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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Nuclear Education Curricula Development Grant, Fiscal Year 2011
HR-FN-0610-EDU5

Program Summary

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the NRC Nuclear Education Grant Program to support courses, studies, training, curricula, and disciplines pertaining to nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear environmental protection, and other fields that the Commission determines to be critical to the NRC’s regulatory mission. The NRC Nuclear Education Grant Program’s primary purpose is supporting and developing the educational infrastructure necessary to allow the Nation to safely move its nuclear energy initiatives forward.

Budgets for a period of up to 2 years may be requested depending on the program milestones and course objectives.

Award amounts in the prior year ranged from $48,000 to $150,000 for 12 months of financial assistance.

UIC is restricted to one application.

Additional Information 

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor.  These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor.  For consideration, copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be provided.

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program.  White paper instructions will be posted if necessary.

eLOI Form and Instructions – Adobe Acrobat Requirements

1. Download the file directly to your computer, right click on the link, then select "save link as" or "save target as" from the drop down options.
2. Open eLOI.
3. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click.
   • To accept the field change and go to the next field, press Tab or use your mouse to click on the next form field.
   • To accept the field change and go to the previous field, press Shift + Tab or use your mouse to click on the previous form field.
4. Complete the form fields.
5. After completing the form, click “Save” to save the completed form for your records, then click “Submit to RDS@uic.edu.”

Letter of Intent (LOI): eLOI Form (Fillable PDF*)

Please contact Tony Halford at ahalford@uic.edu or 6-7036 with any questions.

If an authorized principal investigator is not listed above, please consider the limited competition still open.  Contact RDS@uic.edu for further information.

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