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Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program 2026

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In context

This call is open to large companies, small and medium-sized businesses and universities and 3 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.

Fusion and Nuclear grants

Summary

This DOE Idaho Field Office grant program co-funds licensing activities for advanced nuclear energy technologies through cost-share awards. The applicant pool is likely advanced nuclear developers and related organizations, though the synopsis does not detail eligible activities or the specific problem statement.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 21 Oct 2026Accurate?

About this grant

The Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program, funding opportunity DE-FOA-0003339, is administered by the Department of Energy Idaho Field Office and is listed under Assistance Listing 81.121 (Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration). The notice describes a discretionary grant program in the Energy category with an estimated total program funding of $50,000,000 and about 25 expected awards. Award amounts range from a floor of $5,000 to a ceiling of $8,000,000. The program requires cost sharing or matching. The page indicates that it supports licensing activities for advanced nuclear energy, but it does not describe the specific problem statement or the eligible activities in detail. The full announcement is referenced in the NOFO, which the synopsis does not reproduce. The current application period runs from July 1, 2026 to November 30, 2026, and the posting has been updated several times, with the original closing date of April 8, 2025 superseded.

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Eligibility

Eligible applicants include small businesses, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, private institutions of higher education, city or township governments, public and State-controlled institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS other than institutions of higher education, and county governments. Applications must be submitted within the current application period of July 1, 2026 to November 30, 2026. The page does not state geographic restrictions, prior-recipient rules, or a required stage of development.

Key requirements

✓Requires cost sharing or matching funds from the applicant
✓Full eligibility and activity details are in the NOFO (DE-FOA-0003339), which must be consulted before applying
✓Application period runs July 1, 2026 to November 30, 2026; the posting has been amended and the original April 8, 2025 closing date is superseded

Funder contact

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does DOE-ID offer?: Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program offers $5,000 – $8M.
When is the Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program deadline?: Applications close 30 Nov 2026.
Who can apply for Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program?: Eligibility covers organisations in US; large-company, sme, university, research-institution, consortium, nonprofit. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.

Relevant sectors

Fusion / Nuclear grants

How this compares

Compared with 8 similar grants (fusion / nuclear in United States) listed in the last 12 months.
Its value of $8.0m is above 71% of the 7 similar grants that state a value; their median is $2.0m.
It allows 691 days to respond, longer than the typical 110 days across 6 similar grants.
The same organisation listed 4 other similar grants here in the last 12 months.

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About this sector

Fusion and nuclear funding backs advanced reactor designs, small modular reactors, fuel cycles, materials and the supply chain behind them. Most of it is public research and milestone-based development money, with strict security and safety requirements. Calls typically favour teams with specialist facilities, licensing knowledge and established research partners.

30 Nov 2026

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