Who funds nuclear energy research?

We count 47 funded nuclear energy projects, active between 2020 and 2033, from 4 funders. The most came from EU · Euratom Research and Training Programme (EURATOM) (16 projects), DOE (13 projects) and EU · MSCA (8 projects). The median award is $2.6M, across the 46 of 47 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

47

Funders

4

Median award

$2.6M

Open calls now

7

Top funders of nuclear energy research

Projects whose title or summary mentions nuclear energy. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open nuclear energy funding calls

7 open calls mention nuclear energy today.

• Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program
  Idaho Field Office$5,000 – $8,000,000Deadline: November 30, 2026 ·
• Advanced Nuclear Energy Tech
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Silcon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1
  Idaho Field OfficeUp to $62,500,000Deadline: December 7, 2026 ·
• The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
  Office of Science$500,000 – $16,000,000Deadline: December 17, 2026 ·
• Transport Phenomena (TP)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)
• RFI - DOE R
  Idaho Field OfficeNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• RFI - DOE Infrastructure Work Scope Development
  Idaho Field OfficeNot specifiedDeadline: Not listed

Funded nuclear energy projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• This program supports education and training for future nuclear scientists, engineers and policy-makers who are attending u.s
  DOE · $30,833 · ends 2033
• Armed escort for shipments of foreign research reactor spent nuclear fuel - the objective of this financial assistance is to ensure that…
  DOE · $795,763 · ends 2030
• New award: transmutex usa, control #3418-1514, nuclear energy waste transmutation optimized now (newton) de-foa-0003418 transmutex aims to…
  DOE · $2,805,624 · ends 2029
• CICI: IPAAI: XAI-Driven Data Forensics for Nuclear Edge LLMs: Provenance, Detection, and Recovery
  NSF · CISE · $899,868 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Decoding Grain Boundary Complexion Dynamics in Irradiated Compositionally Complex Carbides
  NSF · MPS · $328,679 · ends 2029
• Corrosion of stainless steel in molten fluoride salt with radiation effects
  UKRI · EPSRC · ends 2028
• Enabling Pin-type Graphite-Free Salt-Cooled Reactor Designs (EPIGRAF)
  UKRI · EPSRC · £810,642 · ends 2028
• Neutron capture surrogates on astrophysical radionuclei: how the 205Pb radioactive clock can unlock the formation of our Sun
  EU · MSCA · €226,421 · 2027–2028 · CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
• Multi-Process Strategy To Embed Optical Fibers In 3D-Printed Metal Parts
  EU · EIC · €3,235,254 · 2026–2030 · CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
• Direct Numerical Simulation of Low Prandtl Number Flows for Future Nuclear Reactors
  EU · MSCA · €276,188 · 2026–2028 · IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “nuclear reactor or nuclear energy”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.