Grant Due: FY 2025 Unleashing American Energy Dominance and Expediting Responsible and Secure U.S. Small Modular Reactor Deployment through the FIRST Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to empower potential nuclear energy newcomer countries (and current nuclear energy states with small modular reactor (SMR) deployment interests) to prioritize responsible, U.S.-aligned nuclear security, nonproliferation, and safety standards from the outset as key decisional criteria when evaluating civil nuclear reactor technologies, to include SMRs and other advanced reactor designs. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? U.S. for-profit organizations or businesses; U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations; U.S.-based and foreign-based institutions of higher education; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs); Public International Organizations (PIO); and Foreign Public Entities (FPE)

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $19.5 million

WHEN IS IT DUE? July 30, 2025