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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Research and Development Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement for Fiscal Year 2020 (Funding Opportunity Number 31310020K0001; CFDA 77.008) is a discretionary grant program designed to fund research that strengthens nuclear science, engineering, and technology capabilities while helping build and sustain a skilled workforce for the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities, as well as the safe handling of nuclear materials. The emphasis is not only on academic or theoretical work, but on practical, future-oriented research that helps the NRC anticipate and respond to the technical and regulatory demands that are emerging across the nuclear sector.
A central focus of this FOA is preparing for three broad challenge areas: maintaining the continued safe operation of the current fleet of nuclear reactors; improving readiness to regulate advanced nuclear reactors (including demonstration and development activities) and related fuel cycle technologies; and modernizing the NRC into a more risk-informed regulator. The modernization theme is especially prominent, with the solicitation highlighting work that improves how the NRC incorporates risk insights into its regulatory framework, decision-making, procedures, and guidance across all of its regulatory responsibilities. In other words, the agency is looking for research that strengthens the technical basis for decisions and helps translate complex technical information into regulatory processes that are credible, efficient, and appropriate for both existing and next-generation technologies.
Within those overarching goals, the FOA calls out several priority research directions. One area of interest is improving future agency capabilities and organizational effectiveness, particularly through better tools and data that support analysis and evaluation of emerging reactor and fuel cycle technologies, evolving operational and licensing concepts, and potential safety issues that may not be fully addressed by current approaches. Another priority is reducing technical gaps and major uncertainties in the analyses used for risk-informed decision-making, including work that improves the reliability and applicability of models, methods, and data. The solicitation also encourages projects that strengthen foundational knowledge that will serve as the basis for future risk-informed regulatory decisions, recognizing that long-term regulatory confidence depends on a well-developed scientific and engineering underpinning.
The NRC also signals strong interest in advanced technology approaches and applications, including data and text analytics and artificial intelligence. These topics are framed in a way that suggests the agency is open to modern computational methods that can support regulatory workflows, such as data mining, analysis automation, trend detection, and improved risk communication. Finally, the FOA highlights research related to nuclear waste streams, including the characterization, handling, storage, and disposal of wastes such as used nuclear fuel, with attention not just to current reactor designs but also to waste profiles and management needs associated with advanced reactor concepts currently under development.
In terms of basic program logistics, the opportunity was posted on February 10, 2020, with an original application deadline of April 10, 2020. Awards were structured as grants with an anticipated maximum (award ceiling) of $500,000 per award, and the NRC expected to make around 10 awards under this announcement. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and other entities as described in the FOA’s additional eligibility information. Overall, the program is best understood as targeted R&D support intended to improve the NRC’s technical readiness and regulatory effectiveness while simultaneously strengthening the pipeline of researchers and professionals equipped to work in nuclear safety, licensing, oversight, and nuclear materials stewardship.Apply for 31310020K0001
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Research and Development Grant, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 77.008.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 10, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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