Office of Research

Energy Frontier Research Centers

Limited Submissions

https://science.energy.gov/~/media/grants/pdf/foas/2018/SC_FOA_0001810.pdf

 

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces  a re-competition of the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions identified by the series of “Basic Research Needs” reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
  3.  A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday December 21, 2017. A required pre-application is due to the sponsor 1/31/18, so you will need to have your materials in to OSP by 1/23/18 for processing if given the go-ahead by the review committee. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 4/11/18.

Opportunity Details

Program Announcement No.

2018

Deadlines
12/21/2017 UW Internal Deadline Closed
01/23/2018 OSP Deadline
01/31/2018 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Department of Energy (DOE)

Funding amount

$16,000,000

Maximum Number of Applications

3

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.