Key Dates:  Applications Due: May 6, 2009; 8 p.m. EST
Anticipated Award Announcement: July 15, 2009

Program Information: The mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Physics (NP) Program is to discover, explore, and understand all forms of nuclear matter. The NP program supports experimental and theoretical research, along with the development and operation of particle accelerators and advanced technologies, to create, detect, and describe the different forms and complexities of nuclear matter that can exist in the universe, including those that are no longer naturally found.

Grant Information: The primary goal of these initiatives is to pursue forefront nuclear science research and development important to the NP mission and that is also relevant to applications. The Office of Nuclear Physics solicits innovative research and development applications that are relevant to basic nuclear science research goals, while simultaneously being relevant to existing or next-generation applications of nuclear science. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Identification and development of approaches to the measurement of nuclear data needed for the nuclear energy industry and other applications;
• Measurement of neutron cross sections and other relevant nuclear data such as decay properties, delayed neutrons, fission yields, photon production, etc., required for advanced reactor fuel cycles and other applications.
• Development of new approaches to the handling of nuclear wastes;
• Development of new and improved instrumentation, techniques and methods that can be applied to nuclear forensics, nuclear energy, national defense, medicine, environmental, space exploration, finance, commerce, radiation health physics, etc;
• Development and use of covariances and covariance matrices to support reactor and fuel cycle design and other applications, and to identify priorities for cross section measurements and improved modeling of nuclear reactions.

For More Information:  View the full  Funding Opportunity Announcement  for program and application information. Program Manager: Manouchehr Farkhondeh, 301-903-4398, Manouchehr.Farkhondeh@science.doe.gov
Grant Officer: Lori Jernigan, 301-903-5212, lori.jernigan@science.doe.gov