Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program

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Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program (formerly named the Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program). Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this program is to support the development of the individual research programs of exceptionally talented researchers early in their careers. LETTER OF INTENT DUE DATE: September 4, 2008 A Letter of Intent (LOI), including information on collaborators and a one-page summary of the proposed research, is required and should be submitted by September 4, 2008. Failure to submit a Letter of Intent by an applicant may preclude the full application from due consideration. The Letter of Intent referencing Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-PS02-08ER08-26, should be sent electronically by e-mail to Mr. John Sauter at: [email protected], with a copy to Dr. Darlene Markevich at: [email protected]. Please include the phrase Junior Faculty Letter of Intent in the subject line of the e-mail. The purpose of the Letter of Intent (LOI) is to facilitate the OFES in planning the peer review and the selection of potential reviewers for the application. For this purpose, the LOI must include a one-page abstract of the proposed research and list the names and institutional affiliations of Principal Investigators, any Co-Principal Investigators, key investigators, collaborators or consultants, so as to identify any potential conflict of interest in the selection of qualified reviewers for the application. APPLICATION DUE DATE: October 7, 2008, 8:00 PM Eastern Time Applications must be submitted using Grants.gov, the Funding Opportunity Announcement can be found using the CFDA Number, 81.049 or the Funding Opportunity Announcement number, DE-PS02-08ER08-26. Applicants must follow the instructions and use the forms provided on Grants.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Darlene Markevich, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SC-24.2 PHONE: 301-903-4920 E-MAIL: [email protected] For further submission information please see the full version of this notice, DE-PS02-08ER08-26, located at: http://www.grants.gov/