(FOA)-Limited Submission – DOE/SC – Research to Enable Fuels from Sunlight (DE‐FOA‐0002254); March 24, 2020

 

Purpose: The DOE Office of Science (SC) program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) solicits new applications for multi-investigator cross-disciplinary fundamental research to address emerging new directions as well as long-standing challenges in liquid solar fuels generation via artificial photosynthesis approaches. Artificial photosynthesis is typically viewed as the generation of fuels using only sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water as inputs. However, for the purpose of this FOA the concept of artificial photosynthesis approaches will be expanded to include other abundant feedstocks beyond carbon dioxide, such as nitrogen. Regardless of feedstock, the focus must remain on fundamental scientific concepts for solar-driven liquid fuel production.

 

Applications should focus on the highest scientific priorities in solar fuels production as identified by the 2019 Liquid Solar Fuels Roundtable and will be required to address priority research opportunities (PROs) denoted by the 2019 Liquid Solar Fuels Roundtable at https://science.osti.gov/bes/Community-Resources/Reports. Projects must address at least two of the PROs. The research should capitalize on unique capabilities and accomplishments developed to date, including those from BES-funded efforts in the Fuels from Sunlight Hub, Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), and BES core programs. Projects should also integrate experiment and theory to elucidate scientific principles for light energy capture and conversion into chemical bonds.

 

Cost Share/Matching Funds: An exclusion from the cost sharing requirement for basic and fundamental research and a waiver to eliminate the cost sharing requirement for applied research funded under this FOA is in process for all non-Federal entities except for-profit entities. If granted, cost-sharing will not be required for basic and applied research awarded under this FOA, except to for-profit entities.

 

Funding Amount/Project Period:  $10 million to$20 million per year for 5 years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: 1 as lead applicant

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by March 10, 2020:

·         Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners from other institutions;

·         Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;

·         Brief project description (2 pages maximum);

·         Brief biographical sketch

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadlines:  Pre-application– March 24, 2020; Full application - May 27, 2020