[Federal Register: September 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 180)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice DE-FG01-
03ER03-25; Office of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator
Program
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Nuclear Physics of the Office of Science (SC),
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), invites grant applications for support
under the Outstanding Junior Investigator Program (OJI) in nuclear
physics. The purpose of this program is to support the development of
individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their
careers. Applications should be from tenure-track faculty who are
currently involved in experimental or theoretical nuclear physics
research, the U.S. Nuclear Data (USDNP) program, or accelerator physics
research and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution.
DATES: To permit timely consideration of awards in Fiscal Year 2004,
formal applications submitted in response to this notice must be
received by November 11, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Formal applications in response to this solicitation are to
be electronically submitted by an authorized institutional business
official through DOE's Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS)
at: http://e-center.doe.gov/. IIPS provides for the posting of
solicitations and receipt of applications in a paperless environment
via the Internet. In order to submit applications through IIPS your
business official will need to register at the IIPS website. It is
suggested that this registration be completed several days prior to the
date on which you plan to submit the formal application. The Office of
Science will include attachments as part of this notice that provide
the appropriate forms in PDF fillable format that are to be submitted
through IIPS. IIPS offers the option of submitting multiple files--
please limit submissions to only one file within the volume if
possible, with a maximum of no more than four files. Color images
should be submitted in IIPS as a separate file in PDF format and
identified as such. These images should be kept to a minimum due to the
limitations of reproducing them. They should be numbered and referred
to in the body of the technical scientific proposal as Color image 1,
Color image 2, etc. Questions regarding the operation of IIPS may be e-
mailed to the IIPS Help Desk at: helpdesk@pr.doe.gov or you may call
the help desk at: (800) 683-0751. Further information on the use of
IIPS by the Office of Science is available at: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Sidney A. Coon, Office of Nuclear
Physics, SC-90/Germantown Building, Office of Science, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290.
Telephone: (301) 903-3613. Fax: (301) 903-3833. E-Mail address:
Sidney.A.Coon@science.doe.gov. The full text of Program Notice DE-FG01-
03ER03-25 is available via the World Wide Web using the following web
address: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the fifth year of an Outstanding
Junior Investigator Program in Nuclear Physics. A principal goal of
this program is to identify exceptionally talented nuclear physicists
early in their careers and to facilitate the development of their
research programs. The proposed research is expected to make an
important contribution to the vigor of the U.S. Nuclear Physics
program.
Program Funding
The DOE expects to make several awards in Fiscal Year 2004; four
awards were made in Fiscal Year 2003. The actual number of awards will
be determined by the number of excellent applications and the total
amount of funds available for this program. It is anticipated that a
total of up to $250,000 will be available in Fiscal Year 2004 for
funding the program, subject to availability of appropriated funds, and
that awards would be for three to five year terms. At the end of the
initial term, these grants may be renewed, subject to appropriate
external peer review at the time of renewal, as long as the recipient's
tenure status is unchanged.
Research Areas
OJI research applications should be clearly aligned with at least
one of the following Office of Nuclear Physics long-term performance
measures and be able to contribute to its overall progress.
[sbull] Make precision measurements of fundamental properties of
the proton, neutron, and simple nuclei for comparison with theoretical
calculations to provide a quantitative understanding of their quark
substructure.
[sbull] Recreate brief, tiny samples of hot, dense nuclear matter
to search for the quark-gluon plasma and characterize its properties.
[sbull] Investigate new regions of nuclear structure, study
interactions in nuclear matter like those occurring in neutron stars,
and determine the reactions that created the nuclei of atomic elements
inside stars and supernovae.
[sbull] Measure fundamental properties of neutrinos and fundamental
symmetries by using neutrinos from the sun and nuclear reactors, and by
using radioactive decay measurements.
Project Description
Project descriptions should be limited to a maximum of 20 pages
(including text and figures) of technical information. In addition,
please limit biographical and publication information for the principal
investigator to no more than two pages each. Each principal
investigator should provide an E-mail address and a list of recent
collaborators (i.e., within the last four years). In addition to the
information required by 10 CFR part 605 each application should contain
the following items: (1) A succinct statement of the goal of the
research, (2) a detailed research plan, (3) the specific results
expected at the end of the project period, (4) an analysis of the
adequacy of the budget, (5) a discussion of the impact of the proposed
research on other fields of science, and (6) for projects requiring
significant computational resources (e.g., at the National Energy
Research Scientific Computing Center), an estimate and justification of
the resources that will be required.
Merit Review
Applications will be subjected to scientific merit review (peer
review) and will be evaluated against the following criteria, listed in
descending order of importance as codified at 10 CFR part 605.10 (d):
1. Scientific and/or technical merit of the project;
2. Appropriateness of the proposed method or approach;
3. Competency of applicant's personnel and adequacy of proposed
resources;
4. Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget.
Additional criteria, which will be considered: Future promise of
the
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investigator, and the resources and interest of the sponsoring
institution.
General information about development and submission of
applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluation and selection
processes, and other policies and procedures are contained in the
Application Guide for the Office of Science Financial Assistance
Program and 10 CFR part 605. Electronic access to the latest version of
SC's Application Guide is possible via the Internet at the following
Web site address: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.
DOE is under no obligation to pay for any costs associated with the
preparation or submission of applications.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program
is 81.049, and the solicitation control number is ERFAP 10 CFR part
605.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 10, 2003.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
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