Slots: 3
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Closed.
LOI: April 25, 2023, 5pm ET
External Deadline: June 21, 2023, 11:59pm ET
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: $500,000 – $2,000,000 per year
Anticipated Award Amount: DOE anticipates that, subject to the availability of future year appropriations, a total of $150 million in current and future fiscal year funds will be used to support three-year awards under this FOA.
Who May Serve as PI:
Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as a Principal Investigator (PI) are invited to work with their organizations to develop an application. Individuals from underrepresented groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply.
Link to Award: https://science.osti.gov/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2023/SC_FOA_0003003.pdf
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
The Office of Science (SC) hereby announces its interest in applications to advance basic research in support of the Department of Energy’s Energy Earthshots™ initiative. The Energy Earthshots drive integrated program development and execution across the Department of Energy’s basic science and energy technology offices. They are part of an all-hands-on-deck approach to provide science and technology innovations that address the tough technological challenges required to achieve our climate and economic competitiveness goals. The Energy Earthshots will accelerate breakthroughs towards more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions. This FOA will support small teams to build the scientific foundations for the Energy Earthshot goals.
Program Objectives
The Office of Science (SC) hereby announces its interest in applications to advance basic research in support of the Department of Energy’s Energy Earthshots™ initiative.1 The Energy Earthshots drive integrated program development and execution across the Department of Energy’s basic science and energy technology offices. They are part of an all-hands-on-deck approach to provide science and technology innovations that address the tough technological challenges required to achieve our climate and economic competitiveness goals.2,3 The Energy Earthshots will accelerate breakthroughs towards more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions. This FOA will support small teams to build the scientific foundations for the Energy Earthshot goals.
In addition, applicants should consider how experimental facilities supported by BES (https://science.osti.gov/User-Facilities/User-Facilities-at-a-Glance/BES) and BER (https://science.osti.gov/User-Facilities/User-Facilities-at-a-Glance/BER) can contribute to the proposed research to accelerate progress towards the Energy Earthshot technical goals. This FOA is focused on basic science to seed innovations or to provide the scientific understanding to support existing technology development pathways for the needed portfolio of Energy Earthshot solutions. While demonstration of the relevance of the scientific results to an Energy Earthshot application is important and validation that the scientific understanding can be predictably exploited for that application is expected, exploration of parameter space (e.g., materials, processes, conditions, design approach) primarily to optimize performance and/or reach performance requirements is applied research that will not be supported by this FOA except where necessary to enable basic scientific research.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.