FPN03-13

DOE Seeks Innovative Fusion Proposals

March 4, 2003

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a solicitation for Research in Innovative Approaches to Fusion Energy Sciences. A copy of Program Notice 03-19 "Research in Innovative Approaches to Fusion Energy Sciences" was published March 4, 2003 in the Federal Register. Letters-of-Intent are requested by April 4, 2003 and formal applications are due by May 1, 2003.

The notice has been posted on the DOE Grants and Contracts website (http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/Fr03-19.html) The notice has also been posted in the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov/

Copies of the notice may also be requested from

Francis Thio (francis.thio@science.doe.gov)
Program Manager, ICC
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SC-55
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 903-4678
Fax: (301) 903-1225

The notice states that proposals exploring new and innovative approaches for creating compact plasma with high beta and high temperatures in pulsed or steady state, and for active control of magnetized plasmas "are particularly welcome." The notice says, "Applications for research on existing large facilities , or intiatives in Inertial Fusion Energy, should not be submitted in response to this Notice." The notice says that about $6 million of Fiscal Year 2004 funding will be available to fund new work or renewals of existing work. It says applications for scientific assessment of new concepts will be limited to a maximum of $150,000 per year and applications requiring funding as low as $50,000 "are welcome and encouraged."