NRC AWARDS NUCLEAR EDUCATION GRANTS 

 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/readingrm/adams.html. Help in using ADAMS is available from the NRC Public Document Room at 

(301) 415-4737 or 1(800)397-4209. 

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No. 10-085 May 10, 2010
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 

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