# STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCES PROGRAM

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0003242-stewardship-science-academic-alliances-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352722

> NNSA offered grants of up to $300,000 (at least $50,000) to colleges and universities. It expected to make about 30 awards worth $21.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 20, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DE-FOA-0003242 |
| Agency | NNSA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 20, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $300,000 |
| Award floor | $50,000 |
| Expected awards | 30 |
| Total funding | $21.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 81.112 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

## What the grant funds

The Department of Energy’s (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, directs research and development activities to maintain the safety, security, and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. This nuclear deterrent remains a vital part of our national security infrastructure. It maintains strategic stability, deters potential adversaries, and reassures our allies and partners of our security commitments. Since 1992, the United States has observed the moratorium on underground nuclear testing while significantly decreasing the size of its nuclear arsenal. National Policy required NNSA and its weapons laboratories to institute the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) to ensure the safety, security, and effectiveness of the stockpile, while allowing the country to pursue a variety of nonproliferation and disarmament goals. The SSP combines sophisticated experiments, highly accurate physics modeling, and improved computational power to simulate and predict nuclear weapon performance over a wide range of conditions and scenarios. The Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program was established in 2002 to support state-of-the-art research at U.S. academic institutions in areas of fundamental physical science and technology of relevance to the SSP mission. The SSAA Program provides the research experience necessary to maintain a cadre of trained scientists and engineers at U.S. universities to meet the nation’s current and future SSP needs, with a focus on those areas not supported by other federal agencies. It supports the DOE/NNSA’s priorities both to address the workforce specific needs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to support the next generation of professionals who will meet those needs. The Office of Defense Programs announce their interest in receiving applications for new or renewal financial assistance awards for research grants in the SSAA Program. Researchers seeking renewals of their current SSAA grant should apply to this NOFO. The research areas of interest in the SSAA Program for this announcement are properties of materials under extreme conditions and material processing, low energy nuclear science, and radiochemistry. Questions regarding the content of the announcement must be submitted through the FedConnect portal.

## Questions people ask

### Is DE-FOA-0003242 still open?

No. It closed on June 20, 2024.

### Who can apply for STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCES PROGRAM?

NNSA accepted applications from colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCES PROGRAM?

Closed June 20, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $300,000 each. About $21.0 million in total across about 30 awards.

### Who has won Stewardship Science Grant Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Rochester, Washington State University, Regents of the University of Michigan. The program made 128 awards worth $634 million in that time.