Opportunity ID: 322428

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 7
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Mar 17, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 21, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Amendment 000001 was issued February 13, 2020, to modify the available funding, update website links, and provide other technical edits detailed in the FOA.
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
This amendment extends the deadline to accommodate disruptions from the COVID-19 outbreak. Mar 17, 2020
This amendment extends the deadline to accommodate disruptions from the COVID-19 outbreak. Nov 13, 2019
see revised description Nov 13, 2019
This FOA has been amended:

1. In Section I, under “Establishing Priority Research Directions for Basic Energy Science,”
the previous link to the brochure summarizing the Roundtable on Chemical Upcycling of
Polymers is replaced with a link to the full Roundtable report (Page 3 of this amended
FOA).
2. In Section II.B, “Estimated Funding,” the total estimated funding level for the FOA is
amended to reflect the FY 2020 appropriation that was passed after the FOA was issued
(Page 11 of this amended FOA).
3. In Section IV.B.2, under “Pre-application Evaluation,” the estimated number of full
applications that will be encouraged is amended to 30 to reflect the funding available in
the FY 2020 appropriation (Page 24 of this amended FOA).
4. In Section IV.C, under “Appendix 10: List of Collaborators,” instructions are amended to
clarify that the collaborator list should be submitted as a single, consolidated list on a
single tab in a single Excel file (Page 39-40 of this amended FOA).
5. In Section V.A, under “Initial Review Criteria,” the language has been amended to clarify
that applications must address priority research opportunities or priority research
directions described in one or more of the workshop reports listed in Section I (Page 57
of this amended FOA).

 Nov 13, 2019
To change the grantor contact. Nov 13, 2019
To fix name of grantor contact. Nov 13, 2019
Nov 13, 2019

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 7

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 7
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Mar 17, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 21, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Amendment 000001 was issued February 13, 2020, to modify the available funding, update website links, and provide other technical edits detailed in the FOA.
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 6

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 6
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Mar 17, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 20, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Amendment 000001 was issued February 13, 2020, to modify the available funding, update website links, and provide other technical edits detailed in the FOA.
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 5

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 5
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Feb 13, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Amendment 000001 was issued February 13, 2020, to modify the available funding, update website links, and provide other technical edits detailed in the FOA.
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 4

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 4
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Feb 13, 2020
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 3
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Nov 13, 2019
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $160,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cedric Thomas

Contracting Officer

Phone: 630-252-4329
Email:cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Nov 13, 2019
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $160,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Phone 301-903-3535
Email:andrew.schwartz@science.doe.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002204
Funding Opportunity Title: Energy Frontier Research Centers
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation: –
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation: –
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Assistance Listings: 81.049 — Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2019
Last Updated Date: Nov 13, 2019
Original Closing Date for Applications: –
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 07, 2020
Archive Date: May 07, 2020
Estimated Total Program Funding: $160,000,000
Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
Award Floor: $2,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility”
Additional Information on Eligibility: –

Additional Information

Agency Name: Office of Science
Description:

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
Link to Additional Information: –
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Andrew Schwartz

Program Manager

Phone 301-903-3535
Email:andrew.schwartz@science.doe.gov

Folder 322428 Full Announcement-DE-FOA-0002204 Amend. 000002 -> DE-FOA-0002204_Amendment 000002.pdf

Folder 322428 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> EFRC FOA Budget Template.pdf

Folder 322428 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> EFRC FOA Senior-Key Personnel.pdf

Folder 322428 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> EFRC FOA Reports Addressed Template.pdf

Folder 322428 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> EFRC FOA Collaborators.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Cedric Thomas
Contracting Officer
Phone: 630-252-4329
Email: cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
81.049 DE-FOA-0002204 Energy Frontier Research Centers PKG00256598 Nov 13, 2019 Apr 21, 2020 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

322428 RR_SF424_2_0-2.0.pdf

322428 RR_Budget_1_4-1.4.pdf

322428 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf

322428 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_4-1.4.pdf

Optional forms

322428 RR_SubawardBudget_1_4-1.4.pdf

322428 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

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