About the Initiatives
Clemson University has established funding initiatives to nurture collaboration with Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA)/Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). These initiatives will help researchers recruit, hire and train graduate student researchers; and recruit, hire and train research scientists or postdoctoral researchers who are not currently affiliated with Clemson University.
More details on eligibility, funding amounts and periods, proposals instructions and other information is posted in the calls for proposals for each initiative below. If you have any questions, please send an email to Shannon Garrity at garrit5@clemson.edu.
Graduate Student Support Initiative & FY 2025 Highlights
The Clemson University-Savannah River National Laboratory Graduate Student Support (CU-SRNL GSS) Initiative assists faculty, academic departments, colleges, centers, and institutes in recruiting, hiring, and training qualified graduate student researchers. Hired students will be trained as the next generation of workers to meet the SRNL’s needs, as well as to collaborate with SRNL scientists to attract competitive research funding from federal agencies and industries. Proposals are due by Monday, November 3, 2025 by 4:30 p.m.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Download PDF)
FY 2025 Highlights
We funded two Graduate Student Support Initiatives:
- Ming Yang & Thompson Medford (Clemson) Matthew Craps (SRNL) – Structure and Spin Manipulation of Iron-Based Catalysts under Dynamic Magnetic Fields for Hydrogen Recovery
- Julia Brumaghim, Chris Krouchick Jr., William Pennington and Colin McMillen (Clemson) – Iodine Capture Using Calcogen-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents
Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Scholar Initiative & FY 2025 Highlights
The Clemson University-Savannah River National Laboratory Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Scholar (CU-SRNL Scholar) Initiative assists faculty, academic departments, colleges, centers, and institutes in recruiting, hiring, and training qualified new research scientists or postdoctoral researchers who are not currently affiliated with Clemson University. Researchers may be hired to conduct research projects in collaboration with Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), with the goal of increasing partnership between the university and SRNL. Proposals are due by Monday, October 13, 2025 by 4:30 pm.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Download PDF)
FY 2025 Highlights
One Research Scientist was hired, Moazzam Nazir, and is working on the Modeling and Simulation (with emphasis on power systems)
We awarded four Post Doc Scholar initiatives with the following topics:
- Ramakrishna Podila (Clemson), Dale Hitchcock (SRNL) and Jose Cortes-Concepcion (SRNL) manager of the hydrogen isotope Advanced Design of Betavoltaic Batteries Using Wide-Bandgap Nanomaterials and Novel Architectures
- Fatemeh Afghah and Co-Applicants, Ramtin Hadidi, Sez Russcher & Joseph Kider (Clemson) Ethan Farquhar, Brian Davis, & Glenn FInk (SRNL) Join the Future of Smart Grids: UAV-Driven AI for Power Grid Monitoring and Post-Disaster Recovery
- Ming Yang, Thompson Medford and Matthew Craps (Clemson) Dr Matthew Craps and Dr. Will James (SRNL) Deciphering the Effects of Dynamic Magnetic Field in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
- Ryann Cartor & Felice Manganiello (Clemson) Glenn Fink (SRNL) Post-Quantum Security
