OpportunityTitle: Energy Frontier Research Centers
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Please see the full text of the Funding Opportunity Announcement at Section III., ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION.    1. INDIVIDUALS    U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient (lead organization) or subawardee (team member).    2. DOMESTIC ENTITIES    For-profit entities, educational institutions, and nonprofit entities1 that are incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular State or territory of the United States are eligible to apply for funding as the lead organization or subawardee (team member).    State, local, and tribal government entities are eligible to apply for funding as the lead organization or subawardee (team member).    DOE/NNSA National Laboratory Contractors are eligible to apply for funding as the lead organization or subawardee (team member).    Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs and non-DOE GOGOs are eligible to apply for funding as a subawardee (team member), but are not eligible to apply as the lead organization.    Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to apply for funding as a subawardee (team member), but are not eligible to apply as the lead organization.    3. FOREIGN ENTITIES    Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding under this FOA.    Other than as provided in the &#8220;Individuals&#8221; or &#8220;Domestic Entities&#8221; sections above, all lead organizations receiving funding under this FOA must be incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States. If a foreign entity applies for funding as a lead organization, it must designate in the Letter of Intent (LOI) and full application a subsidiary or affiliate incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States to be the lead organization. The LOI and full application must state the nature of the corporate relationship between the foreign entity and domestic subsidiary or affiliate. Foreign entities may request a waiver of this requirement in the full application. See Section IV.C.7. for waiver request information. DOE has discretion to waive this requirement if it determines that it will further the purposes of this FOA and is otherwise in the interests of DOE.    4. INCORPORATED CONSORTIA    Incorporated consortia, which may include domestic and/or foreign entities, are eligible to apply for funding as the lead organization or subawardee (team member). For consortia incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States, please refer to &#8220;Domestic Entities&#8221; above. For consortia incorporated in foreign countries, please refer to the requirements in &#8220;Foreign Entities&#8221; above.    Each incorporated consortium must have an internal governance structure and a written set of internal rules. Upon request, the consortium must provide a written description of its internal governance structure and its internal rules to the DOE Contracting Officer.    5. UNINCORPORATED CONSORTIA    Unincorporated consortia (team arrangements), which may include domestic and foreign entities, must designate one member of the consortium to serve as the prime recipient/consortium representative (lead organization). The prime recipient/consortium representative must be incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States.    Upon request, unincorporated consortia must provide the DOE Contracting Officer with a collaboration agreement, commonly referred to as the articles of collaboration, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of each consortium member. This agreement binds the individual consortium members together and should discuss, among other things, the consortium&apos;s:    &#8226; Management structure;  &#8226; Method of making payments to consortium members;  &#8226; Means of ensuring and overseeing members&apos; efforts on the project;  &#82
Description: The Department of Energy&#8217;s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces its interest in receiving applications for new Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) in scientific research areas relevant to the Department&#8217;s environmental management mission and aligned with the BES core research areas in materials and chemical sciences. More specifically, BES solicits applications in two topical areas: 1) novel and innovative methods for characterization, transformation, and separation of nuclear waste; and 2) new materials for long-term storage of nuclear waste, including waste forms. Research related to contaminant fate and transport in subsurface geological environments is outside the scope of this FOA. The goal of this FOA is to initiate new multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary EFRCs aimed at accelerating scientific breakthroughs in areas that will be likely to have a dramatic impact on the cost and efficacy of future technologies for nuclear waste cleanup and storage.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: cedric.thomas@science.doe.gov
GrantorContactText: Cedric L. Thomas &lt;br/&gt;630-252-4329 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Note that a Letter of Intent is due on March 9, 2016 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time    A Letter of Intent (LOI) is required for all applications. Any application received for which there is not an associated LOI will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected without further review. In addition, the lead organization identified in the full application must be the same lead organization identified in the LOI. If an application is received for which the lead organization has changed since submission of the LOI, the application will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected without further review. The lead PI (EFRC Director) should not be changed unless unavoidable and only minor edits should be made, if necessary, to the title of the project. If necessary, the applicant may make changes to other senior/key personnel and other participating institutions, although DOE discourages extensive changes.