Office of Research

Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC): Partnerships in Basic Energy Sciences

The DOE SC programs in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) announce their interest in receiving applications from interdisciplinary teams to establish partnerships under the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program in specific targeted topic areas that relate to the BES and ASCR missions.

All applications must address fundamental research in support of the BES and ASCR missions. Partnerships between domain scientists in the fields of materials science, condensed matter physics, chemical sciences, geosciences, energy-related biosciences, applied mathematics, and computer science will be critical to accelerate the scientific discovery process through revolutionary advances in models, mathematics, algorithms, data, and computing. The integrated teams will engage with the SciDAC Institutes and make full use of DOE’s classical highperformancecomputing capabilities. In addition, applications must focus on one of three topics:

  1. Complex dynamical systems for energy-relevant chemical and/or physical systems and materials;
  2. Reliable and explainable Artificial Intelligence for chemical and/or physical mechanism
  3. extraction from phenomena; and Foundation Models for chemical and materials sciences.

Application Instructions

Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:

  1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
  2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
  3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Monday, February 3, 2025. If given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee, the OSP deadline is 2/11/2025 to submit the required LOI by the sponsor deadline of 2/21/25. If invited to send a full proposal by the sponsor, it is due by 4/25/2025.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

DE-FOA-0003515

Deadlines
02/03/2025 UW Internal Deadline Closed
02/11/2025 OSP Deadline
02/21/2025 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Department of Energy (DOE)

Funding amount

$2,500,000 (between $1,000,000 and $2,500,000 per year for 4 years)

Maximum Number of Applications

2 (pre-applications and applications as the lead institution)

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.