Project Grant SBR25017GR0005

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Hydropower Foundation, Inc. ("Hydro Foundation For Research And Education") to conduct outreach to universities, community colleges, trade schools, and minority-serving institutions. The goal is to educate students about career opportunities in the hydropower industry and provide...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate provides $600,000 to Texas A&M University-Kingsville to establish an integrated research, education, and outreach program focused on data-driven renewable energy research. The goal is to create a community of practice for middle and high school STEM teachers, researchers, and industry partners to conduct collaborative research and develop curricular modules on renewable energy and data science. Specifically,...

This Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, under the CFDA program "Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs", provides $100,000 to assess the feasibility of increasing renewable energy (RE) share in Kazakhstan. The awardee, Koordinatsionny Tsentr PO Izmeneniyu Klimata, will build modeling and analytics capacities for drafting RE programs, reforming enabling environments, conducting market...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,993 Project Grant to the Institute For Future Intelligence Inc. under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop innovative educational programs that engage community college and high school students in Hawaii to learn the knowledge and skills needed to address the renewable energy challenge. The project, titled "A Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH)", aims to cultivate the next generation...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,991 Project Grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This 3-year award aims to cultivate the next generation workforce to support Hawaii's transition to 100% renewable energy by 2045. The project, named the Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH), will partner with five Hawaii high schools and Kapiolani Community College to develop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $360,918 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) for the "PIVOTS: Energy Leadership Accelerator" project. This initiative will train a cohort of 24 rural energy practitioners from Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa on integrating emerging renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, and battery storage into microgrid...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to improve understanding of factors influencing community acceptance of large-scale solar (LSS) energy projects and to test innovative community engagement strategies to increase that acceptance. The $2,325,734 award to the Solar & Storage Industries Institute, a non-profit...

The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to support renewable energy promotion efforts in Bangladesh through September 2023. Funded under the agency's Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to support sustainable global development, the award will promote 100% renewables in Bangladesh through evidence-based research and a campaign to debunk myths against solar power systems, with...

This Project Grant award, valued at $448,041 and made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079), supports an international research collaboration project focused on fostering expertise in ocean renewable energy. The project annually selects 8 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to participate in immersive research experiences at leading European institutions specializing in offshore wind and wave energy...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (CFDA 81.121 - Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration) provides $200,000 to Purdue University to support the "University Reactor Sharing and Outreach (RS & O)" program. The objectives of this initiative are to: (1) strengthen nuclear science and engineering curriculum at universities without research reactors, (2) increase collaboration opportunities in nuclear research, (3)...