Closed · DE-FOA-0002112 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Dark Matter New Initiatives

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$3M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 30, 2019
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Dark Matter New Initiatives is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $500,000 -- $3,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$500K-$3M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
81.049
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Dark Matter New Initiatives is closed (last close May 30, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 30, 2019

Posted Apr 17 Closes May 30

Est. Total Funding

$15,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The DOE SC program in High Energy Physics (HEP) hereby invites applications for new opportunities to develop the design and execution plans for small projects to carry out dark matter particle searches, making use of DOE laboratory infrastructure and/or technology capabilities. This FOA follows the recommendations of the Basic Research Needs (BRN) workshop for Dark Matter New Initiatives, which was held on October 15-18, 2018 [1]. The U.S. particle physics community’s current vision for the future is embodied in the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) report [2] that presents a strategy for the next decade centered on five intertwined science drivers, including the search for dark matter particles. This FOA is for new opportunities to develop the design and execution plans for small projects to carry out dark matter particle searches, making use of DOE laboratory infrastructure and/or technology capabilities. The small project should support the dark matter science Priority Research Directions (PRDs) defined in the BRN workshop on Dark Matter New Initiatives [1] and described below.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002112

Grants.gov marks Dark Matter New Initiatives with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Office of Science book (278 peers, 67% of 415).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Dr. Kathleen Turner 301-903-1759 Kathy.Turner@science.doe.gov

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What to do next

Dark Matter New Initiatives is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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