DOE EPSCoR Internal Instructions

FYI: Grants awarded under this program are intended to improve research capability through the support of a group of scientists and engineers, including undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, working on a common scientific theme in one or more EPSCoR jurisdictions. These awards are not appropriate mechanisms to provide support for individual faculty science and technology research projects. While the academic, non-profit and industrial research communities are welcome to lead or to participate in applications, a strong component of student participation in research is required for all applicants.

In assessment of new applications, DOE EPSCoR reserves the right to give priority to applications that propose to develop new research areas rather than those that propose to enhance or continue research areas that have been previously funded under EPSCoR Implementation Grants or other DOE larger-scale awards.

Instructions

Please forward the following information to WVU_Internal@mail.wvu.edu by October 1, 2024.

1. Specify which program:
1. Accelerator R&D and Production
2. Advanced Scientific Computing Research 
3. Basic Energy Sciences
4. Biological and Environmental Research 
5. Fusion Energy Sciences 
6. High Energy Physics 
7. Isotope R&D and Production 
   
8. Nuclear Physics 
   
9. Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response 
   
10. Office of Electricity 
    
11. Office of Environmental Management 
    
12. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Buildings and Industry (including Advanced Materials and Manufacturing; Buildings; and Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization) 
    
13. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy (including Geothermal; Solar; Water; and Wind) 
    
14. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Sustainable Transportation (including Bioenergy; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells; and Vehicles) 
    
15. Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management 
    
16. Office of Nuclear Energy
    
2. List the relevant research area/research area program manager within the respective program area.
   
3. Specify at least one scientific or engineering hypothesis whose investigation motivates the proposed work in on or two paragraphs written for a lay reader. For any hypothesis that is not itself innovative, describe at least one innovative insight into how the hypothesis can be investigated that may be exploited by the planned research.
   
4. Provide the objectives of the work in bullet form.
5. Provide a list of the senior personnel involved
   
6. One paragraph: Why should the Research Office prioritize this application to move forward?