Assistance program
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program
$152.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Energy, Department of, Energy, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 81.123
- What it does
- The Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program's primary focus is to build a sustainable workforce pathway between Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and the DOE/NNSA’s sites/plants/laboratories in STEM disciplines, heightening awareness of the NNSA and its sites, plants and laboratories to MSIs with a common interest in STEM research fields.
- Who benefits
- The general public, scientists, researchers, student/trainee, graduate students, institutions of higher learning, NNSA, and other US government agencies will benefit. Elementary, Middle and high school students will also benefit due to the institutions of higher learning's programs supported by NNSA.
- Who applies
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Community Colleges, and all other minority serving institutions.
- Authorized by
- Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, Section 3157, Public Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1684, 42 U.S.C. 2051; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, Title I, Section 107, Public Law 93-438; 88 Stat. 1240, 42 U.S.C. 5817; Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, Publ…
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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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