2024 Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
**THIS IS A TWO-STEP NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO)** **CONCEPT PAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: OCTOBER 15, 2024, AT 5:00 PM ET** The mission of the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is to complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from decades of nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. This NOFO is focused on enhancing and fostering a sustainable and diverse DOE-EM workforce STEM pipeline. Through technology curriculum and professional development and shared interest research, DOE-EM will promote the development of a nationally engaged scientific and engineering workforce to conduct basic research that will lead to future career pathways in the DOE-EM complex for underrepresented groups. **SEE THE FULL NOFO DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
Award Range
$1,000,000 - $3,000,000
Total Program Funding
$20,500,000
Number of Awards
Not specified
Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 restricts this funding to MSIs, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCUs/OMIs) as educational entities recognized by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, and identified on the OCR's Department of Education U.S. accredited postsecondary minorities’ institution list. See https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html. In order to enhance opportunities for underrepresented MSIs, this NOFO further restricts eligibility to MSIs with a student population less than or equal to 5,000. For implementation of this limitation, an MSI whose student population numbers are less than or equal to 5,000 in the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) College Navigator https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ shall be determined eligible to apply under this NOFO.
Geographic Eligibility
All
Application Opens
September 12, 2024
Application Closes
October 15, 2024
Grantor
U.S. Department of Energy (Environmental Management Consolidated Business Cen)
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