NEW!
February 20, 2008
EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnership Awards,
FY 2008 -- update
The award selection is occurring in two groups. The first
group of awardees will be notified individually by February
29, 2008. The second group of awardees will be notified in
March, 2008 after receipt of peer review comments. A formal
announcement of all awards under the EPSCoR-State/National
Laboratory Partnerships for FY 2008 will be posted at the
time of the second group of awards.
February 1, 2008
Our best wishes to Kristin Bennett from her DOE and EPSCoR
colleagues as she leaves DOE.
January 7, 2008
EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnership Awards,
FY 2008
Eighty full applications are under review. Selections
will be made and new awards will be announced at the end of
January 2008.
October 15, 2007
Eligibility Criteria:
Tennessee became eligible again for participation in
the DOE EPSCoR program October 5, 2007. Please see the
new EPSCoR
Eligibility Criteria Table for FY 2007.
October 8, 2007
DOE EPSCoR Implementation Awards
(FY 2008 funding). Issue Date:
10/04/2007. Subject to Congressional authorization and approval of
funds in FY 2008, DOE anticipates an estimated $1.0 million
will be available for awards to fund
federal-state
partnership research awards that will improve
the capability of the designated state or territory to
conduct sustainable and nationally competitive
energy-related research. Applications are sought for
the
improvement of the state’s academic research infrastructure
in key science and technology energy-related areas as
identified by the state’s EPSCoR governing committee. Awards
under this program are meant to support a group of
scientists and researchers working on a common scientific
theme across the state, and are not appropriate mechanisms
to provide support for individual faculty science and
technology research projects. States eligible for this
Notice are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas,
Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. The Notice supports research activities spanning the range
of science and technology programs within
DOE
Program Offices.
Approximately one or two awards are anticipated in FY 2008
with a maximum award level of $750,000 per year for a period
of up to three years, and with option for renewal for
another three years. Awards under this Notice will be
announced on or about June 15, 2008. Continuation
and renewal funding for the awards will be contingent upon the
availability of appropriated funds, research progress and
reporting, and continuing programmatic need. Due dates
are:
• Pre-application to DOE:
NOT REQUIRED
• Full applications:
January 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (submit to
Grants.gov)
Application Information:
• Office
of Science Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-04
Notice & supplementary information
NEW!
DOE EPSCoR Annual Meeting July
23-25, 2007, Golden, CO (DOE EPSCoR State/National Laboratory Program Review Workshop 2007).
Proceedings are now viewable
http://www.orau.gov/epscor2007/proceedings.htm. All
presentation files may be viewed here.
EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnership Awards,
FY 2008 Preapplications are now CLOSED.
Those principal investigators encouraged to submit full
proposals will be notified by 8:00
pm Eastern Time,
June 8, 2007. All
investigators will be notified of encouragement or
discouragement.
DOE EPSCoR State/National Laboratory Program Review Workshop 2007:
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is pleased
to host the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research (EPSCoR) Program Review Workshop on July 23-25,
2007, in Golden, Colorado. The workshop is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
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Abstract Deadline: July 16,
2007 Principal investigators; state and
facility directors; postdoctoral researchers; and
undergraduate and graduate students involved with EPSCoR
grants are invited to submit one abstract per project.
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Registration and Reservation
Deadline: July 13, 2007 All attendees
and speakers should register for the workshop.
Register at:
EPSCoR 2007 State and National Meeting.
The theme of this
workshop is Renewable Energies for a Global Economy.
As the global economy grows, so too does the world’s
need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Now is the
time to mobilize the abundant scientific and
technological resources embodied in our national
laboratories and universities to perform the fundamental
research so critical to the development of renewable
energy technologies. A primary goal of this workshop is
to identify strategic, innovative partnerships to
advance the nation as a world leader in this area of
research and development. This meeting is open to and
encourages the participation of faculty, researchers,
staff and students from colleges and universities;
researchers and user-facility coordinators from national
laboratories; EPSCoR representatives; and policy and
industry leaders. Participants will learn tools for
implementing successful state-national laboratory
collaborative projects and creating student training
opportunities. Although the theme is renewable energy,
the workshop will span the range of EPSCoR’s
interdisciplinary research areas—basic energy sciences,
computational science, genomics, and defense programs,
for example.
Lodging for the workshop is available at the Marriott
Denver West Hotel in Golden, Colorado. To make
reservations, please contact the hotel directly at
1-800-228-9290 and ask for the EPSCoR group rate.
Implementation Awards, FY 2008.
The
Financial Assistance Notice is anticipated to be issued in
August for anticipated FY 2008 funding (more
information).
EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnership Awards,
FY 2008
The DOE Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) received 197 preapplications
in response to FY 2007 Office of Science Notice 07-15
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR);
Building EPSCoR-State National Laboratory Partnerships.
Each of these submissions will be independently reviewed and
ranked (by number) by at least three DOE program managers
and two National Laboratory program managers and a state
coordinator. Two criteria will be used in this review
process: i) whether the proposed activities
represented DOE Research, and ii) whether the
proposed research was responsive to the specific research
goals described in the Notice. Based on the recommendations
of DOE and National Laboratory program mangers and state
coordinators, it is anticipated that approximately 50% of
the principal investigators will be encouraged to submit
full proposals. There is no appeal process for discouraged
preapplications, nor is there any additional
guidance/information that we can provide regarding
discouragements. According to the rules set forth in the
Notice, discouraged preapplications cannot be used to submit
full proposals. Email messages informing the principal
investigator of the encouragement or discouragement of a
full proposal will be sent prior to June 4, 2007. DOE anticipates an estimated $1.5 million will be
available in FY 2008 to these awards. Due date for required
full formal applications was July 16, 2007 (more information).
EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnership Awards,
FY 2008
Preapplications are now CLOSED.
Those principal investigators encouraged to submit full
proposals were notified by June 4, 2007. See news
above.
Implementation Awards, FY 2007. DOE announced
awards on March 28, 2007 (DOE Press Release)
