The Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development Program is to support the development of nuclear reactor safety training and workforce development programs.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/14/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The mission of NE is to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and economic needs. NE has identified the following four mission goals to address challenges in the nuclear energy sector, help realize the potential of advanced technology, and leverage the unique role of the government in spurring innovation:
- Keep existing U.S. nuclear reactors operating.
- Deploy new nuclear reactors.
- Secure and sustain the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Expand international nuclear energy cooperation.
Topic Areas
- Topic Area 1 (TA1) – Training and Workforce Program Demonstration and Implementation
- Focuses on the demonstration and implementation of reactor safety training programs, as well as the establishment or enhancement of industry-recognized nuclear reactor safety training credentials. Consortia in this category will have already clearly identified nuclear reactor safety training gaps and will execute a project that will result in one or more training programs and industry recognized credentials implemented by workforce development training providers such as IHEs, non-profit training providers, private training providers, federally registered apprenticeships, etc.
- Topic Area 2 (TA2) – Curriculum Focused Training Program Development
- Development-focused opportunity targeting the identification and development of training pathways, curriculum, and faculty development at universities and community colleges to support reactor safety training programs, as well as establishing sustainable long-term partnerships with utilities, employers, labor-management programs Tribal Nations, state and/or local governments, labor organizations, K-12 formal and informal institutions, etc. The applicant should propose a plan for implementing the developed training curriculum with the established partnership.
Funding Information
- Training and Workforce Program Demonstration and Implementation
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $5 Million
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $40 Million
- Approximate Total Federal Funding Available for All Awards: $40 Million
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 60
- Curriculum Focused Training Program Development
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $500,000
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $2 Million
- Approximate Total Federal Funding Available for All Awards: $10 Million
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 24.
Eligibility Criteria
- Prime applicant: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSI).
- Sub-applicants: IHEs, including HBCUs, TCUs, and other MSIs; for-profit entities; non-profit entities; state and local governmental entities; Indian Tribes; utilities; and national laboratories.
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