Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences Scholarship

American Nuclear Society

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 11/15/2025

Closes: 2/1/2026

Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences Scholarship provides financial assistance to upper-division and graduate students who are working on a degree in engineering or science that is associated with decommissioning, decontamination, or environmental restoration aspects of nuclear power.

Win up to

$3,000

Essay Required: Yes
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to juniors, seniors, and master's degree students in an engineering or science program at an accredited institution in the United States.

The program must be associated with 1) decommissioning or decontamination of nuclear facilities; 2) management or characterization of nuclear waste; 3) restoration of the environment; or 4) nuclear engineering.

Applicants must be members of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and sponsored by the faculty adviser of an ANS student chapter or an individual ANS member.

Selection is based on that essay, academic achievement, and letters of recommendation.

Recipients must agree to join the ANS and designate the DD&R Division as 1 of their professional divisions. They must commit to participating in DD&R Division activities by attending the annual and winter meetings of the ANS and serving as a student representative at the DD&R executive committee meetings at both ANS meetings.