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DOE Early Career Research Program
Program Summary
The Office of Science of the Department of Energy recently announced a new grant opportunity funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for support of the Early Career Research Program (FOA DE-PS02-09ER09-26 ) 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.
Specific program areas include: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP), and Nuclear Physics (NP).
Awards:
The typical award is expected to be $750,000 over five years. The minimum award is $150,000 per year over five years. DOE expects to make 30-50 awards in Fiscal Year 2010.
Eligibility:
PI must be an untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track at a U.S. academic institution as of September 1, 2009. 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 1999 are eligible).
For more information on the announcement, please visit: http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN09-26.html
Deadlines
| UIC Internal Letter of Intent (mandatory) | August 3, 2009 |
| UIC Internal Competition | NA |
| ORS Deadline | NA |
| Sponsor Full Proposals | September 1, 2009 |
Letter of Intent Instructions
- By submitting this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets the sponsor's eligibility criteria for this program. The LOI can be emailed to RDS@uic.edu, Attn: Tony Halford.
- OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor. For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.
LOI form: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/funding/forms/0600.doc
Please contact Tony Halford at ahalford@uic.edu or 6-7036 with any questions.
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