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Initial contact: Prior to submission of an application for a
research grant to Basic Energy Sciences (BES), you are
encouraged to contact the BES program manager whose areas of expertise and
responsibilities most closely match the topic of your proposed research
activities to learn
about current funding opportunities and the nature of the work funded by BES. Contact information is provided in the
BES organization chart, the
BES staff directories, and the appropriate
Core Research Activities descriptions.
Pre-application: Based on your interaction with a BES program
manager, you may be encouraged to submit a
pre-application,
which will be reviewed by BES to establish whether the proposed research fits within
the purview of one of the BES Core Research Activities. The
pre-application should be brief (2–3 pages), provide a summary of the
proposed research, and contain the curriculum vita of the principal investigator.
No budget information is required. Based on our review of the proposed research
within the pre-application, the principal investigator will be either encouraged
or discouraged to submit a full application. Submission of a pre-application
should be done by email directly to the appropriate BES staff member. We
will respond to the email by phone or by e-mail.
Timing of full-application submission and award: There are no
submission deadlines under the
Annual Notice of
Continuation of Availability of Grants and Cooperative Agreements for
all Office of Science programs, and
applications may be submitted at any time. However, we recommend that a
full application be sent to us between June 1st and November 30th in order that
we can make a funding decision by June of the following year, which is necessary
to obtain funding under that particular fiscal year. All grants that are
funded
by BES undergo external peer review based on
procedures set down in 10 CFR Part 605.
Typical term of support: The usual term for a new award is three or
four years, divided into one-year budget periods.
Electronic submission: Full applications must be submitted
electronically via Grants.gov.
Information on electronic submission is available at the Office of Science
Grants and Contracts web site
(RE: Grant
Application Guide).
If you need to revise your submission, please contact the Office of Science
Grants and Contracts Division at 301/903-5212 or 301/903-3604. You will
receive an acknowledgement letter within four weeks of your electronic
submission confirming the receipt of your full application. If not, please
contact the appropriate BES Division office to inquire as to the status of your
application: Materials Sciences and Engineering (301/903-3427); Chemical
Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (301/903-5804); or Scientific User
Facilities (301/903-0064).
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