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Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration
(NE RD&D)
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
Open opportunities (5)
Current Grants.gov opportunities that list Assistance Listing 81.121.
Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program
Open · Due November 30, 2026
Silicon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1
Open · Due December 7, 2026
University Nuclear Leadership Program– Scholarship and Fellowship Support
Open · Due October 14, 2030
RFI - DOE Infrastructure Work Scope Development
Open · No stated deadline
RFI - DOE R
Open · No stated deadline
Objective
The Department of Energy (DOE) promotes nuclear energy as a resource capable of meeting the nation's energy, environmental, and national security needs by resolving technical, cost, safety, security, and proliferation resistance through research, development and demonstration at our national laboratories, universities and colleges, and U.S. industry. Our financial assistance programs play a key role in helping the DOE accomplish its mission of leading the nation's investment in the development and exploration of advanced nuclear technology and its underlying sciences. With this financial assistance, DOE strives to stimulate nuclear science and engineering education through support of advanced research and by training the next generation nuclear energy workforce, while seeking to align the nuclear energy research being conducted at U.S. colleges and universities with DOE’s mission and goals.
What the program funds
Office of Nuclear Energy Assistance Listing is aimed at educating the public on the funding opportunities offered by the DOE related to nuclear energy R&D, science, technology, and related fields, and how these funding opportunities play a key role in helping the DOE accomplish its mission of leading the nation's investment in the development and exploration of advanced nuclear technology and its underlying sciences, as well as stimulating the next generation nuclear energy workforce.
Types of assistance
- Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
Who can apply
- Federal
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
- Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Other public institution/organization
- Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
- Individual/Family
- Minority group
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
- Small business (less than 500 employees)
- Profit organization
- Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Other private institutions/organizations
- State
- Anyone/general public
- Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations)
Federal, State, local governments, universities, consortia, nonprofit institutions, commercial corporations, and individuals may apply.
Beneficiaries
- Private nonprofit institution/organization
- State
- Local
- Public nonprofit institution/organization
Deadline guidance
Not stated in the listing
Program-level guidance from SAM.gov - each funding opportunity sets its own deadline.
Award history
Grant awards recorded under Assistance Listing 81.121 in Federal Awards’ USAspending.gov data (2009-2026).
Total obligated
$3,715,611,607
Awards synced
100
Department of Energy
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Department of Energy
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Department of Energy
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Program information from SAM.gov Assistance Listings, last updated Oct 18, 2026 (listing published Nov 25, 2024). Confirm eligibility and deadlines in the official listing and the funding opportunity before applying. Federal Awards is an independent service, not affiliated with the U.S. government.