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General Information and Guidelines
Technical Topics
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PDF file of Guidelines and Technical Topics

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Regarding the Solicitation

GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

1. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Three-Phase Programs
1.3 Phase II Cost Sharing and Phase III Follow-on Funding
1.4 Eligibility
1.5 Restrictions
1.6 Support from National Laboratories, Universities, and Other Research Institutions
1.7 Agreements with Research Institutions and Other Subcontractors
1.8 Contact with DOE

2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 Research or Research and Development
2.2 Innovation
2.3 Small Business Concern
2.4 Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Concern
2.5 Woman-Owned Small Business Concern
2.6 Subcontract
2.7 Joint Venture
2.8 Research Institution

3. PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
3.1 General Requirements
3.2 25-Page Limitation
3.3 Phase I Grant Application Format

4. METHOD OF SELECTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Evaluation and Selection Criteria-Phase I
4.3 Evaluation Criteria-Phase II

5. CONSIDERATIONS
5.1 Awards
5.2 Reports and Payments
5.3 Research Involving Special Considerations
5.4 Intellectual Property Including Innovations, Inventions, and Patents
5.5 Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs
5.6 Grantee Commitments
5.7 Additional Information

6. SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS
6.1 Number of Copies
6.2 Deadline for Receipt of Grant Applications
6.3 Physical Packaging

7. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION SOURCES
7.1 National Technical Information Service
7.2 DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
7.3 Other Sources

Program Area Overview

1. Measurement and Technology for Gasifiers
2. Sensors and Controls for Advanced Power Systems
3. Materials Research for Fossil Energy Applications
4. Oil and Gas Technologies

Program Area Overview

5. Advanced Fossil Fuels Research
6. Catalysts for Petroleum Refining and Chemical Synthesis
7. Bioproducts and Bioenergy Research
8. Ion Beam Applications for Materials Integration by Layer Transfer
9. Neutron and Electron Beam Instrumentation
10. Metal Forming
11. Novel Approaches to Thin-Film Solar Cells – Fabrication, Processing, and Characterization
12. Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
13. Solid State Light Emitting Diodes for General Lighting

Program Area Overview

14. Applications of New Technologies for General Illumination Purposes
15. Integrated Systems for Energy-Efficient Space Conditioning
16. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology
17. Improved Fuel Quality for Biodiesel and Related Applications
18. Improved Blades, Towers, and Power Electronics Technology for Wind Turbines
19. Advanced Measurement and Control in Industry

Program Area Overview

20. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators
21. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders
22. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders
23. Technologies for the Next-Generation Electron-Positron Linear Collider
24. High Energy Physics Detectors
25. High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing

Program Area Overview

26. High Performance Networks
27. High Performance Systems Software

Program Area Overview

28. Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management
29. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology
30. Nuclear Physics Detectors, Instrumentation and Techniques
31. Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication

Program Area Overview

32. Fusion Science and Technology
33. Heat Removal in Fusion Systems
34. Inertial Fusion Energy

Program Area Overview

35. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy

Program Area Overview

36. Sensor Technology for Detecting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
37. Support Technologies for Sensors Used in National Security Applications

Program Area Overview

38. Medical Sciences
39. Genome, Structural Biology, and Related Biotechnologies
40. Atmospheric Measurement Technology
41. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
42. Biological Carbon Sequestration Research and Technology
43. Environmental Monitoring Technologies for Soils, Subsurface Sediments, and Groundwater

Program Area Overview

44. Technologies for Advanced Telerobotics and Telepresence for Environmental Management Applications
45. Technologies for Remediation and Decontamination for Environmental Management Applications

FORMS

Cover Page (Appendix A)
Project Summary (Appendix B)
Budget Form (Appendix C)
Checklist (Appendix D)

CERTIFICATIONS (to be used during negotiation, if selected for award)

Principal Investigator Certification
Assurance of Compliance
Lobbying, Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug Free Workplace Requirements

Submit "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," Standard Form-LLL with the application, only if payment or agreement to make payment has been made to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, and officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal action.

Click here to download Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, Standard Form-LLL. The Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form is in Excel 5.0 format. You can configure your browser to launch Excel, view and then save the file, or just save the file. Include the form in your grant application.

Property and Commercialization Rights Certification (STTR only)
DOE MODEL AGREEMENT FOR PROPERTY AND COMMERCIALIZATION RIGHTS

PDF File of Guidelines and Technical Topics
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Note:  We still ask that you refer to the FORMS section and CERTIFICATIONS section of this webpage to download those pieces of information, as we have provided them in PDF, Word and WordPerfect files for your convenience.