The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the
Office of Science (SC), U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving
grant
applications for collaborative partnerships between academic or industrial
researchers
from jurisdictions eligible for the DOE Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program and researchers at DOE
apos;s
National Laboratories, facilities, centers, information repository, or
Energy
Information Administration (hereafter referred to as the National
Laboratories).
The purpose of DOE/EPSCoR program is to enhance the
capabilities
of academic and industrial institutions in designated EPSCoR jurisdictions
to
conduct nationally competitive, energy-related research.
The purpose of
this
funding opportunity announcement is to call for applications that advance
fundamental energy oriented scientific and engineering research
partnerships
with the National Laboratories.
Participation by students and/or
postdoctoral
fellows is required.
Junior faculty from EPSCoR jurisdictions are
encouraged
to apply.
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Additional Information of Eligibility:All types of domestic entities are eligible to
apply, except other Federal
agencies, 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.
As DOE EPSCoR currently follows National Science Foundation (NSF)
eligibility
criteria, applicants from the following jurisdictions are eligible to
apply:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico,
and US Virgin Islands.
NSF has indicated that applicants from Iowa and
Utah
will be eligible as soon as their state EPSCoR committees submit a planning
grant application to the NSF EPSCoR program.
Thus applicants from Iowa and
Utah are welcome to submit preapplications in response to this call in
anticipation of their states completing NSF EPSCoR eligibility requirements
prior to July 30, 2009.
Full Opportunity Web Address:https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/33EE94649665FEA8852575A1006CCB0A?OpenDocumentContact: using thislinkiips_helpdesk@e-center.doe.govPam Carterpam.carter@science.doe.gov
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Date Posted: 2009-04-23
Application Due Date: 2009-11-09
Archive Date: 2010-08-23