The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces its interest in receiving new applications from single principal investigators (PIs) and from small teams to advance basic and fundamental chemical and materials sciences that underpin clean energy technologies and low-carbon manufacturing. The goal is creation of foundational knowledge to support the development of approaches that will minimize climate impacts of energy technologies and manufacturing. For this FOA, clean energy technologies include approaches to capture, produce, convert, store, and use energy that reduce or eliminate unwanted emissions such as greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, etc.). These technologies also include approaches such as direct air capture (DAC) and carbon storage/sequestration to decrease emissions that have been released into the environment from energy production and use. Low-carbon manufacturing refers to manufacturing processes that minimize carbon emissions and energy consumption. Investments from this FOA are anticipated to include awards that build foundational knowledge underpinning the Energy Earthshots Initiative.

Awards under this FOA will support basic and fundamental research. Applied research, which seeks to exploit fundamental knowledge to solve specific technical challenges, is outside the scope of this FOA.

 

Harvard may submit up to two pre-applications or applications for multi-PI efforts and up to three pre-applications or applications for single-PI efforts, with a combined total of no more than three pre-applications or applications. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is soliciting brief pre-proposals to secure the Harvard nominations. Internal pre-proposals should be submitted online via the link above by March 2, 2022. The full solicitation can be found here. 

 

Questions about this announcement may be directed to Erin Hale (erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu) or Susan Gomes (sgomes@fas.harvard.edu).