GRANTS.GOV REQUIREMENT
The Office of Science now requires all financial assistance applications be submitted through the Grants.gov website. Grants.gov is a Federal wide system developed to allow organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. MICROSOFT VISTA AND OFFICE 2007 COMPATIBILITY: Grants.gov is currently incompatible with both the new Microsoft (MS) Vista Operating System and the new Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 versions of Word, Excel and Power Point. If you attach a file created using MS Office 2007, you will not get an error message when you submit the application, HOWEVER your entire application will not be able to be processed or accepted at Grants.gov and will not reach DOE. Grants.gov provides an alternative solution at http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp#citrixnonwindow For solutions to the Office 2007 compatibility issue, go to http://www07.grants.gov/help/submit_application_faqs.jsp. Registration Requirements: As part of the Department's implementation of e-Government, the Office of Science requires the submission of applications through Grants.gov. There are several one-time actions you must complete in order to submit an application through Grants.gov (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central Contract Registry (CCR), register with the credential provider and register with Grants.gov). See http://www.grants.gov/GetStarted. Use the Grants.gov Organization Registration Checklist at http://www.grants.gov/assets/OrganizationRegCheck.pdf to guide you through the process. Designating an E-Business Point of Contact (EBiz POC) and obtaining a special password called an MPIN are important steps in the CCR registration process. Applicants, who are not registered with CCR and Grants.gov, should allow at least 21 days to complete these requirements. It is suggested that the process be started as soon as possible. VERY IMPORTANT - Grants.gov utilizes PureEdge software for application completion and submission. You must download the PureEdge Viewer to open application forms and instructions: In order to view the application packages and instructions, you will need to download and install the PureEdge Viewer. This free software program will allow you to access, complete, and submit applications electronically and securely. For a free version of the software, visit the following Web Site: http://www.grants.gov/DownloadViewer.

Funding Opportunity Announcements

Annual Notice -- Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-01 --Posted October 3, 2007
Applications may be submitted at any time.

Annual Notice -- Submission of Renewal and Supplemental Applications for Office of Science Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-02 --Posted October 3, 2007
Applications may be submitted at any time.

Annual Notice for Continuation of Availability of Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Nuclear Physics
Notice DE-PS02-07ER07-31 --Posted August 30, 2007
Applications must be submitted by November 1 of the Fiscal Year for which funding is requested to permit timely consideration for award in that Fiscal Year. For applications meeting this deadline, it is anticipated that selections will be completed by May and that awards will be made by August. If this deadline is not met, the application will probably not be considered for funding until the next Fiscal Year. Any new applications not able to meet this deadline may be submitted in response to the "Annual Notice - Continuing Solicitation for all Office of Science Programs" mentioned above for consideration in the subsequent Fiscal Year.
Letter-of-Intent is encouraged (but not required) and should be submitted by October 1, 2007.

Energy Frontier Research Centers
Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS02-08ER15944 --Posted on Grants.gov
April 4, 2008
Letters-of-Intent are due July 1, 2008.
Formal applications are due October 1, 2008.

Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-10 --Posted February 14, 2008
Preapplications are required and must be received by
June 2, 2008.
Formal applications must be received by November 10, 2008.

Joint Solicitation for The OFES-NNSA Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas and the NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-16 --Posted June 26, 2008
Letters of Intent are required and must be submitted by
August 18, 2008.
Formal applications must be received by September 11, 2008.

Plasma Science Centers
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-25 --Posted June 26, 2008
Letters of Intent are requested and should be submitted by
August 11, 2008.
Preapplications are required and must be received by
September 1, 2008.
Formal applications must be received by February 2, 2009.

Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-26 --Posted July 22, 2008
Letters of Intent are required and should be submitted by
September 4, 2008.
Formal applications must be received by October 7, 2008.
>> DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2009, THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-28 --Posted September 3, 2008
Formal applications must be received by November 5, 2008.

National Spherical Torus Experiment Innovative Measurements of Spherical Torus Plasmas
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-29 --Posted August 22, 2008
Letters of Intent are required and should be submitted by
September 4, 2008.
Formal applications must be received by September 25, 2008.

Interagency Program Announcement

NONE

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NOTE: DOE Government Owned-Contractor Operated (GOCO) Laboratories and other Federal agencies are not allowed to respond directly to these grant solicitation notices. However, DOE Laboratories (GOCO Only) may submit task proposals for funding under their current DOE contracts; and may wish to respond to the program announcements listed under Program Announcements to DOE Laboratories (GOCO Only) below.

Other Federal agencies may submit proposals which, if approved, will be funded via interagency agreements. Click here for the proposal format which other Federal agencies should use to submit a proposal to DOE's Office of Science.

Use the following Grant Application Guide and forms when preparing your grant application.

Grant Application Guide and Forms

Grant Application Guide
This Guide includes instructions for preparing and submitting a grant application. Updates to this Guide are posted immediately at this web site. If you have a copy of the printed Application Guide booklet dated October 1985, or the undated Guide No. 3 or 3.1, it is out of date. THIS WEB SITE SHOULD BE YOUR SOURCE FOR THE LATEST GUIDE.

Grant Application Forms
The grant application forms are provided in Grants.gov. Applicants must use the application forms provided with the Funding Opportunity Announcement.

If required to submit a revised budget, please click here to access the Budget Form (DOE F 4620.1) to be used. This form is only to be used for revised budgets. Revised budgets must also have revised Budget Justifications.

Application Receipt and Processing (Summary)
Includes administrative review of grant applications, evaluation criteria, and the merit review process. (As contained in the Grant Application Guide.)

Office of Science "Merit Review System"
(As published in Federal Register, March 11, 1991)

10 CFR Part 605 - Office of Science (Formerly Office of Energy Research) Financial Assistance Program Rule
September 3, 1992

Preapplication Policy
December 11, 1996

10 CFR Part 600 - Department of Energy Financial Assistance Rules

OMB Circular A-21
Cost Principles for Educational Institutions

OMB Circular A-110
Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations

OMB Circular A-122
Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations
(Does not apply to colleges and universities.)

In recognition of these difficulties, the SciDAC research projects are collaborative efforts involving teams of physical scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and computational scientists working on major software and algorithm development for and application to problems in the SC core programs, namely, Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, and Biological and Environmental Research. Research funded under the SciDAC program must address the interdisciplinary problems inherent in ultrascale computing, problems that cannot be addressed by a single investigator or small group of investigators. The latter are typically funded by the core research programs. SciDAC Contact: (301) 903-3691.

For more information on FDP, visit the Federal Demonstration Partnership Web Site.

FDP Phase IV - Participating Institutions

FDP Phase IV - General Terms and Conditions - April 1, 2005 (PDF File)
Any new, continuation or renewal grant award with the 90 participating institutions shall incorporate FDP Phase IV General Terms and Conditions and DOE Specific Terms and Conditions.

FDP Phase IV - DOE Modifications to FDP General Terms and Conditions - October 1, 2005

Terms and Conditions
SBIR applicants whose grant applications have been approved for funding will receive a research grant from the Department. To view the General Terms and Conditions for SBIR Grants for Phase I and Phase II awards, as well as Special Terms and Conditions, click here.

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program...
The Office of Science manages the STTR program for the Department of Energy. For information about the STTR program, including the Program Solicitation, click here.

Task proposals submitted by DOE Laboratories (GOCO Only) (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers - FFRDCs) in response to the below program announcements, will be subjected to formal merit review (peer review). FFRDC task proposals will not compete against grant applications submitted by the private sector. Click here for a list of all FFRDCs Federal-wide. This list is maintained by the National Science Foundation.

Open Program Announcements to DOE Laboratories (GOCO Only)

Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities
LAB 08-10 --Posted February 15, 2008
Preproposals are required and must be received by June 2, 2008.
Formal proposals must be received by November 10, 2008.

Joint Solicitation for The OFES-NNSA Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas and the NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program
LAB 08-16 --Posted June 26, 2008
Letters of Intent are required and must be submitted by
August 18, 2008.
Formal proposals must be received by September 11, 2008.

Environmental Remediation Science Program
LAB 08-30 --Posted September 8, 2008
SFA Program Plan (Preproposals) are required and must be submitted by
October 16, 2008.
SFA Science Plan (Formal proposals) must be received by January 30, 2009.