DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
For this Solicitation the Office of Science is using Grants.Gov
for the electronic submission of applications. Please
reference Funding Opportunity
For more information about the Office of Science Grant Program, go to the Office of Science Grants and Contracts Web Site.
|
Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS02-07ER07-01
Annual Notice The Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Energy Research Analyses. On September 3, 1992, DOE published in the Federal Register the Office of Energy Research Financial Assistance Program (now called the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program), 10 CFR Part 605, Final Rule, which contained a solicitation for this program. Information about submission of applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluation and selection processes and other policies and procedures are specified in 10 CFR Part 605. APPLICATION DUE DATE: October 1, 2007, 8:00 PM Eastern Time Applications must be submitted using Grants.gov, the Funding Opportunity Announcement can be found using the CFDA Number, 81.049 or the Funding Opportunity Announcement number, DE-PS02-07ER07-01. Applicants must follow the instructions and use the forms provided on Grants.gov. PROGRAM MANAGER CONTACTS: Questions regarding the specific program areas/technical requirements should be directed to the points of contact listed for each program office within the Notice and not to the Notice Administrative Contact.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is anticipated that approximately $400 million will be available for grant and cooperative agreement awards in FY 2007. The DOE is under no obligation to pay for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of an application. DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or none of the applications submitted in response to this Notice. The following program descriptions are offered to provide more in-depth information on scientific and technical areas of interest to the Office of Science. 1. Basic Energy Sciences The Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program supports fundamental research in the natural sciences and engineering leading to new and improved energy technologies and to understanding and mitigating the environmental impacts of energy technologies. The four long-term measures of the program are:
The objective of this program is to support fundamental experimental and theoretical
research in materials sciences and engineering that provides the foundations for the
discovery and design of new materials with novel functions and properties. Major
emphasis is placed on the design and synthesis of materials, the characterization and the
understanding of their structure, defect state, physical, chemical and electrochemical,
mechanical and irradiation induced behavior over multiple length and time scales. The
program also supports the development and advancement of the computational tools and
techniques that in turn enable the understanding of the behaviors of materials. The
ultimate goal is to establish the scientific basis to predict, synthesize, and design new
materials for energy relevant applications. Disciplinary areas where basic research is
supported include materials physics, condensed matter physics, materials chemistry,
biomolecular materials, x-ray, neutron, and electron scattering sciences, and related
disciplines where the emphasis is on the science of materials. Product development,
demonstration, surveys and process optimization studies for existing commercial
materials are not within the scope of this solicitation.
Program Contact: Phone (301) 903-3427
(b) Chemical Sciences
The objective of this set of programs is to develop and enhance fundamental
understanding in the chemical sciences that contributes to the overall goal of optimizing
and controlling molecular transformations. Emphasis is placed on basic discovery in the
chemical sciences, and on the scientific underpinning of new sources of energy and
improved processes for using existing energy resources. Disciplinary areas where
experimental and theoretical/computational basic research are supported include atomic,
molecular, and optical sciences; chemical physics; photochemistry; radiation chemistry;
analytical chemistry; separations science; actinide chemistry; and catalysis sciences.
(c) Geosiences
The objective of this program is to develop a quantitative and predictive understanding of
geologic processes related to energy and environmental quality. The program emphasizes
cross-cutting basic research that will improve understanding of reactive geochemical
transport and other subsurface processes and properties and how to image them using
techniques ranging from electrons, x-rays or neutrons to electromagnetic and seismic
waves. Applications of this fundamental understanding might include transport of
contaminant fluids, hydrocarbons, sequestered carbon dioxide, or performance prediction
for repository sites. The emphasis is on the disciplinary areas of geochemistry,
geophysics, geomechanics, and hydrogeology with a focus on the upper levels of the
earth's crust. Particular emphasis is on processes taking place at the atomic and molecular
scale. Specific topical areas receiving emphasis include: high resolution geophysical
imaging; rock physics, physics of fluid transport, and fundamental properties and
interactions of rocks, minerals, and fluids.
(d) Energy Biosciences
The objective of this program is to generate fundamental knowledge pertaining to
physical, chemical and molecular mechanisms that govern biological energy
transduction. Emphasis is on understanding processes that will be the foundation for
technological developments related to DOE's mission to efficiently capture and utilize
solar energy, as well as to convert renewable resources into fuels, chemicals and other
energy enriched products. This program has special requirements for the submission of
preapplications, when to submit, and the length of the applications. Applicants are
encouraged to contact the program regarding these requirements. Program Contact:
The primary objectives of the High Energy Physics (HEP) program are to explore the fundamental interactions of matter and energy, including the unseen forms of matter and energy that dominate the universe; to understand the ultimate unification of fundamental forces and particles; to search for possible new dimensions of space; and to investigate the nature of time itself. In support of these broad scientific objectives, the HEP program has established specific long-term goals that correspond very roughly to current research priorities, and are representative of the program:
There are two subprograms within the Office of High Energy Physics that support research aimed at these objectives.
This research falls into three broad categories: experimental research, theoretical research, and advanced R&D in particle detector science and technology. The goal of the last category is to enable the design and fabrication of the instrumentation needed for the physics research.
The Physics Research subprogram supports research aimed at the long term scientific
goals outlined above, especially those that have the potential to advance the field of HEP.
The subprogram has also provided graduate and postdoctoral research training for HEP
scientists in pursuit of these goals, and equipment for experiments and related
computational efforts. Topics studied include (but are not limited to) studies aimed at the
long term scientific goals outlined above, and other related studies such as studies of
"dark energy", astrophysical studies and cosmology, particle properties and mutual
interactions, and theoretical studies that provide or extend the framework of
understanding for HEP.
b) Advanced Accelerator Research and Development
The goal of this subprogram is to enable forefront research and development in those
aspects of accelerator science and technology that have a strong potential to advance the
capabilities of HEP research. The subprogram has also provided training for new
accelerator scientists and had significant impact on other sciences, the economy, health,
and other sectors.
The AARD subprogram supports long-range, exploratory research aimed at developing
new concepts. Topics studied include (but are not limited to) analytic and computational
techniques for modeling particle beams, advanced magnet and acceleration technologies,
ultra-intense beam sources, cutting edge diagnostic techniques, and new materials
utilizing new core technologies. Examples of recent progress include the achievement of
extremely high accelerating gradients utilizing plasma wake fields, the application of new
materials and techniques to reach extremely high magnetic fields in superconducting
magnets or high gradients in superconducting cavities, and the understanding of the
complex dynamics of beams in extreme conditions.
PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. The Nuclear Physics program supports basic research, technical developments and world- class accelerator facilities to expand our fundamental understanding of the interactions and structures of atomic nuclei and nuclear matter, and an understanding of the forces of nature as manifested in nuclear matter. Today, the reach of nuclear physics extends from the quarks and gluons that form the substructure of the once-elementary protons and neutrons, to the most dramatic of cosmic events-supernovae. These and many other diverse activities are driven by five broad questions articulated recently by the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) in the Opportunities in Nuclear Science: A Long- Range Plan for the Next Decade. The four subprogram areas and their objectives are organized around answering these five key questions. Research activities supported by the Office of Nuclear Physics are aligned with and contribute to the overall progress of the following long term performance measures: 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. Recreate brief, tiny samples of hot, dense nuclear matter to search for the quark-gluon plasma and characterize its properties. 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. Measure fundamental properties of neutrinos and fundamental symmetries by using neutrinos from the sun and nuclear reactors and by using radioactive decay measurements. Contribute to the theoretical understanding of any of the above. The program is organized into the following four subprograms: a) Medium Energy Nuclear Physics
This subprogram supports experimental research primarily at the Thomas Jefferson
National Accelerator Facility and with the polarized proton collision program at the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC-Spin), directed at answering the first key question:
What is the structure of the nucleon? Detailed investigations of the structure of the
nucleon are aimed at understanding how these basic building blocks of matter are
constructed from the elementary quarks and gluons of Quantum Chromo-Dynamics
(QCD) and how complex interactions among them generate all the properties of the
nucleon, including it's electromagnetic and spin properties. New knowledge in this area
would also allow the nuclear binding force to be described in terms of QCD, thus
providing a path for understanding the structure of atomic nuclei from first principles. b) Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics
This subprogram supports experimental research primarily at the Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider (RHIC) directed at answering the second question: What are the properties of
hot nuclear matter? At extremely high temperatures, such as those that existed in the
early universe immediately after the "Big Bang," normal nuclear matter is believed to
revert to its primeval state called the quark-gluon plasma. This research program aims to
recreate extremely small and brief samples of this high energy density phase of matter in
the laboratory by colliding heavy nuclei at relativistic energies. At much lower
temperatures, nuclear matter passes through another phase transition from a Fermi liquid
to a Fermi gas of free roaming nucleons; understanding this phase transition is also a goal
of the subprogram. c) Low Energy Nuclear Physics
This subprogram supports experimental research directed at understanding the remaining
three questions: What is the structure of nucleonic matter? Forefront nuclear structure
research lies in studies of nuclei at the limits of excitation energy, deformation, angular
momentum, and isotopic stability. The properties of nuclei at these extremes are not
known and such knowledge is needed to test and drive improvement in nuclear models
and theories about the nuclear many-body system. What is the nuclear microphysics of
the universe? Knowledge of the detailed nuclear structure, nuclear reaction rates, half-
lives of specific nuclei, and the limits of nuclear existence at both the proton and neutron
drip lines is crucial for understanding the nuclear astrophysics processes responsible for
the production of the chemical elements in the universe, and the explosive dynamics of
supernovae. Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model? Studies of fundamental
interactions and symmetries, including those of neutrino oscillations, are indicating that
our current "Standard Model" theory which explains what the universe is and what holds
it together is incomplete, opening up possibilities for new discoveries by precision
experiments. d) Nuclear Theory (including the Nuclear Data subprogram)
Progress in nuclear physics, as in any science, depends critically on improvements in the
theoretical techniques and on new insights that will lead to new models and theories that
can be applied to interpret experimental data and predict new behavior. The Nuclear
Theory program supports theoretical research directed at understanding all five of the
central questions identified in the NSAC 2002 Long Range Plan. Included in the theory
program are the activities that are aimed at providing information services on critical
nuclear data and have as a goal the compilation and dissemination of an accurate and
complete nuclear data information base that is readily accessible and user oriented. 4. Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) The mission of the Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program is to deliver forefront computational and networking capabilities to scientists nationwide that enable them to extend the frontiers of science, answering critical questions that range from nanoscience to astrophysics and include nuclear structure, the function of living cells and the power of fusion energy. Two long term measures for the program are:
2. Demonstrate progress toward developing, through the Genomes to Life partnership with the Biological and Environmental Research program, the computational science capability to model a complete microbe and a simple microbial community. In order to accomplish this mission, this program fosters and supports fundamental research in advanced computing research (applied mathematics, computer science and networking), and operates supercomputer, networking, and related facilities to enable the analysis, modeling, simulation, and prediction of complex phenomena important to the Department of Energy. The Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Subprogram This subprogram is responsible for carrying out the primary mission of the ASCR program: discovering, developing, and deploying advanced scientific computing and communications tools and operating the high performance computing and network facilities that researchers need to analyze, model, simulate, and -- most importantly -- predict the behavior of complex natural and engineered systems of importance to the Office of Science and to the Department of Energy. The computing and advanced networks required to meet Office of Science needs exceed the state-of- the-art by a wide margin. Furthermore, the algorithms, software tools, the software libraries and the distributed software environments needed to accelerate scientific discovery through modeling and simulation are beyond the realm of commercial interest. To establish and maintain DOE's modeling and simulation leadership in scientific areas that are important to its mission, the MICS subprogram employs a broad, but integrated research strategy. The basic research portfolio in applied mathematics and computer science provides the foundation for enabling research activities, which includes efforts to advance high-performance networking, to develop software tools, software libraries and software environments. Results from enabling research supported by the MICS subprogram are used by computational scientists supported by other Office of Science and other DOE programs. Research areas include: a) Applied Mathematics Research on the underlying mathematical understanding and numerical algorithms to enable effective description and prediction of physical systems such as fluids, magnetized plasmas, or protein molecules. This includes, for example, methods for solving large systems of partial differential equations on parallel computers, techniques for choosing optimal values for parameters in large systems with hundreds to hundreds of thousands of parameters, improving our understanding of fluid turbulence, and developing techniques for reliably estimating the errors in simulations of complex physical phenomena. b) Computer Science Research in computer science to enable large scientific applications through advances in massively parallel computing such as scalable and fault tolerant operating systems for parallel computers, programming models, performance modeling and assessment tools, interoperability and infrastructure methodology, and large scale data management and visualization. The development of new computer and computational science techniques will allow scientists to use the most advanced computers without being overwhelmed by the complexity of rewriting their codes with each new generation of high performance architectures. c) Network Environment Research
Research to develop and deploy a high-performance network and collaborative
technologies to support distributed high-end science applications and large-scale
scientific collaborations. The current focus areas include but are not limited to cyber
security systems, dynamic bandwidth allocation services, network measurement and
analysis, ultra high-speed transport protocols, and advanced application layer services
that make it easy for scientists to effectively and efficiently access and use distributed
resources, such as advanced services for group collaboration, secure services for remote
access of distributed resources, and innovative technologies for sharing, controlling, and
managing distributed computing resources. 5. Fusion Energy Sciences The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program supports the Department's Energy Security and World-Class Scientific Research Capacity goals. The FES program goal is to advance plasma science, fusion science, and fusion technology -- the knowledge base needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy source. FES supports basic and applied research, encourages technical cross-fertilization with the broader U.S. science community, and uses international collaboration to accomplish this goal. The FES program contributes to the Energy Security goal through participation in ITER, an experiment to study and demonstrate the sustained burning of fusion fuel. ITER will provide an unparalleled scientific research opportunity and will test the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power, will also be the penultimate step before a demonstration fusion power plant. The ITER negotiations have been successfully completed in FY 2006 and the ITER Agreement has been initialed. Assuming the final signing of the Agreement and its ratification by the ITER parties in FY 2007, FES scientists and engineers have started supporting the technical R&D and preparations to start project construction in Fiscal Year 2006. The FES program contributes to the World-Class Scientific Research Capacity goal by managing a program of fundamental research into the nature of fusion plasmas and the means for confining plasma to yield energy. This includes: 1) exploring basic issues in plasma science; 2) developing the scientific basis and computational tools to predict the behavior of magnetically confined plasmas; 3) using the advances in tokamak research to enhance the initiation of the burning plasma physics phase of the FES program; 4) exploring innovative confinement options that offer the potential of more attractive fusion energy sources in the long term; 5) advancing our understanding of high energy density physics and exploring attractive pathways to attaining states of high energy density matter, (in collaboration with NNSA and NSF); 6) developing the cutting edge technologies that enable fusion facilities to achieve their scientific goals; and 7) advancing the science base for innovative materials to establish the economic feasibility and environmental quality of fusion energy. The overall effort requires operation of a set of unique and diversified experimental facilities, ranging from smaller-scale university experiments to large national facilities that involve extensive collaborations. These facilities provide scientists with the experimental data to validate theoretical understanding and computer models-leading ultimately to an improved predictive capability for fusion science. Scientists from the U.S. also participate in leading edge experiments on fusion facilities abroad and conduct comparative studies to supplement the scientific understanding they can obtain from domestic facilities. Operation of the major fusion facilities will be focused on science issues relevant to ITER design and operation. The United States is an active participant in the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), which facilitates identification of high priority research for burning plasmas in general, and for ITER specifically, through workshops and assigned tasks. Fabrication of the National Compact Stellarator Experiment, an innovative new confinement system that is the product of advances in physics understanding and computer modeling, will continue with a target for the initial operation in Fiscal Year 2009. In addition, there will be continuing efforts to investigate simulations of fusion plasmas in collaboration with the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research. There are three measures that will be used to demonstrate that progress is being made towards meeting the overall program goal over the next ten years. These performance measures are:
2. Configuration Optimization: Demonstrate enhanced fundamental understanding of magnetic confinement and improved basis for future burning plasma experiments through research on magnetic confinement configuration optimization. 3. High Energy Density Physics: Develop the fundamental understanding and predictability of high energy density plasmas for potential energy applications.
The Science and Facility Operations Subprograms The Science subprogram seeks to develop the physics knowledge base needed to advance the FES program. Research is conducted on small to large-scale confinement devices to study physics issues relevant to fusion and plasma physics and to the production of fusion energy. Experiments on these devices are used to explore the limits of specific confinement concepts, as well as study associated physical phenomena. Specific topics of interest to ITER include: (1) reducing plasma energy and particle transport at high densities and temperatures; (2) understanding the physical laws governing stability of high pressure plasmas; (3) investigating plasma wave interactions; (4) studying and controlling impurity particle transport and exhaust in plasmas; and (5) understanding the interaction and coupling among these four issues in a fusion experiment. Research is also carried out in the following areas: (1) basic plasma science directed at furthering the understanding of fundamental processes in plasmas; (2) theory and modeling to provide the understanding of fusion plasmas necessary for interpreting results from present experiments, planning future experiments, and designing future confinement devices; (3) atomic physics and the development of new diagnostic techniques for support of confinement experiments; (4) innovative confinement concepts; and (5) high energy density physics and issues that support the development of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). The high energy density physics necessary for IFE target development is carried out by the Office of Defense Programs in the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. The Enabling R&D Subprogram The Enabling R&D subprogram supports the advancement of fusion science in the nearer-term by carrying out research on technological topics that: (1) enable domestic experiments to achieve their full performance potential and scientific research goals; (2) permit scientific exploitation of the performance gains being sought from physics concept improvements; (3) allow the U.S. to enter into international collaborations gaining access to experimental conditions not available domestically; and (4) explore the science underlying these technological advances. Research is also carried out in the following areas: (1) plasma facing components, (2) structural and special purpose materials, (3) heating and fueling technologies, (4) breeding blankets and fuel cycle and (6) safety and neutronics.
In addition, the Enabling R&D subprogram also supports pursuit of fusion energy science
for the longer-term by conducting research aimed at innovative technologies, designs and
materials to point toward an attractive fusion energy vision and affordable pathways for
optimized fusion development. 6. Biological and Environmental Research Program For over 50 years the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Program has been investing in the biological and environmental sciences related to energy production. The BER program provides fundamental science to underpin the business thrusts of the Department's strategic plan. Through its support of peer-reviewed research at national laboratories, universities, and private institutions, the program develops the basic knowledge needed (1) to identify, understand, and anticipate the long-term health and environmental consequences of energy production, development, and use; (2) to develop biology based solutions that address DOE and National needs and, (3) to understand and clean up legacy environmental contamination related to nuclear weapons and nuclear power production. The following indicators establish specific long term goals in Scientific Advancement that the BER program is committed to, and progress can be measured against.
All grant applications should address one or more of these measures and/or explain how the proposed research supports the broad scientific objectives outlined above. More information on the program and the scientific research it supports can be found at our website http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/. a) Life Sciences Research
Research is focused on using DOE's unique resources and facilities to develop
fundamental knowledge of biological systems that can be used to address DOE needs in
clean energy, carbon sequestration, and environmental cleanup and that will underpin
biotechnology based solutions to energy challenges. The objectives are: (1) to develop
the experimental and, together with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research
program, the computational resources, tools, and technologies needed to understand and
predict the complex behavior of complete biological systems, principally microbes and
microbial communities; (2) to take advantage of the remarkable high throughput and
cost-effective DNA sequencing capacity at the Joint Genome Institute to meet the DNA
sequencing needs of the scientific community through competitive, peer-reviewed
nominations for DNA sequencing; (3) to understand and characterize the risks to human
health from exposures to low levels of radiation; (4) to understand human genome
organization, human gene function and control, and the functional relationships
between human genes and proteins at a genomic scale with an emphasis on human
chromosomes 5, 16 and 19; (5) to develop and support DOE national user facilities
for structural biology at synchrotron and neutron sources; and (6) to anticipate
and address ethical, legal, and social implications arising from Office of
Science-supported biological research especially synthetic biology and nano technology.
b) Climate Change Research
The program seeks to understand the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes
of the Earth's atmosphere, land, and oceans and how these processes may be affected by
energy production and use. The research is designed to provide data that will enable an
objective , scientifically-based assessment of the potential for, and the consequences of,
human-induced climate change at global and regional scales. It also provides data and
models to enable assessments of mitigation options to prevent such a change. The
program is comprehensive with an emphasis on: (1) understanding and simulating the
radiation balance from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere (including the
effect of clouds, water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols); (2) enhancing and evaluating the
quantitative models necessary to predict natural climatic variability and possible human-
caused climate change at global and regional scales; (3) understanding and simulating
both the net exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, terrestrial systems, and
the effects of climate change on the global carbon cycle; (4) understanding ecological
effects of climate change; (5) improving approaches to integrated assessments of effects
of, and options to mitigate, climatic change; and (6) basic research directed at
understanding options for sequestering excess atmospheric carbon dioxide in terrestrial
ecosystems and the ocean, including potential environmental implications of such
sequestration.
c) Environmental Remediation Research
The program supports research to understand the processes controlling DOE-relevant
contaminant mobility in the subsurface; to exploit that understanding in ways that
ameliorate the impacts of subsurface contamination; and to develop the tools needed to
accomplish these goals. The aim of the program is to provide the scientific knowledge,
tools, and enabling discoveries needed to reduce the costs, risks, and schedules associated
with the cleanup and stewardship of the DOE complex. The basic scientific knowledge
and tools (e.g., molecular biology, numerical models) developed through this program
will also extend the frontiers of biological, chemical and physical methods for subsurface
remediation and elucidate the fundamental mechanisms of contaminant transport in the
environment. Research priorities include subsurface remediation (e.g., bioremediation),
contaminant fate and transport assessment and simulation, and the development of tools
and techniques to evaluate and/or validate conceptual models of
contaminant mobility in the subsurface. This program also supports the operation of the
William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) a national
scientific user facility in Richland, Washington. The research performed for this program
will provide fundamental knowledge on a broad range of DOE-specific environmental
remediation problems.
d) Medical Applications and Measurement Sciences
The research related to medical sciences is designed to develop the beneficial
applications of nuclear and other energy-related technologies for bio-medical research,
medical diagnosis and treatment. The objectives are: (1) to utilize innovative
radiochemistry to develop new radiotracers for medical research, clinical diagnosis and
treatment, (2) to develop the next generation of non-invasive nuclear medicine
instrumentation technologies, such as positron emission tomography, (3) to develop
advanced imaging detection instrumentation capable of high resolution from the sub-
cellular to the whole body level, (4) to utilize the unique resources of the DOE in
engineering, physics, chemistry and computer sciences to develop the basic tools to be
used in biology and medicine, particularly in imaging sciences, photo-optics and
biosensors.
7. Planning & Analysis
This program develops methodologies and tools designed to improve program
management and evaluation. Specific objectives include assessments to identify the
outcomes of basic research, impartial and independent evaluations of scientific and
technical research efforts, and analyses designed to improve management efficiency and
effectiveness. Consistent with these overall objectives, this program conducts numerous
research studies to assess directions in science and to identify new policy/programmatic
directions that improve the overall management of basic research programs.
8. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
The objective of the EPSCoR program is to enhance the capabilities of EPSCoR states to
conduct nationally competitive energy-related research and to develop science and
engineering manpower to meet current and future needs in energy-related fields. This
program addresses basic research needs across all of the Department of Energy research
interests. Research supported by the EPSCoR program is concerned with the same broad
research areas addressed by the Office of Science programs that are described in this
notice. The EPSCoR program is restricted to applications, which originate in 21 states
(Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming) and the commonwealth
of Puerto Rico. It is anticipated that only a limited number of new competitive research
grants will be awarded under this program subject to the availability of funds.
Posted on the Office of Science Grants and Contracts Web Site
|