Closed · DE-FOA-0003044 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary
Inertial Fusion Energy Science & Technology Accelerated Research (IFE-STAR)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $8M-$16M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 11, 2023
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Inertial Fusion Energy Science & Technology Accelerated Research (IFE-STAR) is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $8,000,000 -- $16,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $8M-$16M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 81.049
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Inertial Fusion Energy Science & Technology Accelerated Research (IFE-STAR) - is cataloged under number DE-FOA-0003044 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 81.049, posted by Office of Science. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 8, 2023 and last updated on May 4, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a other.
Award economics. The award range on file is $8,000,000 -- $16,000,000. The agency has projected $45.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 11, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$8,000,000 -- $16,000,000
Close Date
July 11, 2023
Posted
May 8, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$45,000,000
Instrument
Other
Description
The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for the Inertial Fusion Energy Science & Technology Accelerated Research (IFE-STAR). The core of IFE-STAR will be multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary IFE Science and Technology Innovation Hubs referred to in this FOA as “IFE S&T Hubs”.A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report entitled “An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy”1 concluded that “The appropriate time for the establishment of a national, coordinated, broad-based inertial fusion energy program within DOE would be when ignition is achieved”. In the last two years, the National Ignition Facility has produced two significant scientific results. First, in August 2021, a burning plasma was achieved with a record yield of 1.3 megajoules (MJ) from thermonuclear fusion reactions of an inertially confined deuterium-tritium (DT) plasma2,3. Then, in December 2022, the National Ignition Facility achieved scientific (target) gain of 1.5 and unequivocally met the definition of ignition from an earlier NASEM report. Motivated by the 2020 Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Long-Range Plan “Powering the Future: Fusion & Plasmas”4 and the breakthroughs on the National Ignition Facility, FES commissioned a Basic Research Needs Workshop (BRN) in preparation for an IFE program. The BRN report discussed Priority Research Opportunities (PROs) that should be addressed by an IFE program within FES5.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 99. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Kramer Akli Program Manager Phone 301-903-2943
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