FOA number: DE-FOA-0003002
Download the full funding opportunity: FedConnect
Funding Amount: $17,700,000
Background Information
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the selection of 19 projects to receive $17.4 million to support novel, early-stage research at 17 U.S. colleges and universities. Projects were selected under FECM’s University Training and Research program, which includes the University Carbon Research and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions sub-programs. These programs serve to educate and train the next generation of engineers and scientists working to advance integrated solutions key to meeting the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.
The University Training and Research program seeks to create research and development opportunities for traditionally underrepresented communities and tap into the innovative and diverse thinking of student researchers. The 19 projects selected for funding will help ensure that students are being equipped with cutting-edge, translatable skills that will allow them to contribute to the U.S. workforce and greater economy over the course of a longstanding and enduring career.
Selectees
The funding will support projects that establish visiting scholars programs, create new academic curricula related to geosciences, and provide interdisciplinary training in humanities-driven science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
Selectees include:
- The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Duke University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Howard University
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- The Regents of the University of California, Riverside
- Texas Tech University
- Tennessee State University
- University of Alaska, Fairbanks
- University of Hawaii
- University of Houston
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Utah
- University of Wyoming
- Washington University
A detailed list of the selected projects can be found here.
Institutions participating in the visiting scholar program:
- Angelo State University
- Central Wyoming University
- Dillard University
- Howard University
- Navajo Technical University
- New Mexico State University
- Prairie View A&M University
- San Juan College
- Southeast New Mexico College
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
- Texas A&M University
- Texas at El Paso
- Texas Tech University
- University at Buffalo
- University of Houston
- University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
- University of Wyoming
Additional Information
- Download the full funding opportunity on FedConnect
- All applicants must register and apply on Grants.gov and submit questions through FedConnect
Sign up to get notified of new FECM funding opportunities and to stay current with our latest news.
Last Updated: January 17, 2024