ML24064A096
| ML24064A096 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/05/2024 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs |
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| News Release-24-011 | |
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No: 24-011 February 5, 2024 CONTACT: Ivonne Couret, 301-415-8200 NRC Anticipates Awarding $8.2 Million in Education Grants Supporting Nuclear Science and Engineering Fields The Nuclear Regulatory Commission anticipates awarding 22 education grants to 16 academic institutions, including two minority-serving institutions, totaling $8.2 million. The University Nuclear Leadership Program provides federal funding opportunities to qualified academic institutions to bolster nuclear engineering and related programs.
A competent and well-educated workforce is a necessary prerequisite for nuclear safety and continued U.S. leadership, said John Tappert, acting director of the NRCs Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. We are very excited to sponsor these grants to support the education and development of tomorrows nuclear leaders.
The selected grants include eight undergraduate scholarships, six graduate fellowships, one trade school and community college scholarship and seven 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; each trade school scholarship provides up to $5,000 to students over the course of the two-year period; and each graduate fellowship provides up to $50,000 per year 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.
The following institutions in 15 states have been recommended for awards:
Institution State Fellowship Scholarship Trade School Scholarship Distinguished Faculty Advancement Total Florence Darlington Technical College SC
$149,200.00
$149,200.00 University of Michigan MI
$400,000.00
$200,000.00
$600,000.00 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign IL
$200,000.00
$600,000.00
$800,000.00 Purdue University IN
$200,000.00
$500,000.00
$700,000.00 University of Missouri (Rolla)
MO
$199,070.00
$199,070.00 University of Florida FL
$200,000.00
$200,000.00 Idaho State University ID
$196,987.00
$196,987.00
Page l 2 Virginia Commonwealth University VA
$400,000.00
$199,743.00
$599,743.00 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
$400,000.00
$200,000.00
$600,000.00 North Carolina State University NC
$400,000.00
$600,000.00
$1,000,000.00 Colorado School of Mines CO
$400,000.00
$400,000.00 Florida International University FL
$400,000.00
$400,000.00 Clemson University SC
$600,000.00
$600,000.00 Utah State University UT
$600,000.00
$600,000.00 University of Cincinnati OH
$600,000.00
$600,000.00 University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA
$600,000.00
$600,000.00 Total
$2,400,000.00
$1,595,800.00
$149,200.00
$4,100,000.00
$8,245,000.00 Since the programs inception in 2009, the NRC has awarded more than 600 educational grants totaling more than $186 million, of which 110 were awarded to minority-serving institutions. This funding has benefited more than 176 individual faculty members and 4,200 students located in 39 states and Puerto Rico.
The public can find and apply for NRC educational grant opportunities on the NRCs website and grants.gov and view the list of final awards.