The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $490,151.50 Project Grant to Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech) on February 1, 2025. The grant, titled "INITIATIVES TO GROW NEW INNOVATE TALENT TO ENABLE FUSION ENERGY (IGNITE FUSION ENERGY)", supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities. The grant will fund Tennessee Tech's research and development...
This $206,099.33 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) was provided to Tuskegee University to support the "INITIATIVES TO GROW NEW INNOVATE TALENT TO ENABLE FUSION ENERGY (IGNITE FUSION ENERGY)" project. The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, will enable Tuskegee University to conduct fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities related to...
The University of Tennessee was awarded a $140,625 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the "INITIATIVES TO GROW NEW INNOVATE TALENT TO ENABLE FUSION ENERGY (IGNITE FUSION ENERGY)" project. The award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026, will fund research to grow new innovative talent to enable fusion energy technologies. As a leading public research university, the University of Tennessee...
This federal Project Grant award of $156,043 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee. The award, titled "INITIATIVES TO GROW NEW INNOVATE TALENT TO ENABLE FUSION ENERGY (IGNITE FUSION ENERGY)", aims to grow innovative talent in fusion energy research. The project period runs from Feb 1, 2025 to Jan 31, 2026. As a private, non-profit university, Southern...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee to validate detailed and reduced order neutronics capabilities for multiphysics applications to fusion reactor thermal, materials, and blanket design optimization. This award, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas like...
The federal Project Grant award of $5,145,890.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) was provided to Tennessee State University to advance learning opportunities for African American STEM graduate students. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will fund activities such as cutting-edge research, enhancing academic writing, and exploring career...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Fisk University under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to "PARTNER TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE FUSION WORKFORCE". This 1-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will support Fisk University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), in its efforts to increase retention and diversity in STEM fields, develop inclusive STEM curricula, and provide STEM education,...
This Project Grant award of $1,530,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports a pathway program for talent preparation focused on modeling and manufacturing of novel materials and structures for fusion energy. The award was granted to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and will run from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The program aims to advance research, technological innovation, and the development of...
This federal Project Grant award of $171,306.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology. The award will fund initiatives to grow new innovative talent to enable fusion energy research over the period of February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The university, which specializes in engineering, science, and technology disciplines, will leverage...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,755,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) on February 1, 2025. The grant, titled "TN-QUMAT: TENNESSEE QUANTUM MATERIALS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING, AN R2-HBCU-ORNL PARTNERSHIP", will support a collaborative effort between MTSU, Tennessee State University (TSU), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop and train a quantum...