Closed · DE-FOA-0002953 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Basic Energy Sciences - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (BES-RENEW)

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

$1.5M-$2.3M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 2, 2023
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Basic Energy Sciences - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (BES-RENEW) is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $1,500,000 -- $2,250,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$1.5M-$2.3M
award range
Closed
application status
81.049
CFDA program
414
other opportunities from Office of Science

Archived opportunity record

Basic Energy Sciences is closed (last close May 2, 2023). 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 2, 2023

Posted Jan 9 Closes May 2

Est. Total Funding

$10,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) aims to build foundations for Office of Science (SC) research and training at institutions historically underrepresented in the SC research portfolio. RENEW leverages SC’s unique national laboratories, user facilities, and other research infrastructures to provide undergraduate and graduate training opportunities for students and academic institutions not currently well represented in the U.S. science and technology (S&T) ecosystem. The hands-on experiences gained through RENEW will open new career avenues for participants, forming a nucleus for a future pool of talented young scientists, engineers, and technicians with the critical skills and expertise needed for the full breadth of SC research activities. Principal Investigators, students, and postdoctoral researchers supported by RENEW awards will be invited to participate in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) meetings for supported researchers and/or SC-wide professional development and collaborator events.The goal of the Basic Energy Sciences (BES) RENEW program is to increase participation of groups underrepresented in BES’s research portfolio. BES is fully committed to advancing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive research community, which is key to providing the scientific and technical expertise for U.S. scientific leadership. This program will provide training and research opportunities for students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from non-R1 [1] minority serving institutions (MSIs) [2], including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), currently underrepresented in the BES portfolio [3]. Using the current data available, a list of eligible institutions is provided at https://science.osti.gov/grants/Applicant-and-Awardee-Resources/Institution-Designations. The hands-on experiences gained through research internships at BES’s world-unique national laboratories and user facilities, or at R1 partner MSIs, can open new career avenues for the participants through enhancement of the critical skills and expertise needed for the full breadth of BES research activities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002953

Grants.gov marks Basic Energy Sciences with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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). 72 other Office of Science listings share this eligibility-code string (17% of 415).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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. Andrew Schwartz Program Manage

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What to do next

Basic Energy Sciences 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

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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