MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (MSIPP) CONSORTIA GRANT PROGRAM (CGP)
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: January 5, 2024
Archive date: July 15, 2026
Close date: June 15, 2026
Opportunity ID: 351714
Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003285
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: NNSA
Agency code: DOE-NNSA
Award floor: $500,000
Award ceiling: $5,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Education
- Energy
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:doe_nnsa
- category_of_funding_activity:education
- category_of_funding_activity:energy
- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The intent of this funding opportunity is to award new or renewal grant awards to consortia consisting of Minority Serving Institution (MSIs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to with a focus on building and supporting the workforce capacity of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) by (1) expanding scientific and technical knowledge in the areas of Advanced Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or Nuclear Security, (2) providing experiential learning opportunities for students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related disciplines, (3) building and strengthening research and education capacities of participating institutions, and (4) promoting collaborations with the NNSA NSE. The MSIPP Consortia Grant Program (MSIPP CGP) improves the Nation’s capacity to enhance national security by: • Growing the number of MSI and TCU students that graduate with STEM degrees • Increasing the number of MSI and TCU students hired into the NSE’s STEM workforce • Building and strengthening research and educational capacities of MSIs and TCUs • Targeting collaborations and increasing interactions between MSIs and TCUs, and DOE/NNSA laboratories, plants, and other sites to increase direct access to NSE STEM resources