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On September 10, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $134 million in funding for the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) awards and Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) collaboratives, accelerating the path towards commercial fusion energy by bridging American industry, national labs, and universities. Under the INFUSE program, which provides a 80% cost-share for companies to work directly with national labs or government-funded universities, the DOE awarded 20 companies $6.1 million in funding for research spanning various challenges in fusion energy. These teams, many of which include FIA members as partners, have the goal of connecting the DOE Fusion Energy Science program’s basic sciences research more closely with the needs of the growing U.S. fusion industry. Within the DOE Office of Science, the INFUSE and FIRE programs were established in 2019 and 2023, respectively, to accelerate private fusion development by fostering collaboration between business, national laboratories, and universities.
**SAN DIEGO** (Feb. 10, 2025) — Scientists at General Atomics (GA) are delighted this week after receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for important fusion energy research. As part of the Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives, the DOE has awarded more than $107 million to six pioneering projects nationwide, including the GA-led Collaborative Target Injector Nexus for Experimental Development (TINEX)—a program dedicated to overcoming critical obstacles in developing and scaling inertial fusion power plants—as well as two other initiatives that the company supports through its extensive scientific expertise. “We are grateful to the DOE and our partners for their support and dedication to advancing these vital programs,” **said Wayne Solomon, vice president of Magnetic Fusion Energy for the General Atomics Energy Group.** “This funding propels two critical components forward that will help carry us closer to achieving a fully operational fusion power plant in the United States.”.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $134 million in funding for two programs designed to secure U.S. leadership in emerging fusion technologies and innovation. *Funding for the next round of Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives and the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) awards will enhance connections between private fusion industry, DOE national labs, and universities*. **WASHINGTON—**The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $134 million in funding for two programs designed to secure U.S. leadership in emerging fusion technologies and innovation. These investments are part of DOE’s broader mission to unleash American energy, science, and innovation, ensuring the technologies that define the future of fusion power are developed here in the United States. DOE is also announcing $6.1 million in funding for the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program. With this funding, DOE has selected 20 projects that accelerate private-sector fusion energy development by reducing barriers to collaboration between businesses and national laboratories or universities.
# DOE funds UK research on critical materials for commercial fusion energy. (March 4, 2025) —** The University of Kentucky has been selected to lead a project with $2.3 million in funding over four years from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop next-generation materials critical to commercializing fusion power. The multi-institutional team, led by UK’s John Balk, Ph.D., director of the Materials Science Research Priority Area, will explore promising alloy design space and manufacturing processes to strengthen that first wall. “This is a great opportunity for the expertise of our team behind the Materials Science Research Priority Area to solve one of the key challenges in radiation-heavy industries: how to enhance thermal conductivity without sacrificing material strength,” said Balk, who also holds the W.T. Bryan Professorship in Materials Engineering in the UK Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering. “Keeping the plasma contained without accidentally stopping the fusion reaction or damaging your reactor materials is a challenge and a huge roadblock in this work,” Guiton said.
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In 2022, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at UC-managed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved fusion ignition in a lab for the first time, sparking a nuclear reaction that emitted more energy than it consumed. “The UC Fusion Energy Initiative sponsors innovative research, fosters new collaborations between UC faculty and national laboratory scientists, and provides unique training opportunities for UC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows,” says **UC National Laboratories Vice President June Yu.** “The funded projects exemplify cross-disciplinary collaboration that will generate new knowledge and leverage the unique capacities and facilities at UC campuses and national labs. “As an industry leader in fusion energy development with a history of productive collaboration with UC and as the organization that operates DIII-D, a DOE fusion facility in San Diego, General Atomics is excited to see the university make these meaningful, strategic investments toward solving the field’s most pressing scientific and engineering challenges,” says **Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the Energy Group at General Atomics,**a San Diego–based energy and technology corporation that is partnering with the University of California to advance the technology.
# ARPA-E Announces $135 Million Commitment for Fusion Technology – The Largest Fusion Investment in the Agency’s History | ARPA-E. 3. ARPA-E Announces 135 Million Commitment Fusion Technology Largest Fusion Investm... # ARPA-E Announces $135 Million Commitment for Fusion Technology – The Largest Fusion Investment in the Agency’s History. **San Diego, CA** – Today, during his plenary remarks at the 2026 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, ARPA-E Director Conner Prochaska announced a $135 million commitment to further develop and commercialize fusion technologies. * To date, ARPA-E has invested approximately $134 million in commercial fusion technologies. The $135 million in newly pledged funding announced today, to be spread over multiple programs, significantly expands ARPA-E’s fusion portfolio, with investments directed at the toughest technical barriers to commercial fusion power. The United States is already the world leader in fusion commercialization; ARPA-E’s $135 million announcement marks the next step in ensuring fusion power moves from scientific possibility to a source of affordable, reliable, and secure energy.