Minority Undergraduate Training for Energy Related Careers

The Department of Energy administers the Minority Undergraduate Training for Energy Related Careers program (CFDA 81.098), which last disbursed a grant award on September 30, 2010—over 16 years ago—making active pursuit of this program inadvisable at this time.

The program funded educational initiatives designed to build minority student capacity in energy-related technical fields. Recent awards supported cooperative work-learning experiences pairing college students and recent graduates with Department of Energy scientists, engineers, and managers, as well as project-based instruction in sustainable technologies, environmental remediation, and technical minority education. Award descriptions from the 1994 cohort reference pre-college initiatives and environmental science programming, indicating the program has historically targeted both undergraduate and earlier-stage educational development.

The Department of Energy was the sole funding source across the program's documented history, obligating $667 thousand in combined federal dollars across eight awards. The assistance-type mix was predominantly Project Grants (75 percent) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (25 percent). Award magnitudes in the documented portfolio ranged from $97,086 (Technical Education for Energy-Related Careers) to $493,168 (the 2010 Cooperative Agreement, which used American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds). Most awards ran for periods of 6 to 9 years.

Grant awards clustered heavily in August and September 1994 (seven awards) with no further documented disbursements until a single Cooperative Agreement in November 2010. No recent grant opportunities are posted under this listing. The 16-year gap since the most recent award, combined with absence of current solicitation activity, indicates the program is not actively funding new applications.