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| Opportunity Type | Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) |
| Funding Opportunity Posted By | DOE |
| Funding Opportunity Title | Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) |
| Opportunity ID | DE-FOA-0003614 |
| Link to Funding Opportunity | osti.gov |
| Funding Opportunity Short Description | Applications from multi-disciplinary teams will be required to propose discovery science and use-inspired basic research that address scientific challenges in one or more of the topic areas listed below. The focus of the EFRC program is on fundamental scientific research, therefore applications to this NOFO must not propose applied research and technology development activities. |
| Funding Opportunity Category | Clean Energy and Sustainability |
| Important Dates | |
| Posted Date | 02/18/2026 |
| Open Date | 02/18/2026 |
| White Paper / Pre-Proposal / Solution Summary Due | 04/01/2026 |
| Full Applications Due | 07/01/2026 |
| Funding Details | |
| Total Funding Available | $352,000,000.00 |
| Award Floor | $3,000,000.00 |
| Award Ceiling | $4,500,000.00 |
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| Funding Opportunity Full Description | This NOFO does not support an applicant’s commercial activity. This NOFO seeks to support basic research to advance understanding rather than to address commercial opportunities. Applications that propose research related to current commercial activity or current customer needs may be declined without merit review. All for-profit applicants must include a description, not to exceed 200 words of how their proposed work will advance scientific understanding of a basic and fundamental nature as an appendix to the Project Narrative. Applications that are submitted by applicants that have not submitted a required preapplication will be declined without further review. Applicants may propose non-domestic entities as subrecipients in their applications. Applicants are advised that successful applications that propose non-domestic entities as subrecipients include a detailed demonstration of how the proposed non-domestic subrecipients possess skills, resources, and abilities that do not exist among potential domestic subrecipients. Executive Summary BES is soliciting applications in two general categories: BES Report Topics and Special Topics. Applications may respond to topics in both categories. Topic areas are open to both new and renewal applications, unless noted below in Section III. Program Description. In the BES Reports Topics, applicants must address priority research directions (PRD) and opportunities (PRO) identified in one or more of the following reports (see full description for PRO/PRD restrictions): BES Roundtable on Opportunities for Basic Research for Next-Generation Quantum Systems In the Special Topics, applicants must address one or more of the following topics (see full description for details): |
