Closed · DE-FOA-0003503 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary
Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $300K-$900K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 4, 2025
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $300,000 -- $900,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.
- $300K-$900K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 81.049
- CFDA program
- 414
- other opportunities from Office of Science
Archived opportunity record
Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineer… is closed (last close April 4, 2025). 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 4, 2025
Instrument
Other
Description
The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving new or renewal single-investigator or small-group applications to carry out hypothesis-driven frontier-level research in basic plasma science and engineering. The FES Discovery Plasma Science: Plasma Science and Technology–General Plasma Science (GPS) program supports research at the frontiers of basic plasma science (including astrophysical, dusty, and low temperature plasma). GPS topical areas are broad and include but are not limited to: understanding the onset of magnetic reconnection and trigger mechanisms for explosive instabilities in nature (solar flares, geomagnetic storms) and in the laboratory; magnetic dynamo processes by which magnetic fields are generated in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas; mechanisms by which energy is transferred between fields, flows, and particles; how coherent structures are created through the self-fields of the plasma and its interactions with waves; coupling of dusty plasma in strong magnetic fields; and plasma chemistry and processes related to interaction of plasma with surfaces, materials, or biomaterials. Through the support of this research, the GPS program plays a key role in training the next generation of plasma scientists and engineers.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003503
Grants.gov marks Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineer… 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: Other. 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Nirmol Podder Program Manager Phone 301-903-9536
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What to do next
Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineer… 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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