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DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) re-competition for big, interdisciplinary energy basic research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences (BES) is re-competing the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) program. It funds large, multi-institution, multi-disciplinary teams to conduct advanced basic research in energy-relevant fields such as materials, chemical, geosciences, and biosciences, combining experiments, theory, computation, and AI/ML. The goal is to tackle fundamenta…

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Agency: Office of Science

Award

Award Ceiling: $18M

Award Floor: $12M

Dates

Open Date: February 18, 2026

Close Date: July 1, 2026

Eligibility

industry:energy

industry:research

Keywords

energy frontier research centers

efrc

basic energy sciences

interdisciplinary research

materials science

chemical sciences

ai ml

doe sc

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