Federal grant programs / Department of Energy

Global Material Security (81.210)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$3.9 million
• Grant awards4
• Typical award$1.1 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$3.9 million
• Size rank1,666 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants (for specified projects)

Key findings

• It is the 1666th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.

What the program funds

The objective of the Global Material Security Program is to enhance global security by working with partners worldwide to secure and prevent the smuggling of nuclear and radioactive materials and promote the development and deployment of secure nuclear technologies. For more than 25 years, the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE/NNSA) Office of Global Material Security (GMS) has worked globally to secure and prevent the smuggling of radioactive and nuclear (R/N) materials. GMS plays a key role in implementing both the U.S. National Security Strategy and the National Security Memorandum (NSM-19) on countering weapons of mass destruction terrorism and advancing nuclear and radioactive material security worldwide. GMS works in the United States and across the globe with foreign partners to reduce the reliance on high-activity radioactive sources, remove and dispose of disused radioactive sources, secure and protect R/N materials in storage, use, and transit, and detect and investigate R/N material out of regulatory control.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Those entities whose activities benefit the general public through results which are available to the National Nuclear Security Administration. NNSA Applications are requested directly from those organizations with which the program has established plans of action.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Financial support in whole or in part may be provided for salaries, materials, supplies, equipment, travel, publication costs, services required to secure and prevent the smuggling of nuclear and radioactive materials and promote the development and deployment of secure nuclear technologies. Construction or related costs are not allowed under these project grants. All work must comply with export control regulations.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2024: Funded projects included cooperative agreements with the international organizations including Interpol, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, World Customs Organization, and World Institute for Nuclear Security covering joint projects including assessment, documentation, and training of practices that enhance global security. Additionally, domestic agreements were funded with the Low Level Waste Forum and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors to promote the safe disposition of radioactive materials.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 3.7% of the money.

By state

No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.