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No. DE-FOA-0003339 · Idaho Field Office

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Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program

grants.gov listing Full announcement (NOFO)
Dealbreakers Cost share required Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated
Award range
$5,000 – $8,000,000
Expected awards
~25
Application deadline
Sep 30, 2026 28 days left
Posted
Jan 8, 2025
Last verified
4 days ago

At a glance

AI summary

This program funds only Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees for advanced nuclear energy licensing activities, and any other work described in the application is not counted as part of the project cost. Only U.S. entities may apply, and each topic area must be submitted as a separate application for a unique project. Cost share must be at least 50% based only on NRC fees, and for Topic Area 2 funding is provided only after the NRC has accepted the application for docketing. The announcement also says DOE does not currently expect to require delivery of NRC licensing materials, but if it does, some project data may be marked protected for up to five years.

AI-generated summary — verify against the announcement

What it funds

  • Energy
  • Other / needs-review
  • Energy, Nuclear & Critical Materials
Official description from grants.gov

U.S. Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program The application deadline for current review cycle, anticipated selection notification date for the current review cycle, and anticipated award date for current review cycle have changed. See date changes on page 6 of NOFO Part 1. Also, applications must now be submitted within the respective application period (July 1 – September 30). See date changes on page 24 of NOFO Part 1.

Who can apply

  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Small businesses
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 81.121 · Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (81.121), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 63 $799,686 $250,870 – $935,650
FY 2025 5 $15,000 $10,000 – $704,763
FY 2024 95 $800,000 $291,480 – $900,000
FY 2023 94 $800,000 $500,000 – $999,972
FY 2022 92 $625,000 $316,605 – $763,724
FY 2021 168 $529,250 $268,356 – $704,517

For comparison, this notice advertises $5,000 – $8,000,000.

Who wins it Higher education (442), Business (36), Nonprofit (18) of 517 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states PA (35) · TX (33) · IL (19) · MA (17) · CA (16)
Largest recent awards
  1. US SFR OWNER LLC $983,037,068 · FY 2021
  2. X ENERGY, LLC $921,717,024 · FY 2021
  3. CFPP LLC $164,741,352 · FY 2021
  4. FRAMATOME INC $108,279,097 · FY 2022
  5. HOLTEC GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC $104,148,813 · FY 2022

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 10, 2026