 Shanbin Shi University of California, Berkeley CA Fuels Analysis
$ 500,000 Massimiliano Fratoni North Carolina State University NC Materials Performance
$ 500,000 Ge Yang Purdue University IN Materials Performance
$ 500,000 Janelle P. Wharry University of Pittsburgh PA Materials Performance
$ 499,995 Jung-Kun Lee
Page l 2 Texas A&M University - College Station TX Materials Performance
$ 497,321 Karim Ahmed University of Pittsburgh PA Materials Performance
$ 500,000 Paul Ohodnicki University of Nevada, Reno NV Materials Performance
$ 500,000 Pradeep Menezes University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Neutronics Analysis
$ 500,000 Juliana Pacheco Duarte Kansas State University KS Neutronics Analysis
$ 499,906 Walter McNeil Texas A&M Kingsville TX Neutronics Analysis
$ 250,000 Xue Yang University of New Mexico NM Neutronics Analysis
$ 500,000 Christopher Perfetti Louisiana State University LA Radiation Protection Analysis
$ 500,000 Yong-Ha Kim Colorado State University CO Radiation Protection Analysis
$ 500,000 Del Leary University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez PR Risk Analysis
$ 499,963 Luis A. Montejo Purdue University IN Risk Analysis
$ 482,592 Jason T. Harris University of Maryland MD Risk Analysis
$ 500,000 Michelle (Shelby) Bensi University of California Los Angeles CA Risk Analysis
$ 500,000 Ali Mosleh University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL Risk Analysis
$ 499,997 Zahra Mohaghegh University of Alabama at Birmingham AL Risk Analysis (HP)
$ 493,560 Emily Caffrey
$ 11,723,334 The remainder of the FY2023 UNLP funds will be allotted for scholarships, fellowships, trade schools/community colleges and distinguished faculty advancement, and awarded by the end of April 2024.