← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
General Atomics
CA
$1,861,163,682
Total funding
111
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.2B · FY2008–25$2B$1.5B$1B$500M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOE$1,858,067,351 · 107
DOD$1,563,489 · 2
NASA$1,524,842 · 1
NSF$8,000 · 1
By mechanism
—$1,861,163,682 · 111
Investigators at General Atomics
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
THE DIII-D NATIONAL FUSION PROGRAM AND ADVANCED FUSION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1,196,474,884
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
THE DIII-D FUSION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND ADVANCED FUSION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$352,845,867
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
IN THE 2012 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, CONGRESS APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO DOE FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ATF IN RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN FOLLOWING THE MARCH 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INCIDENT, ALONG WITH PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, PROVIDED THE IMPETUS TO IMPROVE NUCLEAR FUEL PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY, THEREBY MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE ACCIDENT. TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ATF, NE, UNDER 2012 GUIDANCE, INITIATED AN INDUSTRY-ORIENTED PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE IMPROVEMENTS TO LWR FUEL PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY.
THE RESULT OF THE ATF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL BE ONE OR MORE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN EXISTING AND FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. WHILE THE END USER OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN FACILITATING THE INITIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT (RD&D) TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT, BECAUSE THE EFFORT IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE CONTINUED USE OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY WITH ENHANCED SAFETY THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST.$35,165,303
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
THEORY AND SIMULATION OF FUSION PLASMAS$30,373,539
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
REACTOR-BASED MOLYBDENUM-99 PRODUCTION SYSTEM (PHASE 1)$24,532,281
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
RARE EARTH ELEMENT (REE) SEPARATION AND PROCESSING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT$24,188,699
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
TAS::89 0319::TAS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL ATOMICS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR PLANT PROGRAM - GAS COOLED REACTOR DESIGN AND DEMONST$22,690,058
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
NEW AWARD: GENERAL ATOMICS UNDER FOA: DE-FOA-0002271: HORIZONTAL COMPACT HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTOR$19,293,128
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
FUSION THEORY IN ADVANCED PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY$12,361,683
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
ADVANCED CONCEPT EXPLORATION OF FAST IGNITION$9,239,960
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
CONTROL AND EXTENSION OF ITER AND ADVANCED SCENARIOS TO LONG PULSE IN EAST AND KSTAR$9,166,797
· FY2013 · Department of Energy
ATOM: ADVANCED TOKAMAK MODELING ENVIRONMENT$7,122,698
· FY2017 · Department of Energy
FRONTIERS IN LEADERSHIP GYROKINETIC SIMULATION$5,475,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
PREDICT-FIRST MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF A FULLY NONINDUCTIVE SCENARIO IN NSTX-U$5,271,879
· FY2020 · Department of Energy
ADVANCED CONCEPT EXPLORATION OF FAST IGNITION$4,819,376
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
FUSION SIMULATION PROTOTYPE CENTER FOR EDGE PLASMAS GENERAL ATOMICS SUPPORT OF LLNL COLLABORATION$4,311,204
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARD ARE TO FUND A PROJECT THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCES FOR USING SILICON-CARBIDE CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE CLADDING ON NUCLEAR FUEL RODS IN ORDER
TO BE SUCCESSFUL TOWARD MEETING DOE’S ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL (ATF) PROGRAM GOALS. IN COOPERATION WITH AN EXISTING U.S. UTILITY, THE AWARDEE WILL AFFECT AN EARLIER NEAR-TERM IRRADIATION OF ITS SILICON-CARBIDE CERAMIC MATRIX CONCEPT IN AN EXISTING U.S. COMMERCIAL REACTOR THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE UNDER ANY EXISTING REACTOR PROGRAMS.$4,200,000
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
TAS::89 0336::TAS RECOVERY GENERAL ATOMICS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL FLOW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY BASED ON LEAD-A$3,965,927
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
3D RESPONSE AND CONTROL ON THE MAST-U SPHERICAL TOKAMAK$3,910,469
· FY2018 · Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
DIVERTOR PHYSICS AND CONTROL ON THE MAST-U TOKAMAK$3,726,648
· FY2018 · Department of Energy