DoE EFRC
- WVU Internal Application Due: March 6, 2026
- Pre-proposal Agency deadline: April 1, 2026
Synopsis
A U.S. Department of Energy Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) is designed to support collaborative, multi-institutional teams conducting fundamental research that addresses major scientific barriers to advancing energy technologies.
The objective is to generate transformative discoveries in basic energy science—not near-term product development—that can enable breakthroughs in areas such as materials, chemistry, or energy systems. EFRCs also aim to build long-term research capacity by integrating universities, national laboratories, and training the next generation of energy scientists. Awards are for a duration of 4 years with budgets of $12-18M total.
Instructions
5-page pre-proposals are due at the DoE WVU by April 1 with full proposals by invitation. WVU is eligible to submit up to 3 pre-proposals as lead institution. The RO requires that you submit a brief letter of intent by 5 p.m. on March 6 to WVU_Internal@mail.wvu.edu with the subject line DoE EFRC. The RO may subject internal applications to down select process, if more than three LOIs are received.
Internal LOIs should consist of the following:
- List of WVU collaborators
- List of external partner institutions
- Topic (see allowed areas in solicitation)
- One paragraph describing the fundamental area of research and your approach.
Please let sheena.murphy@mail.wvu.edu know if you are joining another effort as a subawardee. This does not count against WVUs submission allowance, rather we are doing so just to keep track of developments.