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DE-FOA-0003437: NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONSORTIUM FOR NONPROLIFERATION

Closed Closed April 4, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003437 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$25.0 million
• Total funding$25.0 million
• Expected awards25
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.

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

The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NNSA support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education: Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research awards averaged $2.9 million; this notice allows up to $25.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (81% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D) drives innovative research that develops technologies and expertise to detect foreign nuclear proliferation activities and produces technologies for integration into operational systems by leveraging capabilities at the DOE National Laboratories, Plants, and Other Field Sites, as well as at universities and within private industry. DNN R&D supports U.S. nuclear security objectives to reduce global nuclear security threats through the innovation of unilateral and multi-lateral technical capabilities to detect, identify, and characterize: 1) Foreign nuclear weapons development activities; 2) Illicit diversion of special nuclear materials; and 3) Nuclear explosions globally. Additionally, DNN R&D sustains and develops foundational nonproliferation technical capabilities by providing targeted, long-term support for enabling infrastructure, science and technology, and an expert workforce. For DNN R&D, the role of Institutions of Higher Education (as defined in Section III) is to innovate, develop, and prove some of the most challenging basic aspects of new technology and methods in coordination with the DOE National Laboratories, which can in turn fulfill their unique role to perform mission-specific research and development that improves on capabilities until they are either adopted by operational enterprises or transitioned into private industry for commercialization. Transparency and effectively linking the roles of these Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) and DOE National Laboratories represents the core of how DNN R&D proposes to meet its objectives. The primary purpose of this opportunity is to direct-fund basic research at universities that complements applied research in nuclear nonproliferation at the DOE National Laboratories. This includes foundational disciplines of nuclear physics, science and engineering, radiation detection, nuclear material science, radiochemistry, and mass spectrometry. A secondary benefit to this research is the development of a diverse and highly talented cadre of technical professionals, including as scientists, engineers, technicians, and operational personnel, who become the next generation of technical leaders in nuclear missions, such as nonproliferation, arms control, incident response, intelligence, and energy.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

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