OpportunityTitle: Opportunities in Frontier Plasma Science
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All types of domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.Due to limited funding, foreign applicants are not eligible to apply under this FOA.Federally affiliated  entities must adhere to the eligibility standards below:1. DOE/NNSA National LaboratoriesDOE/NNSA National Laboratories are eligible to submit applications under this FOA and may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization&#8217;s application. If recommended for funding as a lead applicant, funding will be provided through the DOE Field-Work Proposal System and work will be conducted under the laboratory&#8217;s contract with DOE. No administrative provisions of this FOA will apply to the laboratory or any laboratory subcontractor. If recommended for funding as a proposed subrecipient, the value of the proposed subaward will be removed from the prime applicant&#8217;s award and will be provided to the laboratory through the DOE Field-Work Proposal System and work will be conducted under the laboratory&#8217;s contract with DOE. Additional instructions for securing authorization from the cognizant Contracting Officer are found in Section VIII of this FOA.2. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCsNon-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA but may be proposed as subrecipients under another organization&#8217;s application. If recommended for funding as a proposed subrecipient, the value of the proposed subaward may be removed from the prime applicant&#8217;s award and may be provided through an interagency agreement to the FFRDC&#8217;s sponsoring Federal Agency. Additional instructions for securing authorization from the cognizant Contracting Officer are found in Section VIII of this FOA.3. Other Federal AgenciesOther Federal Agencies are neither eligible to submit applications under this FOA nor to be proposed as subrecipients under another organization&#8217;s application.
Description: The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving new applications from U.S. researchers to carry out frontier plasma science research on one or more of the collaborative research facilities (CRFs) and initiatives supported by FES General Plasma Science (GPS) program. These include the Big Red Ball (BRB) and Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) experiments at the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL) at the University of Wisconsin &#8211; Madison (UW-Madison), the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) in the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at the University of California &#8211; Los Angeles (UCLA), the DIII-D Frontier Science Initiative at General Atomics (GA), the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) at the Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory (MPRL) at Auburn University, the low-temperature Plasma Research Facility (PRF) at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and the Princeton Collaborative Research Facility (PCRF) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Interested principal investigators (PIs) must have already responded to the separate call for proposals from one or more of these facilities and been allocated experimental runtime to carry out their project.The goal of this FOA is to increase participation and productivity of the GPS program supported CRFs and initiatives. U.S. PIs may seek travel funds and/or seed funding for short-term projects (1-2 years in duration) to carry out frontier plasma science research on these facilities. The funding may include travel support, small FTE support for the PI to supervise, as well as support for students or postdoctoral researchers involved in the experiment and/or validation work. Full-term research projects seeking three or more years of funding are outside the scope of this FOA and must be submitted in response to other announcements.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager&apos;s Email
GrantorContactText: Nirmol Podder &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-903-9536