Feasibility Studies for Nuclear Transportation Routes

The U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation (USCMI) is building a collaborative team to conduct feasibility studies for nuclear transportation routes and networks, and to develop a roadmap for implementing them.

The opportunity

USCMI is building collaborative teams across a series of projects on the application of SMRs to maritime uses, including vessel transportation and maritime power generation. This project conducts feasibility studies for nuclear transportation routes and networks, and develops a roadmap for implementing them. It includes at least one facilitated, interactive stakeholder engagement in which participants review the methodology and analyses and provide feedback.

Participant roles include helping design and execute the analyses or providing review of the construct and analyses. Funding is available for select participants. USCMI funding is limited to domestic entities as recipients or subrecipients.

Participant roles

Role 01

Help set up and execute the analyses

Help design, plan and execute the analyses of criteria for establishing a nuclear corridor and of candidate routes, and support the facilitated review by stakeholders. See scope of work for more details.

Up to $155K estimated, not to exceed

Role 02

Participate in the review

Join the advisory group to review the analyses and to provide feedback on project activities.

Advisory group Planned as unfunded role

Download the documents

How to apply

Submit a short response of no more than five pages that notes the roles of interest, identifies the specific elements of the Scope of Work your organization is applying to support, documents demonstrated capabilities and estimates costs or rates for participation. The Secretariat will select and engage multiple organizations as a collaborative team.

Note the role or roles of interest.
Identify the Scope of Work elements you would support.
Document your demonstrated capabilities.
Provide estimated costs or rates for participation.
Submit by 11:59 PM EDT on August 14, 2026.

Submit your response

USCMI funding is limited to domestic entities as recipients or subrecipients. Questions may be directed to info@uscmi.org. Additional project opportunities will be announced separately, and updates to this notice may be issued.

About USCMI

The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 directs the Secretary of Transportation, through a competitive cooperative agreement, to establish the U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation to support the study, research, development, assessment and deployment of emerging marine technologies and practices related to the maritime transportation system (MTS). USCMI is authorized under the Maritime Administration (MARAD) Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance (META) program and serves as a national resource for agencies that oversee and develop the MTS.