Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is accepting proposals for the 2022 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers. The program will support over 60 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE National Laboratories.
Early career researchers may apply to one of eight Office of Science program offices: Advanced Scientific Computing Research; Biological and Environmental Research; Basic Energy Sciences; Fusion Energy Sciences; High Energy Physics; Nuclear Physics; Accelerator R&D and Production; and Isotope R&D and Production. Proposed research topics must fall within the programmatic priorities of DOE’s Office of Science, which are provided in the program announcements.
To be eligible for the program, a researcher must be an untenured, tenure-track assistant, or associate professor at a U.S. academic institution or a full-time employee at a DOE national laboratory. The applicant must also have received a Ph.D. within the past ten yearsUniversity awards average around $750,000 for five years and national laboratory awards average around $2,500,000 for five years. Funding will be competitively awarded on the basis of peer review. Pre-applications are mandatory and are due on October 21, 2021, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Full proposals will be due on January 20, 2022, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
For more information visit https://science.osti.gov/Funding-Opportunities