Deadline: 3 August 2015
The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) of the Office of Science (SC), US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications for research on innovative approaches to fusion energy on the spherical tokamak, advanced tokamak, and stellarator concepts.
Such research on small to medium scale facilities can explore specific aspects of these concepts, thereby enhancing the understanding of magnetically confined plasmas and can also help to grow and validate fusion science over a wider range of plasma conditions and enhance the opportunity for scientific discovery in toroidal confinement.
Awards and Funding
- Total funding up to $6,200,000 annually is expected to be available to support this FOA and the companion DOE National Laboratory Announcement subject to appropriation of funds by the Congress.
- The award size may range from $50,000 per year to $2,000,000 per year.
- The award size will depend on the number of meritorious applications and the availability of appropriated funds.
- Research Grant Awards are expected to be made for a period of 3 years as befitting the project.
Focus Areas
- Investigating stellarator configurations with the goal of simplifying and making maintainable magnet systems and extending confinement parameters.
- Improving the understanding of 3-D shaping in an integrated manner in plasmas with higher levels of performance.
- Applying 3-D analysis and design approaches to ELM suppression on existing tokamaks and ITER.
- Improving the understanding of anomalous electron transport in spherical tokamaks.
- Resolving disruption avoidance and mitigation to permit reliable, continuous operation in spherical or advanced tokamaks.
- Developing approaches that will address plasma materials interaction issues faced by tokamak and/or stellarator concepts.
Eligibility Criteria
All types of applicants are eligible to apply, except 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.
How to Apply
The interested applicants can apply by filling the application form available on the website.
For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for the opportunity number DE-FOA-0001348.
