The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) to Michigan State University (MSU) to develop advanced models of nuclear fission based on nuclear density functional theory and its time-dependent extensions. The grant will enable MSU to carry out global calculations of (i) fission yields used in astrophysical simulations of r-process nucleosynthesis and (ii) fission lifetimes of actinide and...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $299,895.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). The award supports fundamental scientific research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile. The grant will fund research at Georgia TECH Research Corp, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher...
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded a $255,477.30 Project Grant to Ohio University to conduct fundamental research through the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). This multi-year grant, with a performance period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028, supports university research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The research focus areas include materials properties...
The Purdue University was awarded a $299,492 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). The grant, with a performance period from March 31, 2025 to March 30, 2028, will support experimental observations of individual cerium particles reacting in hydrogen gas. The research aims to close knowledge gaps on the fundamental cerium hydride particle reactions, including capturing evolving...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) provides $300,000 in funding to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (University of Virginia) to advance physics-informed machine learning for discovering structure-property-performance linkages in multiphase heterogeneous energetic compounds. The three-year award, with a project period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, will...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,070,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award, made on August 1, 2024, supports comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States.
The prime awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will conduct nuclear energy research projects...
This $386,793 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) supports fundamental research at Washington State University (WSU) related to the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
The award funds a five-year project from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030 that will integrate WSU's expertise across dynamic materials compression...
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded a $213,557 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). This multi-year grant, with a period of performance from March 2025 to March 2028, supports fundamental scientific research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The award funds university-based research in areas critical to...
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Duke University a $200,775 Project Grant under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) to conduct cross-section measurements of neutron and charged-particle reactions on tungsten. The award period runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The Stewardship Science Grant Program supports fundamental scientific research relevant to maintaining the safety, security, and effectiveness of the United States nuclear weapons...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $929,661.00 to Washington State University to explore actinide nanocrystal growth for defining 5f surface chemistry. The award, which runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, aims to expand scientific understanding through hypothesis-driven research and innovative technologies in this specialized field of materials science. As a major research university and recipient...