Government Funding
Workforce Training For The Electric Power Sector
Title: Recovery Act - Workforce Training For The Electric Power Sector
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000152
Sponsor: Department of Energy (DOE)
Awards: 45
Funding: $100M
Posted Date: 10/07/09
Application Due Date: 11/30/09
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and sponsored by the DOE, the areas of interest for this funding opportunity are (A) Developing and Enhancing Workforce Training Programs for the Electric Power Sector and (B) Smart Grid Workforce Training. This FOA supports the development and deployment of Training Program(s), as well as the actual training of personnel.
Nuclear Education Curricula Development Grant
Title: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Funding Opportunity Announcement, Nuclear Education Curricula Development Grant, Fiscal Year 2010
Funding Opportunity: HR-FN-1009-EDU4
Sponsor: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Awards: 50
Funding: $4.7M
Posted Date: 10/16/09
Application Due Date: 02/01/10
The NRC Nuclear Education Grant Program’s primary purpose is supporting and developing the educational infrastructure necessary to allow the Nation to safely move its nuclear energy initiatives forward. For more information on curriculum development guidelines visit grants.gov.
Faculty Development Grant, Fiscal Year
Title: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Funding Opportunity Announcement, Faculty Development Grant, Fiscal Year 2010
Funding Opportunity: HR-FN-1009-NED02
Sponsor: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Awards:
Funding: award ceiling: $450,000, award floor: $100,000
Posted Date: 10/19/09
Application Due Date: 12/22/09
Funded by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Funding, this announcement is intended to support new faculty and their research in the nuclear-related fields of Nuclear Engineering, Health Physics, Radiochemistry and related disciplines as determined by the NRC. Areas of interest include research, course development, equipment stipends, participation in professional society meetings, preparation of papers, travel, and support for graduate assistants, and associated expenses as related to research projects or an institution’s faculty development plan.
Wind for Schools – New State Programs
Title: Wind for Schools – New State Programs
Funding Opportunity: RAM-0-40876
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Awards: six (6) cost sharing subcontracts
Funding: The anticipated period of performance is thirty-six (36) months with funding availability of approximately $60K per year per award and a three year total funding availability of approximately $540,000.00 for all awards.
Posted Date: 10/22/09
Application Due Date: 11/20/09
This request for proposals (RAM-0-40876) is intended to expand Wind Powering America's Schools activities to an additional three to six states. The Wind for Schools project helps address the wind industry's need for a skilled workforce to support the expanded development and application of wind technologies by supporting wind energy educational programs at universities and in primary and secondary schools.
On the web: http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=254
Next Generation Nuclear Plant
Title: Next Generation Nuclear Plant Program-Gas Cooled Reactor Design and Demonstration Projects
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000149
Sponsor: Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy - Idaho Field Office
Awards: 2
Funding: award ceiling: $40M
Posted Date: 09/18/09
Application Due Date: 11/16/09
Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Nuclear Energy is seeking applications for conceptual design activities for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Project. The overall Project involves establishing a prototype high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor (HTGR) and an associated energy delivery system. After studying a variety of options, DOE has determined that an HTGR facility with an outlet temperature of 750°C or greater would best meet the objectives of the Project.
Cost sharing involoved.
Utilizing Seawater to Create Liquid Fuels
Title: Methods for Utilizing Seawater to Create Liquid Fuels
Funding Opportunity: DARPA-SN-09-66
Sponsor: DARPA
Awards: n/a, Request for Information
Funding: n/a, RFI
Letters of Intent Due: 10/05/09
For this RFI DARPA is seeking ideas to utilize the abundance of carbon and hydrogen sources in ocean water to create liquid fuels. The objectives are to:
- identify a novel catalytic route for converting seawater to liquid fuels or intermediates in a known liquid fuel pathway
- Improve conversion efficiency and conversion rate, as well as increase the process scale beyond the bench top.
Submissions may focus on harvesting carbon dioxide from the ocean or using the primary form of dissolved carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, directly. Ideas should emphasize unique opportunities for novel catalyst development to facilitate the overall reaction in a minimum number of reaction steps.
Significant advances in current density and reaction rate are of particular interest. Ideas based entirely on pre-existing processes and technologies and incremental advances of current technologies should not be submitted.
On the web: http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/sn09-66.htm
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2010
Title: Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2010
Funding Opportunity: NSF 09-606
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: 14, 4-year awards
Funding: $500,000/award with a total of $29,000,000 in FY 2010 pending availability of funds
Letters of Intent Due: 10/09/09
Preliminary Proposals Due: 11/13/09
Full Proposals Due: 03/31/10
The EFRI Office is launching a new funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research.
EFRI will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two specific research areas:
- Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR)
- Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering Sustainable Buildings.
Proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge are sought.
The EFRI Office plans to hold an information workshop on September 17, 2009, to answer any questions about the EFRI Office and this solicitation. Details will be posted on the EFRI website (www.nsf.gov/eng/efri)
On the web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13708&org=EFRI&from=home
For a pdf of the solicitation visit http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=13708&ods_key=nsf09606
Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
Title: Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
Funding Opportunity:
Sponsor: DOE - ARPA-E
Awards: n/a This is an Request for information.
Application Due Date: 09/25/09
ARPA-E requests public input on potential programmatic areas and opportunities to overcome technological roadblocks to the development of transformational technologies relevant to the ARPA-E mission. The information collected through this process will assist ARPA-E in developing new programs and funding opportunities.
Areas of interest include:
- Electrification of Transport
- Advanced Renewable Transportation Fuels
- Advanced Vehicle Technologies
- Low Cost, Scalable, Dispatchable Centralized Renewable Power
- Future Grid
- Distributed Energy Technologies
- Efficient End Use of Energy
- Low Carbon Fossil Energy Technologies
- Energy Materials of the Future
- Industrial Efficiency
On the web: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/PI.html and http://arpa-e.energy.gov/public/rfi.pdf
Energy for Sustainability
Title: Energy for Sustainability
Funding Opportunity: NSF PD 10-7644
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: Approx. $100K / year for single investigators; small equipment proposals of less than $100K will be considered. Duration: 1-3 years
Application Due Date:
Full Proposal Window 1: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
Full Proposal Window 2: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable. This program seeks proposals in sun, wind, hydro (wave), biomass and geothermal.
Research that generates enabling science and technologies for more efficient hydrogen generation and storage is supported by the program. Potential sources: conversion from biomass and from electrolysis, photolysis or thermolysis of water. Biomass is available from agricultural crop residues, forest products, aquatic plants, and municipal wastes. In addition to hydrogen, biomass can be a source of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons and alcohols.
Critical components of fuel cells requiring additional research include catalysts and electrolytes. Development of these components also requires fundamental research on the reaction and transport mechanisms at the catalyst and membrane electrolyte interface. Advances in these areas are needed to address key challenges in efficiency, durability, power density, and environmental impacts. The engineering aspects of fuel-cell design and operation also require further study in areas such as water and thermal management.
Increased efficiency in wind energy requires a fundamental knowledge of the interaction of wind with the blade structure. Understanding the fluid flow, and optimizing blade design are important aspects in developing more efficient wind generators. Photovoltaic devices have the potential to supply a significant fraction of electrical energy to the power grid.
On the web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501026&govDel=USNSF_39
Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Title: Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Funding Opportunity: NSF PD 10-1491
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: Approx. $100K / year for single investigators; $200K/year for multiple investigators
Duration: 1-3 years
Posted Date: 08/15/09
Application Due Date: Full Proposal Window 1: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
Full Proposal Window 2: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering program deals with fundamental problems involved in the processing and manufacturing of products of economic importance by effectively utilizing renewable resources of biological origin and bioinformatics originating from genomic and proteomic information.
The BBBE program emphasizes basic engineering and biological research that advances the fundamental knowledge base that contributes to a better understanding of cellular and biomolecular.
Quantitative assessments of bioprocesses and their rates at the levels of gene regulation and expression, signal transduction pathways, posttranslational protein processing, enzymes in reaction systems, metabolic pathways, cells and tissues in cultivation, and biological systems including animal, plant, microbial and insect cells, etc. are considered vital to the successful research projects in the BBBE program.
Potential areas of interest:
- Fermentation technology
- Enzyme technology
- Nanobiotechnology
- Quantitative systems biotechnology
On the web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501024&govDel=USNSF_39
Chemical and Biological Separations
Title: Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS)
Funding Opportunity: NSF PD 10-1417
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: Approx. $80K /year with a 5 year duration. Small equipment proposals of less than 100K will be considered.
Application Due Date: Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS) program supports fundamental research on novel methods and materials for separation processes. These processes are central to the chemical, biochemical, materials, energy, and pharmaceutical industries. The program encourages proposals that address emerging research areas and technologies, have a high degree of interdisciplinary thought coupled with knowledge creation, and integrate education and research.
Areas of emphasis include separation of biological molecules and separations that lead to environmentally benign processing. Much of the current work involves the investigation of new membrane materials such as novel polymers, zeolites, mixed matrix materials, carbon nanotubes, biological and biomemetic materials, and glasses. Projects on modeling transport processes - - especially at the molecular level - - in membranes are supported by the program. Membranes that selectively transport atomic, molecular, or ionic hydrogen and oxygen are required for the hydrogen economy. Membrane materials to prevent fuel crossover in fuel cells are being sought.
On the web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13363
Infrastructure for Higher Ethanol Blends
Title: Recovery Act Funding for Expansion of Infrastructure for Higher Ethanol Blends
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000125
Sponsor: DOE
Awards: up to 5 awards, totaling 5.5M
Posted Date: 08/04/09
Application Due Date: 10/04/2009
This funding opportunity announcement aims to increase the availability and use of potential gasoline/ethanol blends up to E85 (85 % ethanol) through two topic areas.
- Topic Area 1: Refueling Infrastructure for Ethanol Blends cost-shared projects to modify, upgrade, or expand the infrastructure at retail fueling locations to accommodate gasoline-ethanol blends up to E85
- Topic Area 2: Outreach for Ethanol Blends projects which will increase public awareness of the benefits, safety, and use of ethanol blends as a transportation fuel.
On the Web: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=48899 or visit FedConnect and search on reference number DE-FOA-0000125
Development of Algal/Advanced Biofuels Consortia
Title: Recovery Act: Development of Algal/Advanced Biofuels Consortia
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000123
Sponsor: DOE
Awards: 2 -3 awards, total $85M over 3 years
Posted Date: 07/15/09
Application Due Date: 9/14/2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of up to $85 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development of algae-based biofuels and advanced, infrastructure-compatible biofuels. DOE is seeking to bring together leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government to develop new methods to bring new biofuels to market in an accelerated timeframe.
The reseach focuses are the following areas:
- Algal Biofuels R&D - The primary objective of this topic area is to develop cost-effective algae-based biofuels that are competitive with traditional petroleum-based fuels.
- Advanced, Infrastructure-Compatible Biofuels R&D is focused on enabling cost-effective conversion of biomass to advanced biofuels other than cellulosic ethanol, with particular focus on bio-based hydrocarbon fuels such as green gasoline and green diesel. Such fuels could be transported and sold using today's existing fueling infrastructure.
On the Web: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=48495&mode=VIEW
Concentrating Solar Power Generation
Title: Baseload Concentrating Solar Power Generation
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000104
Sponsor: DOE
Awards: See individual topics below
Posted Date: 07/15/09
Application Due Date: 10/15/2009
The objective of this Department of Energy (DOE) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to develop and evaluate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) components and/or systems that could lead to the development of utility-scale baseload CSP power plants with a capacity factor of 75% capable of generating electricity at costs competitive with fossil-fired generators.
- Topic 1: R&D Concept and Component Feasibility Studies
Research one or more approaches to achieving the baseload CSP power generation through novel concepts or advances in key system components. Activities funded in this category must show promise for substantially reducing the cost of baseload CSP power toward solicitation objectives. Funding: $1M - $4.5M
- Topic 2: Baseload CSP System Study
Applicants will have a specific CSP system approach to perform a feasibility analysis, engineering design, and prototype testing; identification potential engineering partners and developers with whom to team for follow-on design and/or component and system demonstrations. Funding: $5M - $10.8M
Applicants may submit applications to multiple Topics; however, separate applications must be submitted for each Topic and applicants must indicate which topic is being applied for in the narrative.
Solar America Cities
Title: Solar America Cities - Technical Outreach
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000086
Sponsor: DOE - Golden Field Office
Awards: 10.5 million over 5 years
Posted Date: 06/24/2009
Application Due Date: 10/15/2009
The selected Recipient(s) will proactively address the solar-related information needs of significant local markets, as well as provide a mechanism by which individual local governments can receive and share timely information on solar energy. The goal is to reach multiple levels of local government stakeholders through this activity, such as Mayors and city council members, county officials, sustainability and environmental staff, and planners. Other relevant audiences may include local businesses, utilities, schools, and relevant non-profit organizations.
To best accelerate solar energy deployment, a comprehensive approach is needed, focusing on many relevant areas, including solar policies and regulations, financial incentives, workforce training, and utility and community engagement.
Potential activities to be conducted by the selected organization include:
- Working to develop sets of solar-related information most relevant to local governments.
- Providing strategic information on solar energy to local governments and other local stakeholders through existing communications channels.
- Creating effective forums (e.g. workshops) for sharing the lessons learned and best practices developed by DOE’s 25 Solar America Cities with other local governments.
- Creating a system that addresses local government needs for actionable information on solar energy technologies with a series of targeted presentations, including in-person site visits to specific local governments.
Efficient Class 8 Trucks and Advanced Technology Powertrains
Title: Recovery Act - Systems Level Technology Development, Integration,and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks (SuperTruck) and Advanced Technology Powertrains For Light-Duty Vehicles (ATP-LD)
Funding Opportunity: DE-FOA-0000079
Sponsor: DOE - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Awards: See below for funding for each area of interest
Posted Date: 06/09/2009
Application Due Date: 09/09/2009
- Area of Interest 1: Systems Level Technology Development, Integration and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks
The overall goal of this effort is to develop and demonstrate a 50% total increase in vehicle freight efficiency measured in ton-miles per gallon. This overall goal will be achieved through efficiency improvement in advanced vehicle systems technologies and advanced engine technologies. At least 20% of this improvement will be through the development of a heavy-duty diesel engine capable of achieving 50% Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE) on a dynamometer under a load representative of a level road at 65 mph. Funding: $90,000,000-$160,000,000 of DOE funding with 3 -5 awards.
- Area of Interest 2: Advanced Technology Powertrains for Light-duy Vehicles
The goal of this effort is to accelerate the development of cost-competitive engine and powertrain systems for light-duty vehicles capable of attaining at least a 25% fuel economy improvement for gasoline fueled vehicles and at least 40% fuel economy improvement for diesel fueled vehicles while meeting future emissions standards. Funding: $25,000,000 to $80,000,000 of DOE funding with 3-6 awards.
Applications must identify jobs directly created or retained as a result of this project as well as the long-term jobs created as a result of the project. Cost Share: 50% or higher
On the Web: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47867
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
Title: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
Funding Opportunity: NSF 09-565
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: 2 to 8 full center awards and 4-12 planning grant awards annually, $10M total
Date Posted: 05/21/2009
Letter of Intent Due Date: 06/26/2009
The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development and evolution of the center.
On the Web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&govDel=USNSF_39
Engineering Research Centers
Title: Engineering Research Centers
Funding Opportunity: 09-545
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Awards: 2 - 4 awards, 3.25M each, 13M total
Date Posted: 03/11/2009
Due Date: 05/15/2009
Recognizing that optimizing efficiency and product quality are no longer sufficient for U.S. industry to remain competitive, the ERCs will optimize academic engineering research and education to stimulate increased U.S. innovation in a global context. They will develop this culture of discovery and innovation through a symbiotic relationship between academic researchers, small innovative firms, larger industrial and practitioner partners, and organizations devoted to entrepreneurship and innovation.
In order to achieve this, Gen-3 ERCs will:
1. Advance discovery and build bridges from science-based discovery to technological innovation.
2. Partner with foreign universities and provide unique opportunities for research and learning collaboration that will prepare U.S. engineering graduates for leadership in innovation in a global economy.
3. Form teams of faculty and students who can function in a global world where research, design and production efforts cross national borders.
4. Function with transforming engineering education programs that rest on partnerships with pre-college institutions to attract students to engineering and strategically impart in engineering graduates the capacity to create and exploit knowledge for technological innovation.
5. Function with partnerships with industry to speed translation of research results to innovation.
On the Web:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09545
and
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5502
Broad Agency Announcement - Bioenergy
Title: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) BAA 2008-18
Sponsors: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
The primary objectives of this program are to understand and improve the facility of certain microorganisms to produce biofuels—specifically molecular hydrogen and algal lipids—for use in fuel cells and airbreathing engines, and to utilize other complex or impure biofuels for use in compact power generation.
Dr. Walt Kozumbo,
AFOSR/NL (703) 696-7720
DSN: 426-7720
Fax : (703) 696-8449
E-mail: walter.kozumbo@afosr.af.mil
Other Innovative Research Concepts
AFOSR always is looking for new research ideas and is open to considering unique and revolutionary concepts. If you have an exciting idea that doesn't seem to fit within one of the more specific topic descriptions of this Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) detailing our current technical programs, you may submit it under this section of the BAA.
Submission of a brief white paper (1-3 pages) describing the potential research effort is strongly encouraged prior to proposal submission. White Papers should briefly summarize your ideas, their scientific impact, and how they differ from what others are doing. Proposals not based on sound scientific or engineering principles will be quickly rejected. White papers will be reviewed by AFRL researchers familiar with the AF research interests in this area as well as suitable experts from academia. Copies of publications or student theses will not be considered as white papers. Please include contact information including your mailing address, email address, telephone number, and fax number. This allows us to give prompt feedback to the proposer on the likelihood of a proposal being selected. We encourage you to send your white paper to:
Van Blackwood
Deputy for Technology Transition (AFOSR/ST)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
875 N Randolph St, Ste 325, Room 3112
Arlington, VA 22203-1768
Dr. Van Blackwood, AFOSR/NL
(703) 696-9542 DSN 426-7319
FAX: (703) 696-9556
E-mail: van.blackwood@afosr.af.mil
Photovoltaic Supply Chain
Title: Photovoltaic Supply Chain and Cross-Cutting Technologies
Sponsor:U. S. Department of Energy - Golden Field Office
Awards: 15M total funding available, 3M award ceiling
Date Posted: 10/21/2008
Due Date: 01/07/2009
Start Date: 07/01/2009
The purpose of this DOE announcement ( DE-PS36-09GO99003) is to identify and accelerate the development of unique products or processes that are expected to have a large impact on the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, or a segment of the industry, in support of DOE Solar program goals. Successful applicants will focus on component and/or manufacturing technologies with the potential to have a near-term impact on a substantial segment of the PV industry.
On the Web: https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/A99F5960685C0FBA852574E9005EDE4D?OpenDocument
Centers of Energy Excellence
Title: Centers of Energy Excellence Program
Sponsor: State of Michigan - Senate Bill 1380/Public Act 175
Date Posted: 08/27/08
The purpose of the Centers of Energy Excellence (COEE) Program is to promote the development, acceleration, and sustainability of energy excellence sectors in this State (Michigan).
- Grants provided through the COEE Program shall only be awarded to for-profit companies. Participation of at least one qualified business and at least one institution of higher education is required to operate a Center of Energy Excellence.
- The funds can be used for one of the following purposes: match for foundation funding, federal funding, or international investments up to 50% of the total project cost; accelerating the commercialization of an innovative energy technology or process that will be ready to market within 3 years of the agreement date; activities of the Center, including, but not limited to, workforce development and technology demonstration.
- To download information regarding standard process for evaluating COEE candidate applications and necessary and appropriate information to be included in the form of COEE candidate applications: http://ref.michiganadvantage.org/cm/attach/a94b0699-c232-4b08-a477-d1c013d68d09/COEE_Application_Process.pd and http://ref.michiganadvantage.org/cm/attach/a94b0699-c232-4b08-a477-d1c013d68d09/COEE_Documentation_and_Confidentiality_Requirements.pdf
- To request further information or to submit application materials, email coee@michigan.
On the Web: http://www.michiganadvantage.org/targeted-initiatives/21st-century-jobs-fund/default.aspx
Coal to Liquids
Title: Coal To Liquids (CTL)
Sponsor: DARPA - Strategic Technology Office
Funding Opportunity Number: DARPA-BAA-08-58
Date Posted: 09/23/08
Due Date: Revised due date: 01/08/2010
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals (DARPA-BAA-08-58) in the area of coal utilization as an energy resource. In particular DARPA is interested in processes that will ultimately enable the United States to economically extract energy from its coal resources in the form of liquid fuels using coal to liquid conversion technologies that are environmentally friendly and cost competitive with petroleum based fuels.
Energy Frontier Research Centers
Title: DE-PS02-08ER15944 Energy Frontier Research Centers
Sponsor: US Department of Energy - Office of Science
Awards: 50 awards; $500M total funding; award ceiling $25M
Date Posted: 04/04/08
Letter of Intent Date: 07/01/08
Due Date: 10/01/2008
The EFRCs will pursue the fundamental understanding necessary to meet the global need for abundant, clean, and economical energy.The awards are expected to be in the $2–5 million range annually for an initial 5-year period. A Funding Opportunity Announcement has been issued that requests applications from the scientific community for the establishment of the initial suite of EFRCs. It is anticipated that approximately $100 million will be available for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Letters of intent are requested, but do not appear to be a requirement.
On the Web:https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/933104E42D0185E58525742100694C78?OpenDocument
Single-Investigator and Small-Group Research in Basic Energy Science (BES) - Ongoing Submissions
Title: Single-Investigator and Small-Group Research in Basic Energy Science (BES) - Ongoing Submissions
Sponsor: US Department of Energy - Office of Science
This DOE, Office of Basic Energy Sciences has released solicitations for single-investigator and small-group awards. Awards are expected to be in the range of $150k to $1500k per year. Initial contact with the appropriate BES program manager is encouraged. Topic Areas include: Grand Challenge Science: Ultrafast Science; Chemical Imagine; Complex Systems or Emergent Behavior. Midscale Instrumentation, Accelerator and Detector Research. Use-Inspired Discover Science: Solar Energy Utilization; Hydrogen Fuel Initiative; Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems; Electrical Energy Storage; Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide; Catalysis for Energy; Clean and Efficient Combustion; Materials under Extreme Environments; Solid-State Lighting; and Superconductivity
On the Web:http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/SISGR.html