Category: Grants

Weekly Poll (9)

In August, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it awarded almost $34 million to industry- and university-led projects on clean hydrogen. Should more money be put into clean hydrogen as a leading clean energy option?

A Penn State University professor recently received $400,000 to study the corrosive damage caused by salt in nuclear reactors. Do you think salt poses the greatest corrosive risk in nuclear reactors?

The U.S. Department of Transportation published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for $1.5 billion in grant funding through the 2023 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity discretionary grant program. Do you believe enough money has been set aside to complete the nationwide project?

The EPA recently awarded a $1 million research grant to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to improve wastewater monitoring for the spread of infectious diseases to address current and future pandemics. Do you think this method will prove to be a faster indicator of an infected community versus current individual testing methods?

In October, the National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded the University of Connecticut $768,000 in federal funding for the continued research on premature degradation of concrete foundations containing pyrrhotite. Do you think the grant will help UConn develop a reliable and efficient way of testing the corrosive mineral?

In October, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a program that aims to reestablish the federal Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, which would provide federal grant money to states in need of bridge repairs or replacements found by the Federal Highway Administration. Do you believe this can help save some of the country’s most structurally deficient bridges?

Last week, the DOT announced $1.5 billion in Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grants for infrastructure projects. Do you think the funding will increase as infrastructure demands also increase?

The United States Department of Energy recently awarded $137 million in funding to organizations, including one Fortune 500 coatings company, to foster development of technologies to improve commercial and passenger vehicle efficiency. Should large, for-profit companies be eligible for such grants?

Do you take advantage of funds made available by the federal government for surface transportation or other projects?

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