Idaho State University provides seed funding to selected CAES projects led by ISU researchers. Grants distributed in FY20:
| ISU PI | ISU Department | ISU co-PIs | University co-PIs | INL co-PI | Project |
| Rodriguez, Rene | Chemistry | Kris Campbell, BSU | Mary Case, Robert Fox | Preliminary Investigations for Improving Adhesion of Boron Nitride Thin Films as a Passivation Layer for Heat Transfer Pipes in Nuclear Reactors | |
| Dunzik Gougar, ML | Nuclear Engineering | Amir Ali, Dan LaBrier | Yaqiao Wu, BSU/CAES | Extension of ISU/CAES Surface Characterization Capabilities: Wettability Measurements | |
| Savage, Bruce | Civil Engineering | James Mahar Mustafa Mashal Arya Ebrahimpour |
Gabriel Ilevbare, MSE Chris Wright, RMSS Richard Boardman, Clean Energy |
Use of Advance Manufactured Hollow-Core Slabs in the Construction of Arch Culvert Bridges to Improve Aquatic Organism Passage | |
| LaBrier, Dan | Nuclear Engineering | Colby Jensen, Bryce Kelly, Nic Woolstenhulme | Development of a small-scale molten sodium testing program at CAES | ||
| Ali, Amir | Nuclear Engineering | Piyush Sabharwall, NSD&AD | Development of an Innovative Heat Exchanger Technology for Nuclear Applications | ||
| Kerby, Leslie | Computer Science | Bob Borrelli, UI | Reactor Transient diagnostics using machine learning | ||
| Sharma, Kavita | Chemistry | Karl DeJesus | none listed | none listed | Synthesis of Piperidinium and Piperazinium Task Specific Ionic Liquids for Spent Nuclear Fuel Partitioning |