The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced its interest in receiving grant applications for the development of scientific simulation codes "needed to address complex problems in fusion energy sciences." The goal is the creation of codes that achieve high performance on a single node, scale to hundreds of nodes and thousands of processors, and have the potential to be ported to future generations of high performance computers. The announcement is focused on some of the topical areas that are important to developing integrated models of fusion systems and require the capabilities of terascale computers. Specific areas of interest include:

• Turbulence and transport in order to predict energy and particle confinement in plasmas,
• Macroscopic equilibrium and stability to be able to predict stability limits in magnetically confined plasmas,
• Magnetic reconnection in order to understand the dynamo and ``sawtooth'' oscillations in plasmas,
• Electromagnetic wave/particle interactions to be able to predict heating and current drive in plasmas,
• Boundary layer effects in plasmas in order to predict the transport of heat and particles in the edge region of a fusion device, and
• Electromagnetic fields and beam dynamics in particle accelerators to model efficient, high-current heavy ion accelerators.

The full text of "Program Notice 01-10" is available via the Internet at the following web site address:

http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.

Preapplications referencing this program notice must be received by 4:30 P.M. EST, January 31, 2001. A response encouraging or discouraging the submission of a formal application will be communicated by e-mail within 14 days.

Formal applications submitted in response to this notice must be received no later than 4:30 P.M., March 15, 2001, to be accepted for merit review and consideration for award in Fiscal Year 2001.

ADDRESSES: Preapplications referencing Program Notice 01-10 should be forwarded to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SC-55, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, ATTN: John Sauter. Preapplications can also be submitted via E-mail at the following E-mail address: john.sauter@science.doe.gov Formal applications referencing Program Notice 01-10 should be forwarded to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Grants and Contracts Division, SC-64, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, ATTN: Program Notice 01-10. The above address must be used when submitting applications by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, any commercial mail delivery service, or when hand-carried by the applicant. An original and seven copies of the application must be submitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Stephen Eckstrand or Dr. Arnold Kritz, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SC-55, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are listed below:

Stephen Eckstrand: telephone (301) 903-5546, e-mail steve.eckstrand@science.doe.gov
Arnold Kritz: telephone (301) 903-2027, e-mail arnold.kritz@science.doe.gov