Early Career Research Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DE-FOA-0003450
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Applications due
- Award size
- $875,000 to $2,750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant, Procurement Contract
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- SC Early sc.early@science.doe.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's Office of Science is soliciting applications for its Early Career Research Program (ECRP), with a total available funding of $136 million to support approximately 94 awards. The program seeks applications in eight research areas, including Advanced Scientific Computing, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and others. Eligible applicants are untenured Assistant or Associate Professors at U.S. academic institutions, or full-time permanent staff at DOE National Laboratories or SC Scientific User Facilities, with no more than 10 years since receiving their Ph.D. Key dates include a pre-application deadline of February 18, 2025, pre-application responses by March 18, 2025, and final applications due April 22, 2025.
Individual awards will be $875,000 for Institutions of Higher Education and $2,750,000 for DOE/NNSA National Laboratories and SC Scientific User Facilities, with a 5-year project period. The program aims to support outstanding early-career scientists to stimulate research careers in areas supported by the Office of Science, with emphasis on clean energy, critical materials/minerals, fundamental science for manufacturing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning applications.
Synopsis
The Office of Science's (SC) mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States (U.S.). SC is the Nation's largest Federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and the lead Federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research for our Nation's energy future.
· Science for energy, economic and national security―building a foundation of scientific and technical knowledge to spur discoveries and innovations for advancing the Department's mission. SC supports a wide range of funding modalities from single principal investigators to large team-based activities to engage in fundamental research on energy production, conversion, storage, transmission, and use, and on our understanding of the earth systems.
· The frontiers of science-exploring nature's mysteries from the study of fundamental subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules that are the building blocks of the materials of our universe and everything in it to the DNA, proteins, and cells that are the building blocks of life. Each of the programs in SC supports research probing the most fundamental disciplinary questions.
The 21st Century tools of science-providing the nation's researchers with 28 state-of-the-art national scientific user facilities, the most advanced tools of modern science, propelling the U.S. to the forefront of science, technology development, and deployment through innovation.
SC is an established leader of the U.S. scientific discovery and innovation enterprise. Over the decades, SC investments and accomplishments in basic research and enabling research capabilities have provided the foundations for new technologies, businesses, and industries, making significant contributions to our nation's economy, national security, and quality of life.
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