High-Energy-Density Plasma Laboratory Science

Background
The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) and the NNSA Defense Program (DP) Office of Experimental Sciences jointly announce their interests in receiving applications for new and renewal awards for research in the SC-NNSA Joint Program in High-Energy-Density (HED) laboratory plasmas. The High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP) joint program was established following the 2007 report of the Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics, responsible for stewarding fundamental HED-LP science within the Department of Energy.

HEDLP research is directed at exploring the behavior of matter at extreme conditions of temperature, density, and pressure, including laboratory astrophysics and planetary science, structure and dynamic of matter at the atomic scale, laser-plasma interactions and relativistic optics, magneto hydrodynamics (MHD) and magnetized plasmas, and plasma atomic physics and radiation transport.

Grant Details
Grant applications are sought in the following subfields and crosscutting areas of HED laboratory plasmas. This FOA solicits research efforts including experimental, theoretical, and/or computational science. Applications integrating experiments, theory, and simulation are particularly encouraged.

Specific areas of interest include HED Hydrodynamics, Radiation-Dominated Dynamics and Material Properties, Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas and Laser-Plasma Interactions, Relativistic HED Plasmas and Intense Beam Physics, Warm Dense Matter.

Eligibility Requirements
All types of domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995. Federally affiliated entities such as DOE/NNSA National Laboratories, non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs, and other Federal Agencies are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA or to be proposed as subrecipients under another organization’s application.

Period of Performance
DOE anticipates making awards with a project period of two or three years. Continuation funding is contingent on availability of funds appropriated by Congress and future year budget authority.

Grant Value
Total funding up to $3,000,000 is expected to be available to support FES awards under this FOA. Total funding up to $3,500,000 is expected to be available to support applications submitted to this FOA. Research Grant Awards are expected to be made for a period of two or three years at a funding level appropriate for the proposed scope.