Opportunity Information: Apply for NRC HQ 60 17 FOA 0002
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for FY 2018 (Funding Opportunity Number NRC HQ 60 17 FOA 0002) is a discretionary grant program under CFDA 77.008 focused on strengthening the national pipeline of nuclear-related talent. The overall theme across all components is workforce development: building and sustaining a skilled pool of students, technicians, engineers, scientists, and educators who can support the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities, as well as the safe handling of nuclear materials. While the FOA emphasizes nuclear safety and security outcomes, it also frames the supported disciplines as broadly beneficial to the nuclear sector.
The FOA is organized around four main funding tracks: scholarships, fellowships, faculty development, and trade school/community college scholarships. The scholarship track supports student scholarships in nuclear science, engineering, technology, and closely related fields, with the explicit purpose of preparing graduates for roles that contribute to safe and secure nuclear operations and oversight. The fellowship track is similar in intent but is aimed at supporting more advanced or specialized education in nuclear and related disciplines, again with the end goal of producing highly capable professionals for the nuclear workforce. Both of these tracks are geared toward developing talent that can work across the lifecycle of nuclear facilities and materials, including regulatory and safety-focused work.
The faculty development track is designed to attract and retain highly qualified early-career professors and help them establish themselves as educators and researchers in nuclear-related areas. Support is available for up to one three-year period per proposed faculty member. This component specifically targets probationary, tenure-track faculty in their first six years, as well as new faculty hires, across a wide range of engineering and health physics fields that intersect with nuclear safety and regulation. The FOA highlights NRC interest areas that include, but are not limited to, fuels, neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, accident progression (such as performance of safety relief valves), consequence analysis, emergency preparedness, radiation protection analysis, radiochemistry, probabilistic risk assessment, seismology, fire risk analysis, advanced reactors (non-light water reactor concepts), safety systems, and related disciplines. In addition to supporting faculty development activities, these grants may also help faculty pursue new research applications or continue existing research projects in their areas of expertise, with the expectation that the work broadly benefits the nuclear sector.
The trade school and community college scholarship track extends the same workforce-development purpose to technical and two-year education pathways. It supports scholarships for students in nuclear science, engineering, technology, and related programs at trade schools and community colleges, recognizing that the nuclear workforce relies heavily on technically trained personnel as well as university-trained engineers and scientists. Like the other tracks, it is framed around preparing workers who can contribute to safe facility operation, construction, and regulatory compliance, and to safe nuclear materials handling.
In terms of administrative details, the NRC is the sponsoring agency and the instrument is a grant. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities as further clarified in the FOA’s eligibility section. The opportunity was created on August 30, 2017, with an original application closing date of October 30, 2017. The FOA lists an award ceiling of $450,000 and anticipates approximately 50 awards, indicating a program designed to fund a sizeable cohort of education and workforce-focused projects across multiple institutions and training levels.Apply for NRC HQ 60 17 FOA 0002
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Scholarship and Fellowship Education Grant, Faculty Development Grant, and Trade School and Community College Scholarship Grant, Fiscal Year (FY) 2018" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 77.008.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 30, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 30, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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