Closed · DE-FOA-0002280 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary
Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and Plasmas
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $60K-$1.2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 6, 2020
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and Plasmas is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $60,000 -- $1,200,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.
- $60K-$1.2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 81.049
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and… is closed (last close May 6, 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 May 6, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$3,000,000
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Grant
Description
The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving new and renewal applications for awards in the area of Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and Plasmas. The FES program seeks to expand the fundamental understanding of matter at very high temperatures and densities and to foster the scientific foundation that will enable an eventual fusion energy source. The FES Measurement Innovation program supports the development of novel and innovative diagnostic techniques and their application to new, unexplored, or unfamiliar plasma regimes or scenarios. Awards under this FOA will enable researchers to deploy diagnostics with the spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution necessary to validate plasma physics models that predict the behavior of fusion plasmas. These advanced diagnostic capabilities are then used at domestic and international facilities as part of FES’s research subprograms in Burning Plasma Science: Foundation, Burning Plasma: Long Pulse; Discovery Plasma Science: Low Temperature Plasmas; and Discovery Plasma Science: High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma. Ongoing use of mature diagnostics systems is financially supported through the research programs at the FES user facilities and through support from the subprograms.Applications for the development of diagnostic techniques to measure plasma parameters not previously accessible, or at a level of detail greater than previously possible, or at a substantially reduced cost, size, or complexity are sought in the areas of Fusion Science, High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas and Low Temperature plasmas. Applications proposing substantial extension of existing diagnostics concepts for measurements in new, unexplored, or unfamiliar plasma regimes or scenarios are within the scope of this FOA. Applications addressing future diagnostic needs of research on long-pulse facilities are also within the scope of this FOA. Development of new, innovative technologies, materials, and detectors of all kinds of radiations and particles from present and future magnetic fusion experiments, which will enable any of the above advancements in diagnostics, are also within the scope of this FOA. While the testing of novel diagnostics on major fusion facilities is not expressly outside the scope of this FOA, applications seeking funding for applying proven diagnostic techniques to such facilities will not be considered under this FOA. The FES program supports such diagnostic applications through separate FOAs linked to the experimental facilities.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002280
Grants.gov marks Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and… 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
Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Curt W. Bolton Program Manager Phone 301-903-4914
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What to do next
Measurement Innovations for Fusion Energy and… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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