ML18180A060

Modification No. 006 to Grant No. 31310018

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Page 1 of 30 Grant and Cooperative Agreement CHOOSE ONE:

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANT X

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT RECIPIENT SPECIAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS PROVISIONS FDP TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE AGENCY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO THIS GRANT NO CHANGE IS MADE TO EXISTING PROVISIONS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE DATE DATE CONTRACTING/GRANT OFFICER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

18. APPLICABLE ENCLOSURE(S), IF CHECKED:

17. APPLICABLE STATEMENT(S), IF CHECKED:

16. THIS AWARD IS MADE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF :

PAYMENTS ADMINISTRATOR NEGOTIATOR TECHNICAL OFFICER E-MAIL ADDRESS TELEPHONE MAIL STOP NAME

15. POINTS OF CONTACT STATUS AMOUNT JOB ORDER NO.

PURCHASE REQUEST NO.

14. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA THIS ACTION PREVIOUS TOTAL RECIPIENT SHARE NON-CASH SHARE CASH SHARE THIS ACTION PREVIOUS FUNDING HISTORY 13B.

AWARD HISTORY 13A.

12. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (Approximately)

11. PURPOSE

10. RESEARCH, PROJECT OR PROGRAM TITLE

8. COMMERCIAL & GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) NO.

7. TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NO. (TIN)

9. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/ORGANIZATION'S PROJECT OR

6. ISSUED BY Mailing Address:

NAME/ADDRESS OF RECIPIENT (No., Street, City/County, State, Zip)

5. ISSUED TO

4. COMPLETION DATE

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

2. SUPPLEMENT NUMBER

1. GRANT/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER TRAINING SDCR RESEARCH FACILITIES EDUCATION X

CHOOSE ONE:

TOTAL PROGRAM MGR. (Name & Phone) 31310018M0006 07/01/2018 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Attn:

230 Kappa Street Suite 200 CLEMSON SC 29634 U.S. NRC - HQ Acquisition Management Division Mail Stop: TWFN-07B20M Washington DC 20555-0001 U.S. N.R.C. Fellowship Education Grant at Clemson University See Schedule A.1 07/01/2018 through 06/30/2022

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$0.00 2018-C0200-IUPMRU-60-60D099-60B991-1148-72-S-164-4110-72-S-164-1148 NANCY V. HEBRON-ISREAL TWFN10-B56 301-415-6996 Nancy.Hebron-Isreal@nrc.gov M'LITA R. CARR 301-415-6869 MLita.Carr@nrc.gov M'LITA R. CARR Pursuant to Section 31b and 141b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

RES-18-0195 06/26/2018

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AMOUNT (F)

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ITEM OR SERVICE (Include Specifications and Special Instructions)

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QUANTITY (C)

UNIT (D)

ESTIMATED COST CFDA Number: 77.008 Payment will be made through the Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP.gov) unless the recipient has failed to comply with the program objectives, award conditions, Federal reporting requirements or other conditions specified in 2 CFR 200.

Payment:

Period of Performance: 07/01/2018 to 06/30/2022

31310018M0006 Page 3 of 30 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 1, 2018 VIA Electronic Mail Clemson University 230 Kappa Street Clemson, SC 29634-5702

SUBJECT:

GRANT NO: 31310018M0006 Dear Dr.

Pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, as amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hereby awards to Clemson University (hereinafter referred to as the "Grantee or Recipient),

the sum of $400,000.00 to provide support for "U.S. N.R.C. Fellowship Education Grant at Clemson University" entitled "Program Description."

This award is effective July 1, 2018 and shall apply to expenditures made by the Recipient furtherance of program objectives during the period beginning with the effective date of July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2022.

This award is made to the Recipient on condition that the funds will be administered in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Attachment A (the Schedule); Attachment B (the Program Description); and Attachment C (the Standard Provisions); all of which have been agreed to by your organization.

Please ensure individuals selected as beneficiaries of support under this grant meet the legal requirements consistent with Supreme Court Decisions including Fisher, Gratz, and Grutter.

As a recipient of this award you are required to have an active account with FedConnect, please confirm your account status at www.FedConnect.com.

Sincerely yours, MLita Carr Assistance Agreement Officer Operations Branch B Acquisition Management Division Attachments:

Attachment A - Schedule Attachment B - Program Description Attachment C - Standard Terms and Condition

31310018M0006 Page 4 of 30 Attachment A - Schedule A.1 PURPOSE OF GRANT The purpose of this Grant is to provide support to the U.S. N.R.C. Fellowship Education Grant at Clemson University as described in Attachment B entitled "Program Description."

A.2 PERIOD OF GRANT

1. The effective date of this Grant is July 1, 2018. The estimated completion date of this Grant is June 30, 2022.

2. Funds obligated hereunder are available for program expenditures for the estimated period:

July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022.

A.3 GENERAL

1. Total Estimated NRC Amount:

$400,000.00

2. Total Obligated Amount:

$400,000.00

3. Cost-Sharing Amount:

$000,000.00

4. Activity

Title:

U.S. N.R.C. Fellowship Education Grant at Clemson University

5. NRC Project Officer:

Nancy Hebron-Isreal

6. DUNS No.:

A.4 AMOUNT OF AWARD AND PAYMENT PROCEDURES

1. The total estimated amount of this Award is $400,000.00 for the four year period.

2. NRC hereby obligates the amount of $400,000.00 for program expenditures during the period set forth above and in support of the Budget above. NRC is not obligated to reimburse the Grantee for the expenditure of amounts in excess of the total obligated amount.

3. Payment shall be made to the Recipient in accordance with procedures set forth in the Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) Procedures set forth below.

A.5 BUDGET Revisions to the grant award budget shall be made in accordance with Revision of Grant Budget in accordance with 2 CFR § 200.308.

31310018M0006 Page 5 of 30 ATTACHMENT B - PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1. NEES Program Nuclear environmental engineering and science (NEES) is a graduate-only academic program in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science (EEES) at Clemson University. The program focuses on the environmental aspects of nuclear technologies including environmental health physics, radioecology, radioactive waste processing, environmental risk assessment, environmental radiochemistry and environmental chemistry, radiation detection and measurement, environmental remediation, and nuclear forensics. The NEES educational program is a combination of classroom instruction, laboratory instruction, and research. The NEES focus area has two tracks that a student can follow: Environmental Health Physics (ABET ASAC accredited at the MS level) or Environmental Radiochemistry.

NEES is one of six focus areas in the EEES Department. The others are environmental process engineering, sustainable systems and environmental assessment, environmental fate and transport, environmental chemistry, and hydrogeology.

Currently there are 23 M.S. and Ph.D. students in the NEES program. Three of those students are funded on our existing NRC Fellowship grant. The remainder of the students are funded on a research assistantship, government/employer funded, self-funded, or teaching assistantship, in decreasing order of involvement.

This proposal will fund three fellowships per year. The fellowship will consist of a stipend and tuition remission and fees We are applying for a continuation of our current fellowship program to allow for a seamless transition for students currently in the fellowship program and to continue the current successful fellowship program.

2. Recruitment Activities Student recruiting is the joint responsibility of individual faculty members, a Graduate Student coordinator (faculty member), and a Student Services Coordinator (full-time staff member).

General inquiries are handled by the Student Services Coordinator, who responds to the student and alerts specific faculty if the student expresses an interest in their area of specialization. This provides faculty with an opportunity to establish a personal relationship with students early in the recruiting process. For especially promising students, we provide partial travel reimbursement for visits and/or waive the Universitys application fee. Two years ago, the department instituted a student recruitment weekend. Students to whom an offer letter was

31310018M0006 Page 6 of 30 made are invited (at no cost to them) to a weekend of meeting with current students as well as faculty in the department. Current students have indicated that this weekend highlighted the diversity and availability of the faculty along with the collaborative environment of the department, which were instrumental in choosing Clemson for graduate school. The Graduate School provides also incentives for students with excellent credentials. The incentive is for MS students and for PhD students through College and University scholarships.

Since environmental health physics and environmental radiochemistry have historically had limited visibility among prospective undergraduate students, we have found it necessary to be proactive in recruiting students. Undergraduate students from Clemson are contacted either through the junior/senior level undergraduate courses that our faculty teach in engineering and science or through flyers posted on campus. Occasionally, undergraduate interns have also been recruited through the University-wide EUREKA! (Experiences in Undergraduate Research, Exploration, and Knowledge Advancement) program, which is an opportunity for exceptional students the summer prior to their freshman year. This is a great way to introduce the nuclear sciences early on in the undergraduate experience. Undergraduate interns work on various research projects and are paid on an hourly basis. Approximately 60% of the students who participate in a NEES EUREKA project subsequently enrolled in either a health physics or radiochemistry graduate program. Last year we even had an undergraduate receive a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for a project proposed in radioecology.

The success of our graduate program has inspired the start of a new undergraduate minor in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science (NERS), which provides students with the basic competencies in nuclear science and engineering. The minor has attracted students from diverse engineering and science backgrounds, which has boosted interest and visibility of our related graduate program. The NEES program also now has a recently incorporated into the 5-yr BS/MS program, which eases the transition to graduate school.

In 2006 a collaboration between South Carolina State University (SCSU, a Historically Black College or University), Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), and Clemson University was started to increase the participation of minority students in nuclear security research.

Under a grant from the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), SCSU established an undergraduate concentration in radiochemistry. Clemson University assisted in this effort by collaborating with faculty at SCSU in curriculum development and providing laboratory courses to the SCSU students during the summer. The collaboration between SCSU and Clemson has now evolved into a large DOE EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) project funded for 3-years at $5.2M which also includes the University of South Carolina. Through this program, SCSU and Clemson students are conducting research examining the geochemical behavior of radionuclides in the Savannah River Site subsurface to support performance assessments of radioactive waste disposal.

NEES faculty annually recruit students through many avenues. For example, faculty periodically guest lecture at the American Chemical Society Nuclear Chemistry Summer School (ACS NCSS). The summer school is comprised of upper level undergraduate students, many of whom subsequently enroll in graduate school. This has proven to be a unique opportunity to interact and recruit students who come from across the United States who are interested in radiochemistry and nuclear science. As time and availability permits, recruiting/research seminars are given at the physics department (which has an undergraduate Health Physics

31310018M0006 Page 7 of 30 program) at Francis Marion University (Florence, SC) as well as in various Departments at Clemson (e.g., Physics, Chemistry, and Environmental Toxicology). As faculty also maintain relationships with scientists at national laboratories, there is the potential of recruiting undergraduate interns out of the labs, as was the recent case for one of Dr.

s new graduate students. Dr.

z also has a recruiting/research seminar scheduled in the nuclear engineering department at the University of Michigan in Spring 2018.

3.

Selection Process All students who matriculate in an NEES focus area have a bachelors degree in either engineering or a quantitative science which has included math through multivariable calculus, one year of chemistry, and one year of calculus-based physics. Those students who enroll in either the Environmental Health Physics or Environmental Radiochemistry program will be evaluated by a committee consisting of the NEES faculty (currently

, and the students who have a 3.3 GPA or better will be included in the pool of fellowship candidates. Fellowship selection will then be made based on academic merit with consideration given to financial need and the goal of promoting the participation of women and minorities.

4. Evaluation Plan Presented in Table 1 are evaluation activities and the person or group responsible for each.

Some of the elements are specific for the fellowship program and some are part of the assessment process that we developed for ABET-ASAC accreditation of the Environmental Health Physics option that we have extended to the NRC fellowship program.

Table 1. Evaluation Plan.

EVALUATION ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY

1. Applicant Database: An anonymous record of the number and qualifications of each applicant (GPA, GRE, UG institution and major)

Student Services Coordinator

2. Fellow Database: A record of the academic progress of each fellow. This will include items that are required for the student to continue on the fellowship (such as course load and cumulative GPA) and a checklist for key academic milestones such as approval of program of study, approval of research proposal, completion of coursework, graduation date, and employment history subsequent to graduation.

Fellowship PI or co-PI

3. Exit Interviews: The EEES Student Services Coordinator conducts exit interviews with all students upon graduation to obtain feedback on their experience as a student.

EEES Student Services Coordinator

4. Alumni Survey: We currently conduct alumni surveys at periodic intervals following graduation (between 1 and 3 years) to obtain their opinion on the preparation they received in their program here.

Fellowship PI or co-PI

5. Program Self-Assessment: A yearly review of the information collected in the activities above.

NEES Faculty

6. Program Review: A yearly review of the NEES program by the external NEES Advisory Board. The Board will also be asked to review the NRC Fellowship program. The committee has NEES Advisory Board

31310018M0006 Page 8 of 30 representatives from NEES alumni, academia, nuclear power industry, Savannah River National Laboratory, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Table 2 is a summary of the students that have been funded on or are currently funded by the NRC fellowship grant at Clemson University. In total we have had 11 students funded through this program. The status of the fellowship students is given as one indication of the success of our fellowship program at Clemson University. Our first alumni of the program successfully defended his MS thesis in May 2010 and immediately took a position in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We have had two alumni work for the NRC:

, now an Assistant Professor of Radiochemistry at Notre Dame, served as an NRC intern during her time at Clemson, and took a position with the NRC immediately upon graduation. He is now a project manager and has provided a letter of support for the fellowship program that can be found in Appendix A. Note that two students have undergraduate GPAs listed below 3.3; these students were only selected for the fellowship after their graduate GPA was above 3.3.

Table 2. Summary of the students that have been funded under the NRC Fellowship Status (GPA)

Ugrad institution Ugrad major (GPA)

Degree sought Employment post Clemson Alumni (3.80)

University of Central Florida Environmental Engineering (3.76)

Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida International University Alumni (3.84)

Radford University Chemistry (3.68)

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University Alumni (3.28)

Clemson University Physics (3.08)

M.S.

Health Physicist, Savannah River Site Alumni (3.72)

Alfred University Chemistry (3.61)

M.S.

Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Managing Partner, Blackhorn Ventures Alumni (3.16)

South Carolina State University Chemistry (3.71)

M.S.

Duval County Florida High School Chemistry Teacher Alumni (4.0)

MIT Nuclear Science &

Engineering (4.1/5.0)

M.S.

Project Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alumni (3.62)

University of

Missouri, Columbia Physics (3.39)

M.S.

Health physicist, Iowa State University Alumni (3.5)

University of Minnesota, Duluth Physics (3.3)

M.S.

Senior Scientist, Duke Energy Current (3.45)

Texas A&M University, Galveston Marine Science (3.81)

Ph.D.

Current (3.62)

Clemson University Geology (3.22)

M.S.

Current (3.88)

Notre Dame Environmental Geosciences (3.64)

Ph.D.

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5. Fee Schedule Tuition remission is $11,953 per student per year with a projected increase of 5% per year.

Annual student fees are currently $3,778. Stipends, set by the EEES department, are currently

$17,510 for M.S. student and $19,055 for Ph.D. students, with a 3% per year cost of living increase. A copy of the fee schedule is included in Appendix C.

6. State of Regional Strategic Plan In addition to the collaboration with SCSU and SRNL discussed above, the NEES program is involved in various regional activities relevant to the NRC fellows. Faculty routinely participate in regional workshops and other opportunities dedicated to prioritizing and integrating research strategies and developing collaborations. Drs.

recently participated in the Integrating Ecosystem Research into Radioecology in the Nuclear Age Workshop (2016) hosted at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), Aiken, SC. This 3-day workshop focused on the integration of ecosystem research in radioecology. They also participated in the Radiation Protection Needs Workshop (2017) hosted at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, TN, which sought to facilitate critical dialogue among radiation protection stakeholders in the federal/state governments and the scientific community and establish agreed upon research priorities.

Dr.

was recently appointed to the first joint faculty position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with a Clemson University professor. She is working on preliminary collaborations as an ORNL staff member through the Center of Radiation Protection Knowledge (CRPK) and also with Dr.

on radioecological studies. CRPK was established in 2010 by a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and five (now six) federal agencies; the mission of CRPK is to maintain and preserve US expertise in radiation dosimetry. SRNL is currently working out the details of a joint faculty appointment with Clemson University. Dr.

will be one of the first Clemson University professors in this position.

participate in the Department of Energys National Analytical Management Program (NAMP), coordinated through SRNL, which serves as a central point of contact for organizations needing access to highly-specialized analytical capabilities in case of a large-scale radiological emergency.

NEES faculty routinely accompany students to meetings of the Piedmont Section of the American Nuclear Society as well as the East Tennessee and Savannah River Chapters of the Health Physics Society.

Based on our prior experience, joint supervision of graduate student research has been an extremely valuable means of establishing long term, productive collaborations between university faculty and scientists/engineers in a national laboratory. The NRC sponsored fellowship program will provide a means of introducing the concept of collaboration through graduate student research to industrial partners and demonstrating its value. Our hope would be that some of the partners would then decide to develop a similar type program for their organizations. Endorsement letters from Dr.

, SRNL, and Dr.

ORNL, are included in Appendix B.

7. Non-Federal Leveraging of Fellowship

31310018M0006 Page 10 of 30 There is no non-federal leveraging of our existing fellowship program and currently none is anticipated for this renewal application, although significant leveraging of the fellowship is done with other federal funds. A major component of a graduate student degree in our department is the students research. Experimental research is expensive to conduct, requiring materials and supplies, equipment, and equipment maintenance. These research expenses are leveraged on research grants while the student stipend, tuition and fees are leveraged on this fellowship research grant.

The thesis/dissertation research for each fellow will be conducted in collaboration with an outside partner such as a national laboratory. Several contacts and collaborations already exist to support this effort. For example, several NEES students participate in active collaborations with at the Savannah River National Laboratory, Dr. Jay Grate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Student research will be conducted under the joint supervision of the fellows NEES advisor and a partner advisor, who will be an adjunct faculty member and will serve as a member of the fellows graduate committee. Where feasible, the fellow will conduct an internship on-site under the mentorship of the Site Advisor.

8. Service Agreements All fellows are required to sign the NRC service agreement indicating, amongst other things, that the student is required to work in the nuclear industry for 6 months for each year or partial year that they receive funding from the fellowship. This document is co-signed by the NRC Program Manager and copy is returned to the student as well as put in the students permanent file.

SELECTION CRITERIA

1. Capacity and ability of the institution to effectively conduct the program including quality and feasibility of the recruitment and marketing strategies.

Clemson University has a long-standing program with strong academic and research components. Since the initiation of the NEES program in 1980 by

, there has been a steady growth in the research and curriculum (see Figure 1 below for the recent history).

held a half-time appointment with the department from 1990 to 1994 as the Westinghouse Distinguished Scientist.

with expertise in radiation measurements was hired in 1993 as a post-doctoral assistant then subsequently appointed to a tenure track position in 1995. Our Environmental Radiochemistry program was begun in 2000 with the addition of another tenure track position which was initially filled by In January 2008, was hired to fill the radiochemistry vacancy created by Dr.

Navratils retirement.

, whose expertise in computational actinide mineralogy was hired in 2011 to fill the position made available by the retirement of Dr. Fjeld.

Our NEES faculty is rounded out by

, a radioecologist, who was hired on an NRC faculty development grant in 2014. We are of the opinion that four 100% FTE nuclear faculty, with expertise in different sub-disciplines, form a critical mass needed to support a graduate academic program in our diverse department.

31310018M0006 Page 11 of 30 Figure 1: Graduate student enrollment (left) and research expenditures (right) over the past six years

2. Type and degree of proposed student support (i.e., mentoring or advisor assistance).

Including quality of technical programs for scholars and fellows.

The NEES program and the EEES department were founded solely on graduate education.

Consequently, the departmental structure is designed around the recruitment and education of graduate students. Course teaching loads (two to three courses per year) and student/faculty ratios are low (usually less than 6 to 1), allowing adequate time for one-on-one contact between the faculty and the students. Each fellow will be advised by one of the NEES faculty. Fellows in the Environmental Radiochemistry specialty will be advised by either or

. Fellows in the Environmental Health Physics specialty will be advised by either Students obtaining either an M.S. or Ph.D. require advisement in both classroom and laboratory settings. Our relatively low course loads and student/faculty ratios allow for sufficient time to be given to each student through faculty office hours, weekly research meetings, laboratory instruction, and ad hoc meetings with students as necessary. Furthermore, through the Clemson University Branch of the Health Physics Society, all students within NEES attend a biweekly meeting where students present the results of their ongoing research or present a literature review from their coursework. This gives students practice making professional presentations and promotes discussion among the different areas within the NEES curriculum.

The NEES curriculum is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to address a broad range of contemporary problems in nuclear environmental engineering and science. There are two tracks in NEES: Environmental Health Physics (ABET/ASAC accredited) and Environmental Radiochemistry. All students in environmental engineering and science take a common core of three courses: Environmental Engineering Principles (EES 8020), Environmental Engineering Chemistry (EES 8430), and Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering (EES 8510). Note that recently the EEES faculty approved a course substitution for EES the students in the Environmental Health Physics program; these students may take the newly developed Radiobiology (EES 8150) course in lieu of EES 8510.

The remainder of the curriculum is specific to the students focus area. For Environmental Health Physics, these are Environmental Radiation Protection (EES 6100), Ionizing Radiation Detection and Measurement (EES 6110), and Environmental Risk Assessment (EES 8800).

For Environmental Radiochemistry, the required courses are EES 6100 and Environmental Radioactivity Measurement (EES 8130) or Actinide Chemistry (EES 8420). In both tracks, nuclear and non-nuclear content courses are available to fulfill the degree requirements for the

31310018M0006 Page 12 of 30 M.S degree which are 24 course hours and 6 thesis research hours. Environmental Nuclear Engineering (EES 8120), Technical Nuclear Forensics (EES 8160) and Radioeology (EES 6140) are common nuclear electives selected. A thesis or special project (optional for an MS student that takes 30 credit hours of classes) is required of all fellowship students.

Approximately 12 more course hours beyond the MS degree are required for the Ph.D. degree along with a dissertation.

3. Feasibility and completeness of an evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of the scholarship or fellowship program.

The evaluation plan is described in Program Description section 4 above. This evaluation plan has been effective as determined by our maintaining ABET ASAC accreditation of our Environmental Health Physics program.

4. Institutional support for the program and plans for sustainability, as well as number and quality of students that will be served by the program.

Clemson University has been, and continues to be, extremely supportive of the NEES program.

In 2011 we were approved to interview then hire when there was a hiring freeze at the University. In 2014 we requested and received a new faculty position in the nuclear area which was filled by

. The office and laboratory spaces for Drs.

have been extensively renovated over the last four years to a total of over

. These renovations included amongst other things new laminar flow hoods for the radiochemistry and radioecology labs. Just this past academic year we received from the Dean of the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences to purchase instructional instruments.

Three fellows will be supported per year. Depending on the mix of MS and PhD students, a total of three to six students will be served by the program over a four-year period of time. The fellows will be selected as described in Program Description section 3 from the pool of students admitted to EEES. Students will go through two selection processes. First, they will be screened and selected for admission to the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and selection by the committee. Then the students who meet the fellowship criteria will be evaluated by the NEES faculty. This process will ensure the highest caliber students are selected as the NRC fellows.

5. Innovation demonstrated through establishment of consortia or partnerships with other institutions to increase the universe of students reached through distance learning, shared courses, facility sharing, etc.

Our collaborations within the state and region are described in Program Description section 6.

6. Leveraged or matching funding initiated due to this solicitation There is no non-federal leveraging of our existing fellowship program and currently none is anticipated for this renewal application.

31310018M0006 Page 13 of 30 The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Standard Terms and Conditions for U.S. Nongovernmental Recipients Preface This award is based on the application submitted to, and as approved by, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the authorization 42 U.S.C. § 2051(b), pursuant to section 31b and 141b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to the terms and conditions incorporated either directly or by reference in the grant or cooperative agreement. The following also apply:

Restrictions on the expenditure of Federal funds in appropriation acts, to the extent those restrictions are pertinent to the award.

Code of Federal Regulations/Regulatory Requirements - 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

Any inconsistency or conflict in terms and conditions specified in the award will be resolved according to the following order of precedence: public laws, regulations, applicable notices published in the Federal Register, Executive Orders (E.O.), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, the NRCs Mandatory Standard Provisions, special award conditions, and standard award conditions.

Certifications and Representations: These terms incorporate the certifications and representations required by statute, executive order, or regulation that were submitted with the SF424B application through GRANTS.GOV.

I. Mandatory General Requirements The order of these requirements does not make one requirement more important than any other requirement.

1. Applicability of 2 CFR Part 200 All provisions of 2 CFR Part 200 and all Standard Provisions attached to this grant/cooperative agreement are applicable to the Recipient and to sub-recipients which meet the definition of Recipient in 2 Part §200.86, unless a section specifically excludes a sub-recipient from coverage. The Recipient and any sub-recipients must, in addition to the assurances made as part of the application, comply and require each of its sub-awardees employed in the completion of the project to comply with Subpart D of 2 CFR Part 200 and include this term in lower-tier (sub-award) covered transactions.

Recipients must comply with monitoring procedures and audit requirements in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart FAUDIT REQUIREMENTS.

2. Award Package The Recipient is obligated to conduct project oversight as may be appropriate, to manage the funds with prudence, and to comply with the provisions outlined in 2 CFR Part 200. Within this framework, the Principal Investigator (PI) named on the award face page, is responsible for the

31310018M0006 Page 14 of 30 scientific or technical direction of the project and for preparation of the project performance reports. This award is funded on a cost-reimbursement basis, not to exceed the amount awarded as indicated on the face page, and is subject to a refund of unexpended grant funds to the NRC.

The non-Federal entity alone must be responsible, in accordance with good administrative practice and sound business judgment, for the settlement of all contractual and administrative issues arising out of procurements related to its grant award. These issues include, but are not limited to, source evaluation, protests, disputes, and claims. These standards do not relieve the non-Federal entity of any financial or fiduciary responsibilities or obligations arising under its grant, including sub-contracts and sub-awards, or any other contractual or financial obligation.

The Federal awarding agency will not substitute its judgment for that of the non-Federal entity unless the matter is primarily a Federal concern. Violations of law will be referred to the local, State, or Federal authority having proper jurisdiction. See 2 CFR § 200.318(k), General Procurement Standards.

Registration in FedConnect The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) uses Compusearch Software Systems secure and auditable two-way web portal, FedConnect, to communicate with vendors and contractors.

FedConnect provides bi-directional communication between the vendor/contractor and the NRC throughout pre-award, award, and post-award acquisition phases. Therefore, in order to do business with the NRC, vendors and contractors must register to use FedConnect at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect. The individual registering in FedConnect must have authority to bind the vendor/contractor. There is no charge for using FedConnect.

Assistance with FedConnect is provided by Compusearch Software Systems, not the NRC.

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Subawards Appendix II to Part 200 Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts Under Federal Awards Sub-recipients, sub-awardees, and contractors have no relationship with NRC under the terms of this grant/cooperative agreement. All required NRC approvals must be directed through the Recipient to NRC. See 2 CFR § 200.318.

Nondiscrimination This provision is applicable when work under the grant/cooperative agreement is performed in the U.S. or when employees are recruited in the U.S.

The Recipient agrees to comply with the non-discrimination requirements below:

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in any program receiving federal financial assistance.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.), which prohibits recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability in employment (Title I);

State and local government services (Title II); and places of public accommodation and commercial facilities (Title III).

Parts II and III of E.O. 11246, as amended by E.O.11375, 11478, 12086, 12107, 13279, 13665, and 13672, which prohibits federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, who do over $10,000 in Government business in one year, from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and requires that government contractors take affirmative action to ensure that equal opportunity is provided in all aspects of their employment.

E.O.13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency, which clarifies that national origin discrimination under Title VI includes discrimination on the basis of limited English proficiency (LEP) and requires that the recipient take reasonable steps to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to programs and activities.

Any other applicable non-discrimination law(s).

Generally, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq, provides that it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discharge any individual or otherwise to discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of such individuals race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. However, Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1(a), expressly exempts from the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of religion, a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corporation, association, educational institution, or society of its activities.

Applicants must ensure that individuals selected as beneficiaries of support under this grant meet the legal requirements consistent with Supreme Court Decisions including Fisher, Gratz, and Grutter.

Modifications/Prior Approval NRCs prior written approval may be required before a Recipient makes certain budget modifications or undertakes particular activities. If NRC approval is required for changes in the grant or cooperative agreement, it must be requested and obtained from the NRC Grants Officer in advance of the change or obligation of funds. All requests for NRC prior approval, including requests for extensions to the period of performance extension, must be made, in writing (which includes submission by e-mail), to the designated Grants Officer at least 30

31310018M0006 Page 16 of 30 business days before the proposed change. The request must be signed by the authorized organizational official. Failure to obtain prior approval, when required, from the NRC Grants Officer, may result in the disallowance of costs, or other enforcement action within NRC's authority.

No-Cost Extension Requests that are not received in a timely manner as described above may result in requests being disapproved by the NRC Program Managers and Grant Officer.

Lobbying Restrictions The Recipient will comply, as applicable, with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limits the political activities of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.

The Recipient will comply with provisions of 31 U.S.C § 1352. This provision generally prohibits the use of Federal funds for lobbying in the Executive or Legislative Branches of the Federal Government in connection with the award, and requires disclosure of the use of non-Federal funds for lobbying.

The Recipient shall submit, at the time of application, a completed Certification Regarding Lobbying form, regardless of dollar value.

If applicable, the Recipient receiving in excess of $100,000.00 in Federal funding shall submit a completed Standard Form (SF-LLL), Disclosure of Lobbying Activities for any persons engaged in lobbying activities, as discussed at 31 U.S. Code § 1352 - Limitation on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions. The form concerns the use of non-Federal funds for lobbying within 30 days following the end of the calendar quarter in which there occurs any event that requires disclosure or that materially affects the accuracy of the information contained in any disclosure form previously filed. If the Recipient must submit the SF-LLL, including those received from sub-recipients, contractors, and subcontractors, to the Grants Officer.

Debarment And Suspension - (See 2 CFR Part 180; 2 CFR § 200.205; 2 CFR § 200.113; and 2 CFR Part 200, Appendix II.)

The Recipient agrees to notify the Grants Officer immediately upon learning that it or any of its principals:

(1) Are presently excluded or disqualified from covered transactions by any Federal department or agency; (2) Have been convicted, within the preceding three-year period preceding this proposal, of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, receiving stolen property, making false claims, or obstruction of justice; commission of any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty that seriously and directly affects the recipients present responsibility;

31310018M0006 Page 17 of 30 (3) Are presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)(b); or (4) Have had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or default within the preceding three years.

(5) The Recipient agrees that, unless authorized by the Grants Officer, it will not knowingly enter into any subaward or contracts under this grant/cooperative agreement with a person or entity that is not included on the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov).

The Recipient further agrees to include the following provision in any subaward or contracts entered into under this award:

Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion The Recipient certifies that neither it nor its principals is presently excluded or disqualified from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency. The policies and procedures applicable to debarment, suspension, and ineligibility under NRC-financed transactions are set forth 2 CFR Part 180 and 2 CFR Part 200.

Drug-Free Workplace The Recipient must be in compliance with The Federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988. The policies and procedures applicable to violations of these requirements are set forth in 41 U.S.C.

§§ 8101-8106.

Implementation of E.O.13224 - Executive Order on Terrorist Financing The Recipient is reminded that U.S. Executive Orders and U.S. law prohibits transactions with, and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. It is the legal responsibility of the Recipient to ensure compliance with these Executive Orders and laws. This provision must be included in all contracts/sub-awards issued under this grant/cooperative agreement.

The Recipient must comply with E.O. 13224, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism. Information about this Executive Order can be found at:

Implementation of Executive Order 13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism amended by E.O. 13268, 13284, and 13372.

Procurement Standards - 2 CFR §§ 200.318-200.326 Sections 200.318 - 200.326 set forth standards for use by Recipients in establishing procedures for the procurement of supplies and other expendable property, equipment, real property and other services with Federal funds. These standards are furnished to ensure that such materials and services are obtained in an effective manner and in compliance with the provisions of applicable Federal statutes and executive orders. No additional procurement

31310018M0006 Page 18 of 30 standards or requirements will be imposed by the Federal awarding agencies upon Recipients, unless specifically required by Federal statute, executive order, or approved by OMB.

Travel and Transportation Travel must be in accordance with the Recipients Travel Regulations or the U.S. Government Travel Policy and Regulations at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21222 and the per diem rates set forth at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877, absent Recipients travel regulations. Travel and transportation costs for the grant must be consistent with provisions as established in 2 CFR § 200.473-474.

All other travel, domestic or international, must not increase the total estimated award amount for the grant.

The Recipient will comply with the provisions of the Fly America Act (49 U.S.C 40118), as implemented at 41 CFR §§ 301-10.131 through 301-10.143.

Federal funds may not be used to travel to countries identified under the US Department of States, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Country Policies and Embargoes, http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/index.html.

Property Standards Property standards of this award shall follow provisions as established 2 CFR §§ 200.310-200.316.

Intangible Property Intangible and intellectual property of this award shall generally follow provisions established in 2 CFR § 200.315.

Inventions Report - The Bayh-Dole Act (P.L.96-517) affords Recipients the right to elect and retain title to inventions they develop with funding under an NRC grant award (subject inventions). In accepting an award, the Recipient agrees to comply with applicable NRC policies, the Bayh-Dole Act, and its Government-wide implementing regulations found at Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 401. A significant part of the regulations require that the Recipient report all subject inventions to the awarding agency (NRC) as well as include an acknowledgement of federal support in any patents.

Patent Notification Procedures - If the NRC or its Recipients, without making a patent search, knows (or has demonstrable reasonable grounds to know) that technology covered by a valid United States patent has been or will be used without a license from the owner, E.O.12889 requires NRC to notify the owner. If the Recipient uses or has used patented technology under this award without license or permission from the owner, the Recipient must notify the Grants Officer. This notice does not imply that the Government authorizes and consents to any copyright or patent infringement occurring under the financial assistance.

31310018M0006 Page 19 of 30 Data, Databases, and Software - The rights to any work produced or purchased under a NRC federal financial assistance award, such as data, databases or software are determined by Subpart D of 2 CFR Part 200. The Recipient owns any work produced or purchased under a NRC federal financial assistance award subject to NRCs right to obtain, reproduce, publish or otherwise use the work or authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish or otherwise use the data for Government purposes.

Copyright - The Recipient may copyright any work produced under a NRC federal financial assistance award subject to NRCs royalty-free nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish or otherwise use the work or authorize others to do so for Government purposes. Works jointly authored by NRC and Recipient employees may be copyrighted, but only the part authored by the Recipient is protected because, under 17 U.S.C. § 105, works produced by Government employees are not copyrightable in the United States. On occasion, NRC may ask the Recipient to transfer to NRC its copyright in a particular work when NRC is undertaking the primary dissemination of the work. Ownership of copyright by the Government through assignment is permitted under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Record Retention and Access Recipient shall follow established provisions in 2 CFR §§ 200.333-337.

Conflict Of Interest Conflict of Interest standards for this award will follow the Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCOI) requirements set forth in Section 170A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and provisions set forth at 2 CFR § 200.112, Conflict of Interest.

Dispute Review Procedures a.

Any request for review of a notice of termination or other adverse decision should be addressed to the Grants Officer. It must be postmarked or transmitted electronically no later than 30 days after the postmarked date of such termination or adverse decision from the Grants Officer.

b.

The request for review must contain a full statement of the Recipients position and the pertinent facts and reasons in support of such position.

c.

The Grants Officer will promptly acknowledge receipt of the request for review and shall forward it to the Director, Acquisition Management Division, unless otherwise delegated, who shall appoint an intra-agency Appeal Board to review a recipient appeal of an agency action, if required, which will consist of the program office director, the Deputy Director of Office of Administration, and the Office of General Counsel, or their designees.

d.

Pending resolution of the request for review, the NRC may withhold or defer payments under the award during the review proceedings.

e.

The review committee will request the Grants Officer who issued the notice of termination or adverse action to provide copies of all relevant background materials and documents. The committee may, at its discretion, invite representatives of the Recipient and

31310018M0006 Page 20 of 30 the NRC program office to discuss pertinent issues and to submit such additional information as it deems appropriate. The chairman of the review committee will insure that all review activities or proceedings are adequately documented.

f.

Based on its review, the committee will prepare its recommendation to the Director, Office of Administration, who will advise the parties concerned of his/her decision.

Remedies for Noncompliance Termination of this award will follow provisions as established and described above in Dispute Review Process in 2 CFR §§ 200.338-342.

Performance and Financial Monitoring and Reporting - 2 CFR §§ 200.327-329 Recipient Financial Management systems must comply with the provisions in 2 CFR § 200.302.

Payment - 2 CFR § 200.305

Cost Share or Matching - 2 CFR § 200.306 o

Recipients are to be careful with providing excessive cost share or match since at the end of the grant, if the identified match has not been provided, then a portion of the federal share may be required to be returned to the Government.

Program Income - 2 CFR § 200.307 o

Earned program income, if any, will be added to funds committed to the project by the NRC and Recipient and used to further eligible project or program objectives or be deducted from the total project cost for the grant, as directed by the Grants Officer or indicated in the terms and conditions of the award.

Revision of Budget and Program Plans - 2 CFR § 200.308 o

The Recipient is required to report deviations from the approved budget and program descriptions in accordance with - 2 CFR § 200.308(b) and request prior written approval from the Project Officer and the Grants Officer.

o The Recipient is not authorized to re-budget between direct costs and indirect costs without written prior approval of the Grants Officer.

o The Recipient is authorized to transfer funds among direct cost categories up to a cumulative 10 percent of the total approved budget. The Recipient is not allowed to transfer funds if the transfer would cause any Federal appropriation to be used for purposes other than those consistent with the original intent of the appropriation.

o Allowable Costs - 2 CFR §§ 200.403

See section 2 CFR §§ 200.330-332 for Subrecipient Monitoring and Management.

FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS Federal Financial Reports (SF-425) are semi-annually, for the periods ending March 31 and September 30, or any portion thereof, regardless of the award date. Reports are due within 30 calendar days following the end of the reporting period and must be

31310018M0006 Page 21 of 30 submitted through FedConnect. The SF-425 form and instructions are available at Grant.gov.

PERFORMANCE PROGRESS REPORTS The performance (technical) progress report indicated below is subject to 2 CFR §200.328.

Fellowship Performance Progress reports must be submitted annually, for the period ending September 30, or any portion thereof, regardless of the award date. Reports are due within 30 days following the end of each reporting period and must be submitted through FedConnect. Click the link to find the required format and information when submitting the NRC Performance Progress Report (PPR).

Final Reports - The Recipient is required to submit final reports, both Financial (SF-425) and Performance within 90 days of the grant expiration. In addition to these reports, a final SF-428, Tangible property report, is also required, if applicable. The final PPR (for Scholarship, Fellowship, and Trade School and Community College Scholarship awards) must include the names of all students with up to date contact information (mailing address, telephone/cell phone, email address). The reports must be submitted through FedConnect.

Period of Performance - 2 CFR § 200.309 The recipient may charge to the Federal award only allowable costs incurred during the period of performance and any costs incurred before the NRC or pass-through entity made the Federal award that was authorized by the NRC or pass through entity.

Unless otherwise authorized in 2 CFR Part 200 or by special award condition, any extension of the award period can only be authorized by the Grants Officer in writing. Assurances of funding from other than the Grants Officer shall not constitute authority to obligate funds for programmatic activities beyond the expiration date.

The NRC Grant Officer may authorize a no cost extension of the period of performance. The recipient must submit a no cost extension request no less than 30 days prior to the award end date. Any request for a no cost extension after the grant has expired will not be approved. Any modification of the award to increase funding and/or to extend the period of performance is at the sole discretion of the NRC.

Incremental Funding (if applicable refer to Attachment A - AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS)

Additional funding for this award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds, satisfactory performance, and the recipients capacity to manage the award and comply with award requirements. The Recipient agrees to perform work up to the amount obligated as specified in Attachment A of the grant award. NRC is not obligated to reimburse the Recipient for expenditures in excess of the total funds obligated by NRC. The Recipient is not authorized to continue performance beyond the amount obligated to this award. Any work performed by the grantee beyond the funding amount obligated in Section A will be at the grantees risk.

Automated Standard Application For Payments (ASAP) Procedures

31310018M0006 Page 22 of 30 Unless otherwise stated, Recipient payments are made using the Department of Treasurys Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP) system, ASAP.gov, through preauthorized electronic funds transfers. To receive payments, Recipients are required to enroll with the Department of Treasury, Financial Management Service, and Regional Financial Centers, which allows them to use the on-line method of withdrawing funds from their ASAP established accounts. The following information is required to make ASAP withdrawals: (1)

ASAP account number - the award number found on the cover sheet of the award; (2) Agency Location Code (ALC) - 31000001; and Region Code. Recipients enrolled in the ASAP system do not need to submit a Request for Advance or Reimbursement (SF-270).

II. Audit Requirements Audits Organization-wide or program-specific audits are performed in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1996, as amended, and as implemented by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart FAUDIT REQUIREMENTS. Recipients are subject to the provisions of this subpart if they expend

$750,000 or more in a year in Federal awards. See 2 CFR 2 CFR § 200.501.

The Form SF-SAC and the Single Audit Reporting packages for fiscal periods ending on or after January 1, 2008 are submitted online, as follows:

1. Create the recipients online report ID at:

http://harvester.census.gov/fac/collect/ddeindex.html;

2. Complete the Form SF-SAC;

3. Upload the Single Audit;

4. Certify the Submission; and

5. Click Submit.

Organizations expending less than $750,000 a year are not required to have an annual audit for that year but must make their grant-related records available to NRC or other designated officials for review or audit.

III. Programmatic Requirements The recipient is responsible for providing documentation to the NRC that tracks each students progress in achievement of the academic program for which federal funds were provided. This includes: (1) ensuring the service agreement is signed by the student prior to providing support; (2) providing the NRC with student contact information upon student entry into the program, upon completion or withdrawal from the program, and upon request by the NRC; and (3) monitoring the students fulfillment of the service agreement for the duration of the award. The NRC shall be notified immediately if a student is not fulfilling the academic program or the service agreement.

Grant Performance Metrics The Office of Management and Budget requires all Federal Agencies providing funding for educational scholarships and fellowships as well as other educational related funding to report on specific metrics. These metrics are part of the Academic Competitiveness Councils (ACC)

31310018M0006 Page 23 of 30 2007 report and specifically relates to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curricula.

As part of the OMB requirements indicated above (for metric reporting), the recipient shall address the following questions and submit responses with the required progress reports:

Fellowship Metrics:

1.

How many graduate students have been sponsored by NRC funding?

a.

Response is the number of students, for this reporting period and cumulative to the grant.

2.

How many students, supported by NRC funding, have received M.S. or equivalent degrees?

a.

Response is the number of students, for this reporting period and cumulative to the grant.

3.

How many students, supported by NRC funding, have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees?

a.

Response is the number of students, for this reporting period and cumulative to the grant.

4.

How many students, supported by NRC funding, have accepted a job and are employed in the nuclear industry?

a.

Response is the number of students, for this reporting period and cumulative to the grant.

5.

How many items have students produced, for example, Professional Journal articles, publications, patents, or conference reports?

As part of the PPR, include the following information for each student supported under this award. The information must be provided in the format below:

Unsatisfactory Performance

31310018M0006 Page 24 of 30 Failure to perform the work in accordance with the terms of the award and maintain at least a satisfactory performance rating may result in designation of the Recipient as high risk and the assignment of special award conditions. Further action may be required as specified in the standard term and condition entitled Remedies for Noncompliance.

Failure to comply with the award provisions may result in a negative impact on future NRC funding. In addition, the Grants Officer may withhold payments; change the method of payment from advance to reimbursement; impose special award conditions; suspend or terminate the grant.

Other Federal Awards With Similar Programmatic Activities The Recipient will immediately notify the Project Officer and the Grants Officer in writing if after award, other financial assistance is received to support or fund any portion of the program description stated in the NRC award. NRC will not pay for costs that are funded by other sources.

Prohibition Against Assignment By The Recipient The Recipient will not transfer, pledge, mortgage, or otherwise assign the award, or any interest to the award, or any claim arising under the award, to any party, banks, trust companies, or other financing or financial institutions without the written approval of the Grants Officer.

Site Visits The NRC, through authorized representatives, has the right to make site visits to review project accomplishments and management control systems and to provide technical assistance as required. If any site visit is made by the NRC on the premises of the Recipient or contractor under an award, the Recipient shall provide and shall require his/her contractors to provide reasonable access to all facilities and provide necessary assistance for the safety and convenience of the Government representative in the performance of his/her official duties.

IV. Additional Requirements Criminal and Prohibited Activities The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812), provides for the imposition of civil penalties against persons who make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims to the Federal government for money (including money representing grant/cooperative agreements, loans, or other benefits).

False statements (18 U.S.C. § 287), provides that whoever makes or presents any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements, representations, or claims against the United States shall be subject to imprisonment of not more than five years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided by 18 USC §287.

False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), provides that suits under this Act can be brought by the government, or a person on behalf of the government, for false claims under federal assistance programs.

31310018M0006 Page 25 of 30 Copeland Anti-Kickback Act (18 U.S.C. § 874), prohibits a person or organization engaged in a federally supported project from enticing an employee working on the project from giving up a part of his compensation under an employment contract.

American-Made Equipment and Products Recipients are encouraged to purchase American-made equipment and products with funding provided under this award.

Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States E.O. 13043, amended by E.O. 13652, requires Recipients to encourage employees and contractors to enforce on-the-job seat belt policies and programs when operating company-owned, rented or personally-owned vehicle.

Federal Leadership of Reducing Text Messaging While Driving E.O. 13513 requires Recipients to encourage employees, sub-awardees, and contractors to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving company-owned, rented vehicles or privately owned vehicles when on official Government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the Federal Government.

Federal Employee Expenses Federal agencies are barred from accepting funds from a Recipient to pay transportation, travel, or other expenses for any Federal employee unless specifically approved in the terms of the award. Use of award funds (Federal or non-Federal) or the Recipients provision of in-kind goods or services, for the purposes of transportation, travel, or any other expenses for any Federal employee may raise appropriation augmentation issues. In addition, NRC policy prohibits the acceptance of gifts, including travel payments for Federal employees, from Recipients or applicants regardless of the source.

Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Initiative Pursuant to E.O.s 13230 and 13270, amended by E.O. 13316 and 13385, 13532, 13592, 13555, 13515, and 13621, NRC is strongly committed to broadening the participation of MSIs in its financial assistance program. NRCs goals include achieving full participation of MSIs in order to advance the development of human potential, strengthen the Nations capacity to provide high-quality education, and increase opportunities for MSIs to participate in and benefit from Federal financial assistance programs. NRC encourages all applicants and recipients to include meaningful participations of MSIs. Institutions eligible to be considered MSIs are listed on the Department of Education website: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html Research Misconduct Scientific or research misconduct refers to the fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. It does not include honest errors or differences of opinions. The Recipient organization has the primary

31310018M0006 Page 26 of 30 responsibility to investigate allegations and provide reports to the Federal Government. Funds expended on an activity that is determined to be invalid or unreliable because of scientific misconduct may result in a disallowance of costs for which the institution may be liable for repayment to the awarding agency. The Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House published in the Federal Register on December 6, 2000, a final policy that addressed research misconduct. The policy was developed by the National Science and Technology Council (65 FR 76260). The NRC requires that any allegation be submitted to the Grants Officer, who will also notify the OIG of such allegation. Generally, the Recipient organization shall investigate the allegation and submit its findings to the Grants Officer. The NRC may accept the Recipients findings or proceed with its own investigation. The Grants Officer shall inform the Recipient of the NRCs final determination.

Publications, Videos, and Acknowledgment of Sponsorship Publication of the results or findings of a research project in appropriate professional journals and production of video or other media is encouraged as an important method of recording and reporting scientific information. It is also a constructive means to expand access to federally funded research. The Recipient is required to submit a copy to the NRC and when releasing information related to a funded project include a statement that the project or effort undertaken was or is sponsored by the NRC. The Recipient is also responsible for assuring that every publication of material (including Internet sites and videos) based on or developed under an award, except scientific articles or papers appearing in scientific, technical or professional journals, contains the following disclaimer:

This [report/video] was prepared by [Recipient name] under award [number] from

[name of operating unit], Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the [name of operating unit] or the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Trafficking In Victims Protection Act Of 2000 (as amended by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003)

Section 106(g) of the Trafficking In Victims Protection Act Of 2000 (as amended as amended, directs on a government-wide basis that:

any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement provided or entered into by a Federal department or agency under which funds are to be provided to a private entity, in whole or in part, shall include a condition that authorizes the department or agency to terminate the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, without penalty, if the recipient or any subrecipient, or the contractor or any subcontractor (i) engages in severe forms of trafficking in persons or has procured a commercial sex act during the period of time that the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement is in effect, or (ii) uses forced labor in the performance of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. (See 22 U.S.C.

§7104(g).)

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REPORTING 2 CFR § 170.220 directs agencies to include the following text to each grant award to a non-federal entity if the total funding is $25,000 or more in Federal funding.

31310018M0006 Page 27 of 30 Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation.

a. Reporting of first-tier subawards.

1. Applicability. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, you must report each action that obligates $25,000.00 or more in Federal funds that does not include Recovery funds (as defined in section 1512(a)(2) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5) for a subaward to an entity (see definitions in paragraph e. of this award term).

2. Where and when to report.

i. You must report each obligating action described in paragraph a.1. of this award term to http://www.fsrs.gov.

ii. For subaward information, report no later than the end of the month following the month in which the obligation was made. (For example, if the obligation was made on November 7, 2010, the obligation must be reported by no later than December 31, 2010.)

3. What to report. You must report the information about each obligating action that the submission instructions posted at http://www.fsrs.gov specify.

b. Reporting Total Compensation of Recipient Executives.

1. Applicability and what to report. You must report total compensation for each of your five most highly compensated executives for the preceding completed fiscal year, if

i. the total Federal funding authorized to date under this award is $25,000.00 or more; ii. in the preceding fiscal year, you received (A) 80 percent or more of your annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR § 170.320 (and subawards); and (B) $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR § 170.320 (and subawards); and iii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through periodic reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at http://www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm.)

2. Where and when to report. You must report executive total compensation described in paragraph b.1. of this award term:

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i. As part of your registration profile at http://www.sam.gov.

ii. By the end of the month following the month in which this award is made, and annually thereafter.

c. Reporting of Total Compensation of Subrecipient Executives.

1. Applicability and what to report. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, for each first-tier subrecipient under this award, you shall report the names and total compensation of each of the subrecipient's five most highly compensated executives for the subrecipient's preceding completed fiscal year, if

i. in the subrecipient's preceding fiscal year, the subrecipient received (A) 80 percent or more of its annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR § 170.320 (and subawards); and (B) $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts), and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act (and subawards); and ii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through periodic reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at http://www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm.)

2. Where and when to report. You must report subrecipient executive total compensation described in paragraph c.1. of this award term:

i. To the recipient.

ii. By the end of the month following the month during which you make the subaward. For example, if a subaward is obligated on any date during the month of October of a given year (i.e., between October 1 and 31), you must report any required compensation information of the subrecipient by November 30 of that year.

d. Exemptions If, in the previous tax year, you had gross income, from all sources, under $300,000.00, you are exempt from the requirements to report:

i. Subawards, and ii. The total compensation of the five most highly compensated executives of any subrecipient.

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e. Definitions. For purposes of this award term:

1. Entity means all of the following, as defined in 2 CFR Part 25:

i. A Governmental organization, which is a State, local government, or Indian tribe; ii. A foreign public entity; iii. A domestic or foreign nonprofit organization; iv. A domestic or foreign for-profit organization;

v. A Federal agency, but only as a subrecipient under an award or subaward to a non-Federal entity.

2. Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other employees in management positions.

3. Subaward:

i. This term means a legal instrument to provide support for the performance of any portion of the substantive project or program for which you received this award and that you as the recipient award to an eligible subrecipient.

ii. The term does not include your procurement of property and services needed to carry out the project or program (for further explanation, see Sec. __.210 of the attachment to OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations) iii. A subaward may be provided through any legal agreement, including an agreement that you or a subrecipient considers a contract.

4. Subrecipient means an entity that:

i. Receives a subaward from you (the recipient) under this award; and ii. Is accountable to you for the use of the Federal funds provided by the subaward.

5. Total compensation means the cash and noncash dollar value earned by the executive during the recipient's or subrecipient's preceding fiscal year and includes the following (for more information see 17 CFR § 229.402(c)(2)):

i. Salary and bonus.

ii. Awards of stock, stock options, and stock appreciation rights. Use the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the fiscal year in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004)

(FAS 123R), Shared Based Payments.

31310018M0006 Page 30 of 30 iii. Earnings for services under non-equity incentive plans. This does not include group life, health, hospitalization or medical reimbursement plans that do not discriminate in favor of executives, and are available generally to all salaried employees.

iv. Change in pension value. This is the change in present value of defined benefit and actuarial pension plans.

v. Above-market earnings on deferred compensation which is not tax-qualified.

vi. Other compensation, if the aggregate value of all such other compensation (e.g., severance, termination payments, value of life insurance paid on behalf of the employee, perquisites or property) for the executive exceeds $10,000.00.