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The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving cooperative agreement proposals for centers and designated user facilities in low temperature plasma science and engineering. Centers, that are cohesive and synergistic, should be formed by a closely-interacting group of investigators. Designated user facilities should be similar to the ones outlined in Chapter 5 of the 2016 Frontiers of Plasma Science Workshops report and may be hosted by a group of institutions or a single institution. Both centers and user facilities should be able to address one or more topical areas at the frontier of low temperature plasma science and engineering. Specific research areas of interest include: • interfacial plasma (i.e., low temperature plasma coming into contact with liquid to produce new chemical reactivity through a gas-liquid interface); • interaction of plasma with biomaterials (e.g., understanding how plasma-produced chemical reactivity is delivered through multiple interfaces, such as liquid, cells, tissue, polymers); • control of plasma-electromagnetic interaction (e.g., fundamental understanding of how radio-frequency electromagnetic power produces controllable plasmas to enable microelectronics processing); • Plasma catalysis (e.g., understanding the plasma reactivity and catalyst selectivity);• Plasma aided combustion (e.g., control of pulsed plasmas to improve the efficiency of chemical processing);• Interface between plasma and solid-state physics (e.g., understanding the boundary layer between plasma and solid-state surface);• Coherent structures (e.g., understanding electric self-organization in low temperature plasmas);• Other emerging areas such as plasma aided aeronautics, plasma process control through machine learning, etc.Consistent with the recommendation made in the 2016 Frontiers of Plasma Science Workshops report, the goal of this FOA is to steward designated user facilities and/or centers that will have the capability for a broad spectrum of plasma parameter measurements and have significant potential for advancing fundamental and applied research in low temperature plasmas.
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002037. Assistance Listing: 81.049. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ST. Award Amount: $300K – $1.7M per award.
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Search similar grants →Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility. All types of domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Contractors, and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.DOE/NNSA National Laboratories are directed to make use of the companion announcement (LAB 19-2037): They may not submit applications under this FOA.Foreign applicants are not eligible to apply for funding under this FOA. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) Program of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for collaborative research involving the development and employment of advanced diagnostic instruments to support the goals of the NSTX-U program. These goals include advancing the fundamental science of magnetically confined plasmas by investigating the unique properties of the spherical torus configuration, and developing the scientific understanding required to design and deploy the materials needed to support a burning plasma environment by exploring both solid and liquid metals as possible plasma facing materials. All applications will utilize the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. All applicants (whether requesting support for individual researchers or groups of researchers) planning to submit applications for new or renewal support in Fiscal Year 2016 should submit applications in response to this FOA. Applications for collaborative research that are not primarily focused on implementing and operating a diagnostic instrument and analyzing the resulting data are outside the scope of this FOA and should not be submitted under it. Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001359. Assistance Listing: 81.049. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $1 – $500K per award.
The DOE Office of Science SBIR/STTR program funds small businesses to develop innovative technologies across clean energy, advanced computing, and scientific instrumentation. FY2026 operates on a dual-release cycle: Release 1 (topics issued July 2025, applications due October 2025) and Release 2 (topics issued November 2025, applications due February 2026 for Phase I and April 21, 2026 for Phase II). Phase I explores feasibility of innovative concepts with awards up to $200,000 over 9 months. Phase II expands successful R&D efforts with awards up to $1,100,000 over 2 years. Topics span the Office of Science and applied energy offices including EERE, Fossil Energy, Nuclear Energy, and ARPA-E, covering clean energy technologies, advanced nuclear, grid modernization, energy storage, carbon capture, hydrogen, fusion energy, high-energy physics instrumentation, advanced computing and AI/ML, and critical minerals processing. DOE publishes specific topics approximately one month before each FOA, with applicants submitting a two-page Letter of Intent followed by full proposals approximately four months after FOA release.