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"Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces a re-competition of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) program.
The purpose is to bring together world-class teams of scientists from universities, DOE national laboratories, and other institutions to perform energy-relevant basic research with a scope and complexity beyond what is possible in single-investigator or small-group awards.
These multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary centers accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences. The specific research topics eligible for funding shift from competition to competition to track DOE's current basic-energy-science priorities.
The 2026 competition's stated scope includes areas such as unconventional computing paradigms, artificial intelligence and machine learning as applied to basic energy science, critical minerals and materials, nuclear energy science, subsurface science, electrical energy storage, advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, and quantum systems.
EFRCs fund use-inspired basic research: fundamental science motivated by energy challenges (novel materials, catalysis, energy storage chemistry, quantum phenomena relevant to future energy technologies, and similar topics).
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| U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) Energy Department Announces $352 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers to Accelerate Science Underpinning Energy Technologies How Basic Research Pays Off | Ten at Ten Awards | EFRC Anniversary Blog Technical Summaries w/Index Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) is a basic research program funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) that brings together creative, multidisciplinary, and multi-institutional team of scientific researchers to address the toughest grand scientific challenges at the forefront of fundamental energy science research.
These centers provide the foundation for collaborative efforts that targets both discovery science and use-inspired basic research, and they aim to address priority research directions and opportunities identified by the scientific community in a series of BES workshop and roundtable reports.
These centers take full advantage of powerful new tools for characterizing, understanding, modeling, and manipulating matter from atomic to macroscopic length scales. They also train the next-generation scientific workforce by attracting talented students and postdoctoral researchers interested in energy science.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include all domestic entities except nonprofit organizations engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995. DOE/NNSA National Laboratories can submit applications or be proposed as subrecipients. Non-DOE/NNSA Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) may not submit applications as the prime applicant but can be included as subrecipients. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $3M - $4.5M per year for 4 years (expected total funding $352M across multiple fiscal years). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was July 1, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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