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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 5, 2017
Susan Roche, 404.894.8022
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DOE, BES announce Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC), encourages both new and renewal applications
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DOE announces competition of Energy Frontier Research CentersGeorgia Tech is pleased to announce the launch of the GT internal Energy Frontier Research Centers competition.
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces a re-competition of the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions identified by the series of “Basic Research Needs” 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. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must propose scientific research that addresses PRDs identified in one or more of these reports.
Note: DOE anticipates awards in a number of different scientific research areas. When making selections, DOE will emphasize emerging science priorities that have been highlighted in recent workshops, including:
In order to address these priorities, DOE plans to deemphasize the following topical areas:
Scientific research related to environmental management will not be supported under this FOA, as this was the subject of a targeted EFRC FOA in FY2016.
Science “Grand Challenges” and “Transformative Opportunities”
The BES mission to direct and control matter at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels, requires new insights into the complexity that governs material properties and processes at the quantum level. A 2007 workshop examined the primary roadblocks to progress and resulted in the following BESAC report, which defined five “grand challenges” for science:
Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination.
https://science.energy.gov/~/media/bes/pdf/reports/files/Directing_Matter_and_Energy_rpt.pdf
In this report, a new era for energy science was posed in five “grand challenges”:
In 2015, in response to a charge to revisit this so-called “grand challenge” report, BESAC convened a committee of experts and issued the following report:
Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science.https://science.energy.gov/~/media/bes/besac/pdf/Reports/Challenges_at_the_Frontiers_of_Matter_and_Energy_rpt.pdf
This report identified five “transformative opportunities” for discovery science:
Applications submitted in response to this FOA must propose research that addresses one or more of the “grand challenges” and that embodies one or more of the “transformative opportunities.”
The primary purpose of the EFRCs is to support integrated, multi-disciplinary teams of researchers performing fundamental science; therefore dissemination of results through peer-reviewed publications is a necessary measure of success. In addition, DOE anticipates that some EFRC basic research will have potential technological value. When appropriate, EFRCs are encouraged to file for patent protection. Recipients are also encouraged to explore opportunities to accelerate the transition of promising scientific results to technology development and commercial applications outside of the EFRC; EFRC awards must not support applied research and technology development.
Institutional Limits
GT is limited to the submission of three (3) proposals as the lead institution, therefore GT will conduct an internal selection process to determine the institutional applicants.
Award Timeline
GT Internal Competition Process:
1) Letter of Intent due by December 14, 2017.
2) GT Internal Pre Proposal Packages due by December 21, 2017.
Selection Criteria
All submissions will be evaluated and rated by a selection committee using the following selection criteria:
§ Responsiveness to FOA
§ Scientific and technical merit
§ Appropriateness of the proposed research approaches
§ Likelihood of scientific impact
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