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FY 2024 Innovations in Nuclear R&D Student Competition
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy’s Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition is open for applications. The competition recognizes and awards published graduate and undergraduate students for innovative nuclear energy research.
Students may submit one or more publications and will be considered for any of the six categories in which they are eligible. Applicants may only win one competition per year.
- Open Competition Award of Excellence (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Competition for Graduate Students Attending Minority-Serving Institutions or Belonging to a Disadvantaged Community
- Open Competition Special Recognition (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Competition for Undergraduate Students Attending Minority-Serving Institutions or Belonging to a Disadvantaged Community
- Undergraduate Competition
- Competition for Conference Presentations (New for fiscal year 2025)
In addition to an honoraria, travel and conference opportunities may accompany awards. First place award recipients in the Open Competition Award of Excellence will have an opportunity to present their publication at the annual American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting as well as other national meetings.
This program was formerly known as the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D.
Applications are due Dec. 11, 2024 by 5 p.m. ET
Click here for more information and learn how to apply.
NE is fully committed to broadening the inclusion and contribution of communities that have been historically underserved within its programs. Students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), or institutions located in a disadvantaged community, are highly encouraged to apply to this RFA. Information on MSIs can be found here.
Scholarship and Fellowship for Students
The Office of Nuclear Energy Issues Requests for Scholarship and Fellowship Applications
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) today announced two new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) seeking applicants for the following opportunities:
- Trade School and Community College Scholarship Program – provides students receiving training as
nuclear energy-related technicians $5,000 toward the cost of tuition and additional expenses for the 2024-2025 academic year. - Four-year College/University Undergraduate Scholarship Program – provides students pursuing a nuclear energy-related degree $10,000 toward the cost of tuition and additional expenses for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Graduate Fellowship Program – provides $175,000 over three years to support graduate research relevant to nuclear energy and includes a summer internship at a DOE national laboratory or approved facility.
Student applications are due on January 16, 2025 by 5 p.m. ET and must be submitted using the online system at neup.gov. NE intends to notify award recipients in Spring 2025.
Students can apply without their institutions being UNLP-approved. However, institutions with students receiving awards will need to be UNLP-approved by NE prior to the transfer of award funds for students. This is done by the university/college through a separate Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0002265) found at www.grants.gov. For more information on how to become a UNLP-approved institution, please visit the Scholarship and Fellowship Resources page at neup.gov.
Find out more about the Fellowship Program.
Find out more about the Scholarship Program.
Scholarship and Fellowship for Universities
The Office of Nuclear Energy Issues Requests for Scholarship and Fellowship Applications
Universities apply to the FOA to become UNLP-approved and to provide support for students.
UNLP FOA-DE-0002265 (open continuously 2021-2030)
How to Become a UNLP-Approved Institution
UNLP Scholarship and Fellowship Program Resources
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