|
The following persons have been appointed to
2 year membership terms on the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee, Amanda Hubbard,
MIT, Hantao Ji, PPPL, Dale Meade, FIRE Inc.,
and Nermin Uckan, ORNL. These new members
join the nine currently serving members. A
complete list of FESAC members can be found
on the FESAC webpage at:
http://www.science.doe.gov/ofes/fesac.shtml |
September 2008 |
|
Renewal of
grants for research in High Energy Density
Laboratory Plasmas (FY2008) |
June 2008 |
|
The meeting of
the U.S. National Research Council's
Board on Physics and Astronomy was held on
April 25-26, 2008 at the Keck Center of the
National Academies in Washington, D.C.
The agenda for the meeting and a
presentation on
Fusion Energy Sciences given by Dr.
Raymond Fonck are posted here. |
Agenda
April 25-26,
2008 |
|
The
presentation made by Francis Thio on behalf
of Dr. Raymond Fonck, Associate Director for
Fusion Energy Sciences, to the Stockpile
Stewardship Academic Alliance Symposium
being sponsored by NNSA is available here. |
February 26, 2008 |
|
Awards under
Program Notice DE-PS02-07ER07-07,
"Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion
Science". |
February 2008 |
|
Awards under
Program Notices DE-PS02-07ER07-19,
DE-PS02-07ER07-20, DE-PS02-07ER07-21, and
DE-PS02-07ER07-22, "Scientific Discovery
through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)". |
February 2008 |
|
The meeting of
the U.S. National Research Council's
Committee to Review the Plan for U.S.
participation in the ITER project will be
held on December 14-15, 2007 at the National
Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
The agenda for the meeting is posted here. |
Agenda
December 14-15,
2007 |
|
The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee held a meeting in Gaithersburg,
Maryland on October 23-24 to complete
business on three outstanding charges.
The committee approved, and thus completed
their work on the following three reports
from the Panels that were dealing with the
charges: The FESAC
Fusion Simulation Project (FSP) Panel
Report;
the Report of the
National Compact Stellarator Experiment
Review Committee; and
Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards
a Long-Range Strategic Plan for Magnetic
Fusion Energy.
The next FESAC meeting
will be held at the Hilton in Gaithersburg,
Maryland in June 2008. An
agenda and information about lodging will be
posted on the FESAC
web page. |
October 23-24,
2007 |
|
Dr. Francis
Thio, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
Program Manager for the OFES portion of the
Joint Program in High Energy Density
Laboratory Physics, presented the following two papers at
the Fifth International Conference in
Inertial Fusion Science and Applications (IFSA)
in Kobe, Japan, September 10-14, 2007:
Magneto-inertial fusion and
An Overview of HEDP Research in the U.S.
Fusion Energy Sciences Program. Dr. Thio also
presented a paper at the 10th Annual
Symposium of the Directed Energy
Professional Society that can be found
here. |
September 2007 |
|
The Report of the Interagency
Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (HEDP)
has been released by the
National
Science and Technology Council Committee on
Science. This
report articulates how HEDP fits into the
portfolio of federally funded missions and
includes agency actions to be taken that are
necessary to further this area of study
consistent with Federal priorities and
plans, while being responsive to the needs
of the scientific community. |
Report
August 2007
|
|
Scientific Opportunities in High Energy
Density Laboratory Plasmas Workshop.
Summary here |
May 23-24, 2007 |
|
2008 Budget Planning Meeting,
Gaithersburg, Maryland |
March 13-14, 2007 |
|
DE-PS02-07ER07-19, entitled
"SciDAC: Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas,
Computational Physics and Applications". The
program contact is Dr. Rostom Dagazian. |
Letter of Intent by
April 3, 2007; Application by May 15,
2007 |
|
DE-PS02-07ER07-20, entitled "SciDAC:
Computational Magnetohydrodynamics". The program
contact is Dr. Rostom Dagazian. |
Letter of Intent by
April 10, 2007, Application by May 22,
2007 |
|
DE-PS02-07ER07-21, entitled "SciDAC: Plasma
Turbulence and Transport". The program contact
is Dr. John Mandrekas. |
Letter of Intent by
April 17, 2007; Application by May 29,
2007 |
|
DE-PS02-07ER07-22, entitled "SciDAC:
Computational Physics of Energetic Particles in
Plasmas". The program contact is Dr. Curtis
Bolton. |
Letter of Intent by
April 23, 2007; Application by June 4,
2007 |
|
|
February 5, 2007 |
Financial Assistance Funding
Opportunity Announcement DE-PS02-07ER07-10
entitled "Development of Diagnostic Systems for
Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Experiments".
A letter of intent is required and should be
submitted by March 5, 2007. Formal applications
are due by April 3, 2007.
DUE DATE FOR FORMAL APPLICATIONS HAS
BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 6, 2007. The program
point-of-contact is Dr. Darlene Markevich. NO
MORE LETTERS OF INTENT WILL BE ACCEPTED--POSTED
MARCH 7, 2007. CLOSED |
Formal applications are due by
April 3, 2007 |
|
The next
meeting of FESAC
is March 1-2, 2007 at the Rio Washingtonian
Marriot, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd.,
Gaithersburg, Maryland.
|
See FESAC Page for Details |
Results of the FY 2006 Theory
Solicitation
Program Notice DE-FG02-06ER06-07
entitled "Theoretical Research in Plasma
and Fusion Science"
|
January 2007 |
|
Financial Assistance Funding
Opportunity Announcement DE-PS02-07ER07-07
entitled "Theoretical Research in Plasma and
Fusion Science." Letters of Intent are
required and are due February 23, 2007. The
Program Manager is: Dr. John Mandrekas. |
Formal applications are due by
March 28, 2007 |
|
FY 2009 Office of Fusion
Energy Sciences Budget Planning Meeting
(Briefings will be posted as soon as
available after the meeting) |
March 13-14, 2006 |
|
DOE/NSF Partnership in Basic
Plasma Science and Engineering: FY 2006
Proposals Funded by DOE |
October 2006 |
|
Application deadline for the Office Fusion
Energy Sciences Graduate Fellowship Program |
January 31, 2007
|
|
Application deadline for the Office Fusion
Energy Sciences Postdoctoral Research Program |
March 1, 2007 |
|
Program Notice 06-18 entitled "Plasma Physics
Junior Faculty Development Program" is posted
on the Grants and Contracts website. Formal
applications are due by September 6, 2006.
Letters of Intent due August 9, 2006. The
program point of contact is Dr. Darlene
Markevich. |
September 6, 2006 due date--Closed |
|
Results of Program Notice DE-FG01-05ER05-21,
"Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development
Program |
2006 |
|
Committee of Visitors Completes First Cycle of
Reviews. In August 2003, the Department
established, through the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC), a
Committee of Visitors (CoV) to assess matters
pertaining to program decisions. The CoV was
asked to review program management decisions
on a regular, rotating basis for the three
major elements of the program-theory and
computation, confinement innovation and basic
plasma science, and tokamak research and
enabling technologies. For each element the
CoV was to assess the efficiency and quality
of the processes used to 1) solicit, review,
recommend and document proposal actions, 2)
establish the consistency level between the
award decisions and OFES programs and goals,
and 3) monitor active projects and programs.
The first round of these CoV reviews has
been completed and a report has been
published that is a compilation of the three
CoV reports issued during the first round.
The report titled Compilation of Reports
from the First Round of Committee of
Visitors' Reviews of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Program, DOE/SC-0098, October
2006, is available
here. |
October 2006 |
|
Announcement of the results of FY 2006
Program Notice DE-FG02-06ER06-05
entitled "Research in High Energy Density Physics Using the
Atlas Pulsed Power Facility". |
June 2006 |
| FY 2008 Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Budget Planning Meeting
(Briefings will be posted as soon as available after the meeting) |
March
14-15, 2006 |
|
NSTX Collaboration Grant Awards - 2006 |
March 2006 |
|
The U.S. Burning
Plasma Organization: USBPO e-News and other
information
|
USPBO
|
|
Results of the FY 2005 Theory Solicitation |
February 2006 |
|
Program Notice DE-FG02-06ER06-07 entitled
"Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion
Science" was posted on the Grants and
Contracts web site January 25, 2006. Letters
of Intent are due by February 24, 2006 and
formal applications must be received by March
30, 2006. The program contact is Dr. John
Mandrekas. |
March 30, 2006 due date |
|
FESAC News:
The process for putting in place a new set of
members for the Fusion Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee has recently been
completed. The process was complicated due to
a decision that all members of DOE advisory
committees as governed by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act would have to become Special
Government Employees on the days they are
engaged in committee work. This decision puts
the DOE advisory committees on the same basis
as the membership of all the Federal
Government science advisory committees
including those that report to the National
Science Foundation. |
FESAC
Members for 2005-2007 |
|
Program Notice DE-FG02-06ER06-05 entitled
"Research in High Energy Density Physics Using
the ATLAS Pulsed Power Facility" was posted on
the Grants and Contracts web side, January
123, 2005. Letters of Intent are due by
February 15, 2006 and formal applications must
be received by March 1, 2006. |
March 1, 2006 due date |
|
21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference will be
held in Chengdu, China, October 16-21, 2006.
Details on the conference and call for papers
can be found on the
IAEA webpage. Details for submitting
papers to the U.S. Paper Selection Committee
is can be found at this
link.
Form A,
Form B,
Form C. Email submissions can be made
to:
fec2006us@fusionscience.org |
October 16-21, 2006 |
|
Application deadline for the Office Fusion
Energy Sciences Graduate Fellowship Program.
CLOSED |
January 31, 2006
|
|
Application deadline for the Office Fusion
Energy Sciences Postdoctoral Research Program |
March 24, 2006
|
|
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science
and Engineering: National Science Foundation
(Directorates for Engineering, Geosciences,
and Mathematical and Physical Sciences) and
the U.S. Department of Energy (Office of
Science/Office of Fusion Energy Sciences) are
continuing in FY 2006 the joint Partnership in
Basic Plasma Science and Engineering begun in
FY 1997. Proposals must be received by the
National Science Foundation by January 6,
2006. |
January 6, 2006 due date
|
|
Information on the next U.S. Burning Plasma
Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
December 7-9, 2005 |
|
Program Notice 05-21 entitled "Plasma Physics
Junior Faculty Development Program" was posted
on the Grants and Contracts Web Site Tuesday,
August 2, 2005. A Letter-of-Intent is required
and should be submitted by September 19, 2005
and formal applications are due by October 18,
2005. The program point-of-contact is Dr.
Darlene Markevich. |
August 2005 |
|
Awards under
Program Notice DE-FG01-05ER05-07,
"Research in Innovative Approaches to
High Energy Density Physics in Fusion Energy
Sciences". |
July 2005 |
|
Program Notice DE-FG01-05ER05-20 entitled
"National Spherical Torus Experiment -
Innovative Measurements of Spherical Torus
Plasmas" was posted on the Grants and
Contracts Web Site Tuesday, July 26, 2005. A
Letter-of-Intent is required and should be
submitted by September 14, 2005 and formal
applications are due by October 12, 2005. The
program point-of-contact is Steve Eckstrand. |
July 2005 |
|
Results of Program Announcement Lab 05-07 for
"Innovative High Energy Density Physics" |
July, 2005 |
|
ITER site selected in final decision at the
ITER Ministerial Meeting in Moscow Russia..
Remarks on behalf of the U.S. Government
by Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of
Science, Department of Energy.
Joint Declaration by the Representatives
of the Parties to the ITER Negotiations; and
DOE Press Release on the ITER siting
decision. |
June 28, 2005 |
|
DIII-D Year end Review is scheduled for July
21-22. Meeting will review progress made
during 2004-2005 experimental campaign. |
July 21-22, 2005 |
|
Results of Program Announcement Lab 05-06 for
"Opportunities in Basic Plasma Science." |
June 22, 2005 |
|
Results of Program Notice DE-FG01-04ER04-29;
Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development
Program. |
June 21, 2005 |
|
"Scientists Honored at State Awards" Prof.
Ken Gentle, Institute of Fusion Studies at the
University of Texas was honored by the Chinese
Government for his significant contribution
for the international cooperation between the
U.S. and China. Prof. Gentle was one of five
foreign scientists honored. |
April 3, 2005 |
|
Program Notice 05-09 entitled "Research in
Innovative Approaches to Fusion Energy
Sciences" was posted on Grants and Contracts
Web Site. Letters-of-Intent is required and
should be submitted by May 18, 2005, and
formal applications are due by June 23, 2005.
Point-of-Contact is Dr. Ken Hill. |
April 6, 2005
|
|
FY
2007 Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Budget
Planning Meeting |
March 15-16, 2005
|
|
Twelfth International Conference on Fusion
Reactor Materials, Santa Barbara, CA.
Conference Organizer:
Robert Odette |
December
4-9, 2005 |
|
Application deadline for the National
Undergraduate Fellowship Program in Plasma
Physics and Fusion Energy Sciences (NuF) |
February 18, 2005
|
