Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002421
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) Early Career Research Program is a discretionary grant opportunity designed to help outstanding scientists who are early in their careers launch and grow independent research programs. The program is meant to both build long-term research capacity in the national scientific enterprise and to encourage sustained careers in research areas that align with the Office of Science mission. In practical terms, it targets researchers who are positioned to become future leaders in their fields and provides them with resources to establish a clear, self-directed research trajectory.
Applications are invited across several Office of Science-supported program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), High Energy Physics (HEP), Nuclear Physics (NP), Isotope Research and Development and Production (DOE IP), and Accelerator Research and Development and Production (ARDAP). These topics span a wide range of fundamental science and enabling technologies, from computing and computational methods to core questions in physics, chemistry, biology, environmental systems, fusion and nuclear science, and the development and production of isotopes and accelerator capabilities. The common thread is that proposals should fit within the scientific scope of the Office of Science and contribute to advancing foundational knowledge and tools that underpin future energy, environmental, and security-related breakthroughs.
The opportunity is grounded in the broader mission of the DOE Office of Science, which is to deliver major scientific discoveries and provide the large-scale scientific tools that transform understanding of nature while supporting U.S. energy, economic, and national security interests. The Office of Science is described as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and a leading federal supporter of fundamental research tied to the nation’s energy future. The program emphasizes three pillars of SC’s role: pushing the frontiers of science by tackling fundamental questions (ranging from subatomic particles and the structure of matter to the molecular and cellular building blocks of life), developing and operating cutting-edge “21st century tools of science” through a network of 28 national scientific user facilities that enable world-class experiments and measurements, and building the scientific foundation for progress in energy and the environment by supporting research that can ultimately inform energy production, conversion, storage, transmission, and use, as well as improved understanding of Earth systems.
From an administrative standpoint, this funding opportunity is listed as DE-FOA-0002421 under CFDA 81.049 and is administered by the Department of Energy, Office of Science. It uses the grant funding instrument and falls under science and technology and other research and development activities. The posted award ceiling is $750,000, with an anticipated total of about 65 awards. The original announcement timeline shows a creation date of October 20, 2020 and an original closing date of February 16, 2021. Eligibility is indicated as “Others,” with the note that applicants should consult the opportunity’s additional eligibility language for clarification, meaning eligibility is not limited to a single applicant type in the summary fields and may depend on the detailed rules in the full announcement.
Overall, this program functions as a career-building award: it is less about funding a one-off project and more about providing a strong early boost for an investigator’s independent research agenda in one of DOE Office of Science’s priority basic research areas, while reinforcing the national infrastructure and long-term scientific advances that the Office of Science is charged with delivering.Apply for DE FOA 0002421
- The Department of Energy - Office of Science, Office of Science in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Early Career Research Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.049.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 20, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 16, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 65 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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