Grant\Funding Opportunity: Dept of Energy. Minority Institutions. Will they take advantage of this opportunity? September 12, 2024

 

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Media Contact: Toni Rutherford, toni.rutherford@emcbc.doe.gov                                            Sept. 12, 2024 DOE Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for Office of Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program CINCINNATI — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) number DE-FOA-0003422 for the Office of Environmental Management Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP). The NOFO is a set-aside for minority serving institutions (MSIs) and will result in multiple financial assistance awards. Awards resulting from the NOFO will focus on enhancing MSI programs to help foster a sustainable and diverse EM workforce science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline. Through technology curriculum, professional development and shared interest research, EM will promote the development of a nationally engaged scientific and engineering workforce to conduct basic research that will lead to future career pathways in the EM complex for underrepresented groups. The total estimated value of the NOFO is $15,500,000 and resulting financial assistance awards will have periods of performance ranging from one year to three years in length. Click here for additional information regarding the EM MSIPP NOFO. For more than 30 years, EM has remained focused on addressing the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons development and nuclear energy research that helped end World War II, win the Cold War and position the United States as a leader in clean nuclear energy. Collectively, EM is delivering results that are protecting the environment, supporting communities and enabling a concerted focus on safely completing the mission sooner and more efficiently. -DOE-