Project Grant 31310024M0033

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was awarded a $118,022 Project Grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Central Office under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minority Serving Institutions Program (MSIP). The MSIP aims to fund nuclear and STEM-related minority serving programs, activities, projects, symposiums and training for the exchange and transfer of knowledge and skills relevant to nuclear safety, security, and regulatory policy and practices. Under this award, VCU...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $882,615 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) on August 1, 2024. The grant funding supports a 3-year research project focused on developing a benchmark model for a near real-time radionuclide composition measurement system using microcalorimetry for advanced nuclear reactors. As part of this grant, VCU will collaborate with the University of Florida...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $225,483 project grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant funding will support the acquisition and deployment of a novel optical spectroscopy system to enhance VCU's advanced materials research and education capabilities. The project aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology by developing improved analytical instrumentation and techniques...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $560,000 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support research on interface-resolved experimental and numerical studies of two-phase flow for nuclear engineering applications. This work aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology by...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.121). The funding will support research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027 to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The grant focuses on maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities,...

This $800,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant was awarded to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct comprehensive research initiatives aimed at maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities, developing advanced reactor technologies, securing the nuclear fuel cycle, and...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $625,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) to fund the "Fiscal Year 2023 Distinguished Early Career Program" over a 5-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. This grant, provided under the DOE's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA No. 81.121), supports the university's research and development efforts in advancing nuclear energy as a viable energy...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Vanderbilt University a $161,000 cooperative agreement from August 4, 2021 through August 31, 2033 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award will support Vanderbilt University's provision of integrated university program scholarship and fellowship support. As part of its mission to promote nuclear energy through research and development, the DOE Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration...

Clemson University will receive $322,000 through an 11-year cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award funds the University Nuclear Leadership Program - Scholarship and Fellowship, which will provide scholarships and fellowships to students studying nuclear-related fields from 2022 through 2033. The Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration...

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) received a $231,811 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Division to support research examining novel catalyst designs for selective hydrogenation reactions. Under this award, VCU researchers will synthesize and characterize palladium single-atom catalysts anchored to covalent organic frameworks to tailor the catalytic properties for selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene. The researchers will focus on...