Press Release-10-120, - NRC News - NRC Awards Curricula Development Grants
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NRC AWARDS CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT GRANTS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded nearly $5 million to 37 different institutions for nuclear education curricula development. Recipients include Minority Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities located in 22 states.
This program has introduced thousands of students to the nuclear field and helps to prepare a workforce for the future, said Bill Borchardt, the NRCs Executive Director for Operations.
The NRC supported specific curriculum development programs in the following disciplines: nuclear engineering, radiochemistry and radiobiology, health physics, materials and mechanical engineering, reliability and risk analysis, electrical engineering, safeguards and security, human factors and human reliability and fire protection engineering.
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 one of the five discipline areas identified in the solicitation. 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: administrative questions contact MLita Carr, Division of Contracts, 301-492-3464; and technical questions contact Tanya Parwani-Jaimes, 301-492-2308 Office of Human Resources.
The complete list of grants follows; additional details are 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 is available publicly in the NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) through the NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Help in using ADAMS is available from the NRC Public Document Room at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209.
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$4.7M Curriculum Development Program Curriculum Development Grants Aiken Technical College, Aiken, South Carolina
$150,000 Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama
$120,000 Augusta Technical College, Augusta, Georgia
$121,500 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
$101,766 Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
$163,193 Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington
$100,000 Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$150,000 Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, South Carolina
$139,642 Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens, Florida
$111,117 Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
$ 87,072 Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida
$120,000 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
$160,000 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
$150,000 Midlands Technical College, Columbia, South Carolina
$198,665 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
$125,000 Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Orangeburg, South Carolina
$141,313 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
$100,000 Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York
$151,935 Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
$120,000 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
$120,000 Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia
$ 89,042 Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
$120,000 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey
$186,081 The City College of New York, New York City, New York
$150,000 The Ohio State University, Franklin, Ohio
$180,000 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
$118,342 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
$150,000 University of Kansas Center for Research, Lawrence, Kansas
$150,000 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
$100,000 University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
$129,000 University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
$ 99,886 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$102,798 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
$120,000 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
$ 48,121 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
$120,000 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
$140,000 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia $ 65,527 TOTAL
$4,700,000