Department of Energy (DOE)
Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding opportunity for up to $24 million for new grants under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR). The grants, to be awarded competitively on the basis of peer review, are aimed to help institutions in EPSCoR-eligible states conduct research while building capabilities to enable these regions to compete more successfully for other federal R&D funding awards.
These awards will support early-stage, fundamental scientific and engineering research relevant to DOE’s energy mission. Through collaborative partnerships with DOE National Laboratories, EPSCoR advances the geographic diversity of researchers conducting competitive, energy-related research.
“For continued US innovation and scientific leadership, it is imperative that we broaden participation in research that supports our energy and climate goals,” said Dr. Geraldine Richmond, DOE Undersecretary for Science and Energy. “The ESPCoR program helps ensure that all regions and institutions, particularly those that have been historically underrepresented in federal research funding programs, are engaged in competitive, impactful, clean energy-relevant research.”
This funding opportunity aims to advance fundamental understanding and early-stage research to address the nation’s energy challenges, particularly in clean energy and climate, including energy storage, carbon dioxide removal, hydrogen, solar energy conversion, and low-carbon manufacturing.
Due Date: Pre-application due January 13th, 2022, and Application due April 7th, 2022
More information: Link to Website
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) research projects use fundamental research to produce knowledge about what constitutes or promotes responsible or irresponsible conduct of research and why, as well as how to best instill this knowledge into researchers, practitioners, and educators at all career stages. In some cases, projects will include the development of interventions or applications to ensure ethical and responsible research conduct.
The program funds research projects that identify:
- factors that are effective in the formation of ethical science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) researchers;
- approaches to developing those factors in all STEM fields that NSF supports; and
- why and how those factors and approaches increase responsibly conducted research.
The program encourages research that supports and extends our understanding of how and why research approaches, practices, and norms foster or hinder the training of STEM researchers and practitioners. The program aims to support the formation, reproduction, and dissemination of ethical academic and research practices and to cultivate institutional cultures that value, expect, and reward academic and research integrity. Ethical issues in emerging scientific and technological areas are of particular interest as are new ethical issues created by changing cultural norms.
Due Date: February 17, 2022, and January 23, 2023
Award Amount: $50,000-$700,000
More information: Link to Solicitation