The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $337,758 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin System under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to establish in-situ ion irradiation testing facilities at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. This funding will support the investigation of nuclear materials under mechanical and thermal extremes, providing critical infrastructure to advance nuclear energy science and technology....
The Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $315,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin System, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. The grant is for research to develop "NEW MATERIALS FOR TARGETS AND BEAM WINDOWS IN NEXT GENERATION ACCELERATORS". The funding supports the University of Wisconsin System's expertise in materials research, engineering, and accelerator technologies to advance U.S....
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $793,378 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The grant supports an automated high-throughput screening project to study the effects of low-dose radiation on breast tissue using fibroblasts incorporated mammographic density models. The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. As a prominent public research university, UWM has...
This $433,333 Project Grant award to the University of Wisconsin Madison was made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (CFDA 81.121) program. The funding supports comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States. Specifically, the project aims to harness and extend the success of a previous Nuclear Energy University Programs (NUEP) project...
This $1,005,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 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 grant was made to the University of Wisconsin System, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison serving as the primary performing entity through its Research and Sponsored Programs division. The funding supports a multi-year research initiative focused on advancing nuclear energy...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $779,072.20 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Northwestern University to study "Single Cell Level Elemental Signatures of Low Dose Radiation Exposures in Mammalian Model Systems." The 2-year grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities. As part of this project,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in the amount of $999,603.00 will fund research on the effects of shifting temperate conifer forest vegetation regimes on above- and belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will be performed by the University of Wisconsin System, specifically the University of Wisconsin - Madison. This research aims to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $874,333 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin System's Office of Sponsored Programs Division at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through February 28, 2026, will support research on "Overfitting and Uncertainty in the Presence of Model Structural Error." UWM, a prominent public research university, has...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (CFDA 81.121 - Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration) supports comprehensive research initiatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Pittsburgh focused on advancing nuclear energy science and technology. The key research efforts under this grant include: Computational thermodynamic and diffusional modeling on the Fe-Cr-Al-Mo alloy system to understand the...
The University of Wisconsin at Madison received a $222,294 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration federal grant program (CFDA 81.121). The award will support scientific infrastructure at the university's nuclear reactor from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. As part of its mission to promote nuclear energy through research and development, the Department of Energy program funds...