Office of Science Early Career Research Program

Post Date

July 19th 2011

Application Due Date

November 29th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0000572

CFDA Number(s)

81.049

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

50

Eligibility Categories

Other

Only U.S. academic institutions are eligible to apply. 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 are not eligible to apply. The Principal Investigator must be an untenured Assistant Professor or an untenured Associate Professor on the tenure track at a U.S. academic institution as of the deadline for the application. No more than ten (10) years can have passed between the year the Principal Investigator's Ph.D. was awarded and the year of the deadline for the application. For the present competition, those who received doctorates no earlier than 2001 are eligible.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $6000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the DOE Office of Science.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy

• Office:

  Chicago Service Center

• Agency Contact:

  Kimberlie J. Laing, 301-903-3026
  kim.laing@science.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kim.laing@science.doe.gov

• More Information:

  FedConnect