The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $499,564 Project Grant on September 1, 2024 to the Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc. to fund a one-year research project titled "Understanding the Mechanism and Health Consequences of Low-Dose Radiation at a Molecular Level." This grant is provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...
The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded a $779,072.20 Project Grant to Northwestern University to conduct research on "Single Cell Level Elemental Signatures of Low Dose Radiation Exposures in Mammalian Model Systems." The project aims to advance understanding of the effects of low-dose radiation exposure on mammalian cells. The award period runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. The project includes a...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, a private non-profit university in Claremont, California. The grant, titled "AI-FACILITATED ASSESSMENT OF EXOSOME-MEDIATED BYSTANDER EFFECTS OF LOW-DOSE IONIZING RADIATION," will fund research to develop artificial intelligence-powered technologies for assessing the bystander effects...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Grants for Education, Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic Cancers and Diseases program (CFDA 93.257) provides $647,019.00 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to deliver comprehensive health services to individuals at increased risk of radiogenic cancers and diseases in the southwestern United States. Key products and services to be provided...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) was awarded a $793,378 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on the effects of low-dose radiation on breast tissue using fibroblasts and mammographic density models. The project, titled "Automated High Throughput Screening of the Effect of Low-Dose Radiation on Breast Using Fibroblasts Incorporated Mammographic Density Models," aims to advance...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded on November 29, 2024 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008). The grant supports research, education, and workforce development in nuclear science, engineering, and related technical disciplines at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which is a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The funding will be used to execute a 3-year research project focused on advancing nuclear technology,...
The University of Tennessee was awarded a $1,045,004 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on "Bridging the Gap Between Low Dose Exposures and Emergent Physiology Using Integrative Modeling and Experimentation from Epigenome to Cell Phenotype." The project aims to develop a computational framework to model the impact of different radiation doses on various cell types and integrate experimental data on...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $998,592 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Florida to investigate the molecular markers for bone marrow dose-response to low-dose strontium exposure using an AI-driven mouse model and digital twins. The research aims to enhance computational tools for internal radionuclide dosimetry in laboratory mice, which will be made available to the low-dose radiation research community. As part of this project, the University of...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $499,943 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop a human bone-marrow model for studies on the biological response network impacts of low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation exposures. The grant supports fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative...
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has been awarded a $334,170 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under CFDA 81.121 - Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration. The grant will support the commissioning of an EasyXAFS system at UNR to enable research on the short-order structure of nuclear materials. This infrastructure investment will enhance UNR's capabilities to advance fundamental understanding of nuclear materials through...