Closed · DE-FOA-0003485 · CFDA 81.255 · Discretionary

Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment

Federal grant opportunity posted by Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$800M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 17, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment is a closed discretionary listing from Headquarters that offered $1,000,000 -- $800,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 76 other opportunities from Headquarters.

$1M-$800M
award range
Closed
application status
81.255
CFDA program
76
other opportunities from Headquarters

Archived opportunity record

Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway… is closed (last close January 17, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Headquarters still indexes 76 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed January 17, 2025

Posted Oct 16 Closes Jan 17

Est. Total Funding

$900,000,000

Instrument

Other

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Nuclear energy is the nation’s largest source of carbon-free power, and it provided 48 percent of America’s carbon-free electricity in 2023. The nuclear industry today is building new commercialization momentum as utilities and other potential customers see the successful operation of Vogtle Units 3 and 4, anticipate sustained load growth, and begin to take advantage of tax credits and other financial support made available by the Inflation Reduction Act. Utilities are seeking and receiving Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees to extend reactor operations to 80 years, planning to uprate reactor capacity, reversing plans to close reactors, and restarting formerly shuttered reactors. However, the industry must still overcome barriers to achieve commercial liftoff by securing committed investments in an orderbook of new nuclear projects and standing up the industrial base needed for fleet-level deployment.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003485

Grants.gov marks Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). 6 other Headquarters listings share this eligibility-code string (8% of 77).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Farwa Nawaz 703-395-1920 farwa.nawaz@hq.doe.gov Patrick J. Martin 240-243-5039 Patrick.martin@hq.doe.gov

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