The NRC awarded 59 grants for scholarships ($1.7 million), fellowships ($4.8 million), faculty development ($6.3 million) and trade and community college scholarships ($2.2 million). Recipients are located in 29 states, and Puerto Rico
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded $15 million to 59 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear safety and nuclear-related disciplines. Congress provided NRC these funds for scholarships and fellowships, faculty development, trade schools, and community colleges, with $5 million designated for NRC’s part of the Integrated University Program. The Integrated University Program funds are coordinated and awarded through the NRC, Department of Energy, and National Nuclear Security Administration to support multi-year research projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are critical to maintaining nuclear engineering and science.
The NRC awarded 59 grants for scholarships ($1.7 million), fellowships ($4.8 million), faculty development ($6.3 million) and trade and community college scholarships ($2.2 million). Recipients are located in 29 states, and Puerto Rico.
Grant proposals were reviewed against specific criteria by a panel comprised of senior
NRC staff and qualified outside reviewers. The panel composition was diverse with most reviewers having both experience reviewing proposals for government agencies and advanced credentials in nuclear engineering, health physics, radiochemistry or related disciplines. Each panelist had to certify that they did not have any conflicts of interest for the proposals they evaluated.
The contacts for more information on these grants are as follows: Technical questions
should be directed to John Gutteridge, at (301) 492-2313, located in the Office of Human Resources. Administrative questions should be directed to Sheila Bumpass, at (301) 492-3484 in the Division of Contracts.
The complete list of grants follows; additional details will be posted on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/grants/awards.html. In addition, a copy of the NRC Grant Award documents will be made available publicly in the NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) through the NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Help in using ADAMS is available from the NRC Public Document Room at (301) 415-4737 or 1(800)397-4209.
NRC GRANT AWARDS RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2010
$15M Nuclear Education Grants
Trade School and Community College Scholarships
Aiken Technical College, Graniteville, South Carolina $53,000
Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas $120,000
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina $120,000
Columbia Basin Community College, Pasco, Washington $120,000
College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, Maryland $130,654
Dakota County Technical College, Rosemont, Minnesota $107,000
Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania $ 90,000
Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, South Carolina $150,000
Idaho State University , Pocatello, Idaho $89,000
Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida $90,000
Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, Michigan $90,000
Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, Wisconsin $149,472
Linn State Technical College, Linn, Missouri $150,000
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, South Carolina $150,000
MiraCosta Technical College, Oceanside, California $150,000
New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, New Mexico $78,000
Ridgewater College, Wilmar, Minnesota $90,000
St. Cloud Technical College, St. Cloud, Minnesota $110,000
Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, Texas $120,000
SUBTOTAL $2,157,126
Scholarship Grants
Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens, Florida $199,928
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia $200,000
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho $172,150
Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri $100,000
Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York $129,600
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas $199,962
Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia $200,000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois $200,000
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan $200,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island $100,000
SUBTOTAL $1,701,640
Fellowship Grants
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado $368,425
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado $358,771
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania $386,156
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana $395,200
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York $400,000
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio $200,000
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California $200,000
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho $200,000
University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts $400,000
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri $399,993
University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada $399,997
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina $381,016
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin $370,849
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee $399,976
SUBTOTAL $4,860,383
Faculty Development Grants
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina $400,000
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $448,811
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas $345,000
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana $450,000
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri $449,605
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina $450,000
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas $375,000
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas $162,342
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio $450,000
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida $450,000
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $450,000
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico $352,685
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee $316,578
University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas $430,830
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah $300,000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia $450,000
SUBTOTAL $6,280,851
TOTAL $15,000,000