How much funding is available in total?

$50,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Oct 14, 2030. Listed as Response date

What can the funding be used for?

Scholarship and Fellowship Support, as classified by the source.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing listed as false

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University Nuclear Leadership Program – Scholarship and Fellowship Support

Awards Up to $3,000,000 per recipient for nonprofit, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing Oct 14, 2030.

Official page

Nonprofit Private institutions of higher education Public Agency Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Energy

In one sentence

University Nuclear Leadership Program – Scholarship and Fellowship Support awards up to $3,000,000 per recipient, open to nonprofit, private institutions of higher education, public agency, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, closing Oct 14, 2030.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $50,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $3,000,000
Estimated funding of $50,000,000 total with an award ceiling of $3,000,000 per award and expected number of awards of 80.
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Oct 14, 2030
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Oct 15, 2020
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Nonprofit · Private institutions of higher education · Public Agency · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$50,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$3,000,000

Source wording: “Estimated funding of $50,000,000 total with an award ceiling of $3,000,000 per award and expected number of awards of 80.”

Who can apply?

entity

Nonprofit, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Source field: entity types

industry

Energy

Source field: industries

use

Scholarship and Fellowship Support

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Accredited United States two- and four-year colleges and universities (Institutions of Higher Education). Scholarships and fellowships focused on students in nuclear science and engineering disciplines including nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, health physics, nuclear materials science, radiochemistry, applied nuclear physics, nuclear policy, radiation protection technology, nuclear power technology, nuclear maintenance technology, nuclear engineering technology, computer science, cybersecurity, nuclear safety, nuclear operations, mechanical and electrical maintenance, and radiation protection.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Oct 14, 20301505 daysfixed deadline

Listed as Response date

What can the money be used for?

Scholarship and Fellowship Support

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing listed as false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: Up to $3,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Estimated funding of $50,000,000 total with an award ceiling of $3,000,000 per award and expected number of awards of 80.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $50,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Oct 14, 2030. Listed as Response date
Who is eligible to apply?: Nonprofit, Private institutions of higher education, Public Agency, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
What can the funding be used for?: Scholarship and Fellowship Support, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing listed as false

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.