The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accepting applications for the Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/04/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is enhancing and fostering a sustainable and diverse DOE-EM workforce STEM pipeline. Through technology curriculum and professional development and shared interest research, DOE-EM will promote the development of a nationally engaged scientific and engineering workforce to conduct basic research that will lead to future career pathways in the DOE-EM complex for underrepresented groups.
The technology curriculum and professional development objectives are focused on strengthening and promoting theoretical and experimental knowledge, skills, and dispositions Minority Serving Institution (MSI) collegiate students need to acquire to prepare and retain them as leading scientific and technical innovators in the Department of Energy complex. Curriculum and professional development will provide the MSI research community with support for resources, including purchases of specialized equipment and instrumentation for field and laboratory-based studies. It will also support MSI academic teams that cultivate and integrate R&D learning activities that incorporate the use of state-of-the-art capabilities that align and support current and future missions of DOE-EM.
Topic Areas
- Deactivation & Decommissioning
- Digital Technologies
- Robotics
Funding Information
EM expects to make a total of approximately $15,500,000 of federal funding available for new awards under this NOFO, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. These estimates are not a promise for funding, as all funding is subject to change due to Government discretion and availability. EM anticipates making approximately 5-10 awards under this NOFO. EM may issue one, multiple, or no awards. Individual awards may vary between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000.
Project Period
12-36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 restricts this funding to MSIs, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCUs/OMIs) as educational entities recognized by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, and identified on the OCR’s Department of Education U.S. accredited postsecondary minorities’ institution list on order to enhance opportunities for underrepresented MSIs, this NOFO further restricts eligibility to MSIs with a student population less than or equal to 5,000. For implementation of this limitation, an MSI whose student population numbers are less than or equal to 5,000 in the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) College Navigator shall be determined eligible to apply under this NOFO.
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