DOE NEUP Staff
DOE Team Lead - Aaron Gravelle (301) 903-7991
Aaron Gravelle is the NEUP Team Lead for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. His responsibilities include planning and executing DOE’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), Integrated University Program (IUP), and SBIR/STTR programs. Prior to his assignment, Gravelle worked as the DOE-ID Program Manager for NEUP.
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here.
Program Manager -
Tony Feric,
Ph.D. (240) 702-6390
Dr. Tony Feric is the Federal Program Manager for the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) Program and leads the Office of Nuclear Energy's collaborations with the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), including the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC), Energy I-Corps, and EnergyTech University Prize. He will also be supporting the University Reactor Sharing and Outreach and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization efforts.
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here.
Program Manager -
Andrew Boulanger, Ph.D. (301) 903-6210
Dr. Andrew Boulanger is the program manager for the University Fuel Services within the University and Competitive Research Team in the Office of Nuclear Energy Technologies. As part of the NEUP team, he leads the CINR Inrastructure and Reactor Sharing & Outreach funding opportunities.
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here.
Program Manager - Jenna Payne
Jenna Payne is the program manager for the Office of Nuclear Energy's University and Competitive Research Team. Payne oversees the university program's R&D portfolio and NE's scholarship and fellowship opportunities.
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here.
INL Integration Office NEUP Staff
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NEUP Integration Office Director - John Gilligan Ph.D. (919) 515-3939
Dr. John Gilligan is the primary liaison for NEUP with universities, national laboratories, and industry and works with the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, the NEUP Engagement Committee and other organizations. He is responsible for general policies and procedures for the NEUP program.
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here.
NEUP Integration Office Manager - Drew Thomas (208) 526-1602
Drew Thomas manages the day-to-day operations of the Integration Office and works closely with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy to administer NEUP.
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here.
Administrative Assistant - Angie Good (208) 526-9613
Angie Good manages administrative duties within the office and assists with panel review. She also supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition (INSC).
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here.
Operations and Infrastructure Initiatives Lead - Nick Case (208) 681-3848
Nick Case manages the financial operations of the office. He leads CINR Infrastructure, University Reactor Sharing and Outreach, and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization. He also oversees Integrated Research Projects (IRPs), and Industry (iFOA and GAIN) solicitations.
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here.
CINR R&D and Distinguished Early Career Lead - Pamela Rich (208) 526-4854
Pamela Rich leads review activities for the Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP). She is also the Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR) Research and Development (R&D) coordinator and manages technical review assignments and review activities from NE's reviewer database to support competitvely reviewed NE solicitations. Pam also acts as a support for Industry solicitations.
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here.
Outreach and Communications Lead - Cece Bell (208) 526-5210
Cece Bell leads all outreach and communications content for NE's university program. She also supports University Reactor Sharing and Outreach.
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here.
Phase II Continuation CINR Coordinator - Megha Dubey (208) 526-5689
Megha Dubey leads review activities for Phase II Continuation CINR and assists with technical reviewers for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). She also supports the Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP).
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here.
Student Educational Support - Tyler Newitt (208) 526-4990
Tylerl leads the University Nuclear Leadership Program's (UNLP) Scholarship and Fellowship processes. He also leads Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and the Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition (INSC). Tyler provides support for the Civil Nuclear Credit Program and CINR R&D.
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here.
Review and Data Specialist - Joshua Peterson (208) 526-5057
Joshua Peterson manages the NE Reviewer Database. He also supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), CINR Infrastructure, and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization. He also assists with coordination of NE's portion of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and data projects for the Integration Office.
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here.
Awards Maintenance and UNLP Data Specialist - Crystal Sosalla (208) 526-7203
Crystal Sosalla leads the program awards maintenance, which includes PICS:NE. She also manages the UNLP reporting and data collections efforts, including processing of student travel and internships.
SBIR Reviewer Coordinator - Joanna Taylor (208) 526-9854
Joanna Taylor leads the coordination of NE's portion of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). She also supports Phase II Continuation CINR.
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here.
Contact InformationNEUP Integration Office
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3730
General Information
You can email us at
neup@inl.gov 
