Project Grant DENA0004171

The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $640,000 cooperative agreement to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The cooperative agreement will support the Nuclear Energy University Programs - Nuclear Energy University Programs Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research project being conducted at Texas A&M University in College...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports research at Texas A&M University-Kingsville to optimize the core design of small modular reactors (SMRs). The 3-year project, with a completion date of March 7, 2027, will conduct research to improve the efficiency and safety of SMR core configurations. Texas A&M University-Kingsville, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, has extensive...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $401,386 to Texas A&M University to support a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in nuclear science. The program will support 10 undergraduate students per year for 10 weeks of research at the university's Cyclotron Institute over a 3-year period from April 2025 to March 2028. The students will contribute to cutting-edge research in areas such as nuclear...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research program (CFDA 81.113) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The purpose of this 5-year award is to direct multidisciplinary research and innovation that enable technologies supporting NNSA's Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, train the next generation of researchers, and bridge the gap between university basic research and national...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Homeland Security's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office, supports research under the National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program (CFDA 97.130). The $297,283 award to Texas A&M University, effective Sep 30, 2024 through Sep 29, 2027, will be used to develop new analytical methods and optimize detector setups for the gamma-gamma coincidence technique to increase the sensitivity of gamma spectrometry...

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $246,418 two-year Project Grant to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (doing business as Tees) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant supports scientific infrastructure under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121). This federal program promotes resolving technical, cost, safety, security, and proliferation resistance challenges to nuclear energy through research,...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121), will support the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in sharing its nuclear research reactor resources and capabilities with other educational institutions. The $200,000 award, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, aims to: 1) strengthen nuclear science and engineering instruction at...

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) will receive $190,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation to help partners address insider threats and support proliferation resistant nuclear technology. The award period runs from August 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding is provided through the Department of State's Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033), which supports efforts to...

The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $638,518 cooperative agreement to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, doing business as Tees, to support the Nuclear Energy University Programs consolidated innovative nuclear research program. Under the three-year award running from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, Tees will deliver nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration products and services. The award is funded through the Department of Energy's...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $2,399,998.00 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award, effective August 1, 2024, supports a multi-year research project focused on advancing nuclear energy science and technology. Tees, a research institution specializing in innovative engineering and scientific solutions, will leverage its...