Staff Support for Regional Engagement with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Storage & Transportation on Radioactive Materials Transportation Planning
Funds staff support to facilitate DOE–state government engagement in one of four U.S. regions on planning for future transportation of commercial used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste and related program issues.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV
⚑ Regional competition: DOE anticipates one award for each of four regions (Eastern, Western, Midwestern, Southern). · Focus is staff support and facilitation/engagement, not research. · Eligibility text was not provided in the prompt; characterization of applicant classes is based on the notice title/description and may need verification.
This is a strong fit for the team’s energy/nuclear risk and public-opinion line because it centers on regional engagement, public concerns, and policy planning around spent fuel and HLW transportation. It is not a pure technical transportation project; the work is mostly facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and socio-political analysis around nuclear waste transport, which matches Gupta, Silva, Ripberger, and Jenkins-Smith especially well.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-09-02
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topics: energy, environment, public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 35 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
Staff Support for Regional State Engagement with the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Storage & Transportation on Radioactive Materials Transportation Planning. Facilitate engagement between DOE and State government representatives in four (4) specific regions (Eastern Region, Western Region, Midwestern Region, or Southern Region of the United States) and the Office of Storage & Transportation (DOE-S&T) in planning for future large-scale DOE transportation of commercial used nuclear fuel (UNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW), and addressing related DOE program issues that may impact a State or region. DOE anticipates making a total of four (4) awards e from this NOFO, one (1) award for each region.
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