DOE Early Career Research Program: Sponsor Pre-Application Deadline

Date and Time

January 25, 2018
05:00PM - 05:00PM EST

Department of Energy Early Career Research Program
Sponsor Pre-Application Deadline: January 25, 2018 by 5:00PM
OSP Deadline (if invited to submit full proposal): March 28, 2018
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): April 4, 2018
Award Amount: Median award size is $750,000, with 80% of awards made for exactly $750,000 over five years. The largest award made under this program received no more than $960,000 over five years.
Target Applicants: Assistant Professors or Associate Professors. No more than ten years can have passed between the year the Principal Investigator's Ph.D. was awarded and the year that the FOA was issued. For the present competition, those who received doctorates no earlier than 2007 are eligible.

The purpose of the DOE Early Career Research Program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the DOE Office of Science. Early Career Research Program opportunities exist in the following Office of Science research programs:

  1. Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
    1. Applied Mathematics: Adaptive Algorithms, Solvers, and Optimization for ExtremeScale Computing
    2. Applied Mathematics: Multiscale Mathematics for Coupled Extreme-Scale Scientific Simulations
    3. Applied Mathematics: Research Foundations for Scalable Scientific Data Analysis and Algorithms
    4. Computer Science: Systems
    5. Computer Science: Data Management, Visualization, and Analytics
    6. Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
    7. Computer Science: Advanced Network Architectures
    8. Computer Science: Workflow Science
  2. Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
    1. Systems-Level Design and Engineering of Microbial or Plant Systems for the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts Atmospheric Processes
  3. Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
    1. Materials Chemistry
    2. Biomolecular Materials
    3. Synthesis and Processing Science
    4. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
    5. Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
    6. Physical Behavior of Materials
    7. Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects
    8. X-ray Scattering
    9. Scattering
    10. Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopies
    11. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences (AMOS)
    12. Gas Phase Chemical Physics (GPCP)
    13. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
    14. Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science (CPIMS)
    15. Catalysis Science
    16. Separation Science
    17. Heavy Element Chemistry (HEC)
    18. Geosciences Research
    19. Solar Photochemistry
    20. Photosynthetic Systems
    21. Physical Biosciences
    22. Nanoscale Science Research Centers
    23. Accelerator and Detector Research
    24. X-ray Instrumentation and Technique Development
    25. Neutron Scattering Instrumentation and Technique Development
  4. Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
    1. Magnetic Fusion Energy Science Experimental Research
    2. Magnetic Fusion Energy Science Theory and Simulation
    3. High-Energy-Density Plasma Science
    4. General Plasma Science Experiment and Theory
    5. Fusion Nuclear Science, Materials Research and Enabling R&D Programs for FusioN
  5. Energy Physics (HEP)
    1. Experimental Research at the Energy Frontier in High Energy Physics
    2. Experimental Research at the Intensity Frontier in High Energy Physics
    3. Experimental Research at the Cosmic Frontier in High Energy Physics
    4. Theoretical Research in High Energy Physics
    5. Accelerator Science and Technology Research & Development in High Energy Physics
    6. Detector Research and Development in High Energy Physics
  6. Nuclear Physics (NP)
    1. Medium Energy Nuclear Physics
    2. Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics
    3. Low Energy Nuclear Physics - Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics
    4. Low Energy Nuclear Physics - Fundamental Symmetries
    5. Nuclear Theory
    6. Nuclear Data and Nuclear Theory Computing
    7. Accelerator Research and Development for Current and Future Nuclear Physics Facilities
    8. Isotope Development and Production for Research and Applications
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