Closed · DE-FOA-0002204 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Energy Frontier Research Centers

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

$2M-$4M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 21, 2020
Close date
12
Expected awards

The verdict

Energy Frontier Research Centers is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $2,000,000 -- $4,000,000 across 12 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$2M-$4M
award range
Closed
application status
12
expected awards
81.049
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Energy Frontier Research Centers is closed (last close April 21, 2020). 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 April 21, 2020

Posted Nov 13 Closes Apr 21

Est. Total Funding

$100,000,000

Expected Awards

12

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces the call for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) proposals and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications will be required to address priority research directions and opportunities identified in recent BES workshop and roundtable reports, the scientific grand challenges identified in the report Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination, and the opportunities described in the report Challenges at the Frontiers of Matter and Energy: Transformative Opportunities for Discovery Science. All of these reports are described below. BES is soliciting proposals in four (4) topical areas: 1) Environmental Management (new and renewal proposals); 2) Quantum Information Science (new proposals only); 3) Microelectronics (new proposals only); and 4) Polymer Upcycling (new proposals only). Funding will be competitively awarded to the successful Energy Frontier Research Center applications selected by Federal officials, based on a rigorous merit review process as detailed in Section V of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).Amendment 000001 was issued February 13, 2020, to modify the available funding, update website links, and provide other technical edits detailed in the FOA.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002204

Grants.gov marks Energy Frontier Research Centers 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

Cedric Thomas Contracting Officer Phone: 630-252-4329

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What to do next

Energy Frontier Research Centers is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Basic Energy Sciences indexes 6 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Science lists 414 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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