# Use of Prior Year Balance - HGE

**Agency:** Energy  
**Account:** Non-Defense (Non-050)  
**Source document:** Energy Programs · p. 17  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/energy/use-of-prior-year-balance-hge  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.


## Energy discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $36.30B, FY2026 $58.20B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office / University Training, Research, and Recruitment FY 2027 Congressional Justification Highlights of the FY 2027 Budget Request The focus for UTRR in FY 2027 will concentrate on:  Funding new competitive funding opportunities via notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) or partnership agreement (PIA) that will support building R&D capacity in HGEO mission-related areas; fostering the completion of research in STEM disciplines that advance the HGEO mission; supporting educational fellowship opportunities within HGEO; and enhancing and establishing programs that foster workforce development and in HGEO mission-related fields.  Recruiting and selecting highly qualified students at the undergraduate and graduate levels in STEM majors to participate in HGEO and DOE educational programs, including MLEF and other student programs. All participants in the MLEF or other DOE educational programs will complete challenging assignments supporting the DOE mission through hands-on R&D projects under the mentorship of a Funding will increase the number and/or size of awards to IHEs under the UTR program in support of R&D and workforce development relating to hydrocarbons and geothermal energy, resulting in the education of more students. The additional funds will work to support a new initiative within the UTR program that supports trade and technical scho


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Energy › Energy Programs › Non-Defense (Non-050) › Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy (HGE)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*