FOA-Early Career Research Program (DE-FOA-0002421); November 20, 2020

 

Agency

US Department of Energy – Office of Science (SC)

 

Description

The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by SC. Eligibility: 

·        The Principal Investigator must be an untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track or an untenured Associate Professor on the tenure track at a U.S. academic institution as of the deadline for the application.

·        No more than ten (10) years can have passed between the year the Principal Investigator’s Ph.D. was awarded and the year that the FOA was issued. For the present competition, those who received doctorates no earlier than 2008 are eligible.

·        There can be no co-Principal Investigators.

·        Principal Investigators who have received awards previously under the SC Early Career Research Program are not eligible.

·        Cost sharing is not required.

·        Each PI may only submit one SC Early Career Research Program application per annual competition. Additionally, a PI may not participate in more than three SC Early Career Research Program competitions.  Participation in the competition is defined as submission of a full application that completed the review/decision process.  

 

SC is interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in its six scientific programs areas:

 

1. Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)

(a)             Applied Mathematics – Algorithms, Data Analysis, Simulations

(b)             Computer Science – Programming Models and Environments, Big data, Emerging Computing Technologies, Communications networks

(c)             Computational Partnerships

(d)             Research and Evaluation Prototypes

 

2. Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

(a)             Materials Chemistry

(b)             Biomolecular Materials

(c)             Synthesis and Processing Science

(d)             Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

(e)             Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

(f)              Physical Behavior of Materials

(g)             Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects

(h)             X-ray Scattering

(i)              Neutron Scattering

(j)              Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopies

(k)             Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences

(l)              Gas Phase Chemical Physics

(m)           Computation and Theoretical Chemistry

(n)             Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science

(p)             Catalysis Science

(q)             Separation Science

(r)              Heavy Element Chemistry

(s)             Geosciences

(t)              Solar Photochemistry

(u)             Photosynthetic Systems

(v)             Physical Biosciences

(w)           BES Accelerator and Detector Research

 

3. Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

(a)             Biological Systems Science

(b)             Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences

 

4. Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

(a)             Burning Plasma Science: Foundations—Advanced Tokamak and Spherical Tokamak

(b)             Burning Plasma Science: Foundations—Theory & Simulation

(c)             Burning Plasma Science: Long Pulse—Tokamak & Stellarator

(d)             Burning Plasma Science: Long Pulse—Materials & Fusion Nuclear Science

(e)             Discovery Plasma Science: Plasma Science Frontiers

(f)              Discovery Plasma Science: Measurement Innovation

 

5. High Energy Physics (HEP)

(a)             Experimental Research at the Energy Frontier in High Energy Physics

(b)             Experimental Research at the Intensity Frontier in High Energy Physics

(c)             Experimental Research at the Cosmic Frontier in High Energy Physics

(d)             Theoretical Research in High Energy Physics

(e)             Computational Research in High Energy Physics

(f)              Accelerator Science and Technology Research & Development in High Energy Physics

(g)             Detector Research and Development in High Energy Physics

(h)             HEPQuantum Information Science (QIS)

 

6. Nuclear Physics (NP)

(a)             Medium Energy Nuclear Physics

(b)             Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics

(c)             Low Energy Nuclear Physics

(d)             Fundamental Symmetries

(e)             Nuclear Theory

(f)              Nuclear Data and Nuclear Theory Computing

(g)             Accelerator Research and Development for Current and Future Nuclear Physics Facilities

 

7. Isotope R&D and Production (DOE IP)

a)               Isotope Production Research

b)               Isotope Processing and Purification

c)                Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemical Separations

d)               Biological Tracers and Imaging

e)               Isotopic Enrichment Technology

 

8. Accelerator R&D and Production (ARDAP)

 

Announcement Number:

DE-FOA-0002421

 

Closing Date:

Pre-Applications: November 20, 2020

Full Applications: February 16, 2021  

 

Link to Full Announcement

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329485

 

Contact Information

SC.Early@science.doe.gov