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HOW TO APPLY FOR AN OFFICE OF SCIENCE GRANT
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Who is eligible to apply for grant funding?
Colleges and universities, non-profit organizations,
for-profit commercial organizations,
state and local governments, and unaffiliated individuals
may submit grant applications in response to the following Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
ATTENTION CHANGE IN SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT EFFECTIVE August 4, 2009
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The Office of Science requires all financial assistance applications be
submitted through the Grants.gov website.
Grants.gov allows 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.
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Registration Requirements: The Office of Science requires the submission of applications
through Grants.gov. There are several one-time actions you must complete in order to be
able 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). You must complete
all the steps in "Get Started" at www.grants.gov
prior to submitting your initial application. Applicants, who are not registered with
CCR and Grants.gov, should allow 14 days to complete these requirements. It is suggested
that the process be started as soon as possible.
Need help with Grants.gov, visit the Troubleshooting Tips Page
at
http://www.grants.gov/help/trouble_tips.jsp.
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Funding Opportunity Announcements
ATTENTION: NEW INFORMATION
REVISED APPLICATION DUE DATE: September 30, 2009, 8:00 PM Eastern Time
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Annual Notice for Continuation of Availability of Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Nuclear Physics
Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-32 --Posted September 18, 2008
Applications must be submitted by November 15 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, 2008.
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships
Notice DE-PS02-09ER09-11 --Posted April 23, 2009
Preapplications are REQUIRED and must be submitted by June 5, 2009.
Formal applications must be received by November 9, 2009.
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE-EPSCoR) Implementation Awards
Notice DE-PS02-09ER09-12 --Posted May 14, 2009
Formal applications must be received by October 13, 2009.
Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory
Notice DE-PS02-09ER09-24 --Posted June 29, 2009
Formal applications must be received by September 1, 2009.
Biological Systems Research on the Role of Microbial Communities in Carbon Cycling
Notice DE-PS02-09ER09-25 --Posted July 1, 2009
Preapplications are REQUIRED and must be submitted by August 25, 2009.
Formal applications must be received by November 9, 2009.
THIS IS A RECOVERY ACT ANNOUNCEMENT
RECOVERY ACT (ARRA) - Early Career Research Program
Notice DE-PS02-09ER09-26 --Posted July 2, 2009
Letters of Intent are encouraged and should be submitted by August 3, 2009.
Formal applications must be received by September 1, 2009.
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.
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MERIT REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS
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The following guidelines and regulations pertain to the merit review of grant
applications as well as other Federal policies and procedures concerning the Department's
grant process.
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)
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GRANT RULES, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDANCE
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The following rules, regulations, and guidance pertain to the overall DOE and Federal grant
process.
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.)
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH ADVANCED COMPUTING (SciDAC)
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Beyond the scientific computing and computational science research embedded in the
Office of Science (SC) Core Programs, SC invests in a portfolio of coordinated research
efforts directed at exploiting the emerging capabilities of terascale and petascale
computing (http://www.osti.gov/scidac/).
The research projects in this portfolio respond to the extraordinary difficulties of
realizing sustained peak performance for those scientific applications that require
terascale and petascale capabilities to accomplish their research goals. They respond
also to the need for developing collaborative software environments where distributed
resources and expertise are combined to address complex questions that no single
institution can manage alone.
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.
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FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIP
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The Office of Science is a participant in the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), working with universities and other Federal agencies, testing innovative approaches to streamline processes and systems for Federally supported research.
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
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SBIR AND STTR GRANT PROGRAMS
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program...
Solicitation and Other Information
The Office of Science manages the SBIR program for the Department of
Energy. For information about the SBIR program, including the Program Solicitation,
click here.
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.
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS TO DOE LABS (GOCO ONLY)
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How to Submit a Laboratory Proposal
If you are submitting a task proposal from a DOE
Laboratory (GOCO Only), follow the instructions contained in the
following program announcements. Do not use grant application forms
except for the Budget Page (DOE F 4620.1)
Click here to download.
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)
Climatic Change Research in Terrestrial Ecosystems
LAB 09-16 --Posted April 29, 2009
Preproposals are REQUIRED and must be received by June 4, 2009.
Formal proposals must be received by July 29, 2009.
Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory
LAB 09-24 --Posted June 29, 2009
Formal proposals must be received by September 1, 2009.
THIS IS A RECOVERY ACT ANNOUNCEMENT
RECOVERY ACT (ARRA) - Early Career Research Program
LAB 09-26 --Posted July 2, 2009
Letters of Intent are encouraged and should be submitted by August 3, 2009.
Formal proposals must be received by September 1, 2009.
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