The following letter about a new funding opportunity was shared by the U.S. Department of Energy on January 13, 2022.
- $420 million funding opportunity for DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC)
- This funding will advance climate solutions through early-stage research on clean energy technology, advanced and low-carbon manufacturing, and quantum information science.
- The EFRC program brings together diverse teams of scientists across disciplines and institutions – including universities, national laboratories, industry, and nonprofits – solely focused on solving complex problems in early-stage research and accelerating advances in the most challenging areas of materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences
- Since the program’s introduction in 2009, there have been 88 EFRCs across 41 states, with 41 currently active
For more information about this funding opportunity and the EFRC program, please register for a webinar on January 19, 2022 at 2pm ET.