The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) released its annual open funding call, known as the FY 2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, to solicit applications for fundamental research that help address DOE’s discovery science, energy, national security, and environmental missions that are not covered by more specific funding opportunity announcements issued throughout the year. Like prior years, DOE has set aside $500 million to fund activities under this open solicitation, but this amount covers costs over multiple years and also funds current awards. This means DOE has about $150 million in this fiscal year (FY) 2025 solicitation for new awards. DOE plans to make up to 350 new awards averaging from $200,000 to $1 million per year for research projects supporting single Principal Investigators (PIs) or small teams and will also use a portion of funding to support workshops and roundtables. The funding call is open from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025; however, applicants are encouraged to apply earlier in the fiscal year. Applicants are also recommended to submit a white paper or pre-application to a program manager to receive feedback prior to submitting a full application. More information can be found in Lewis-Burke’s full analysis of the FY 2025 open call here.  

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Lewis-Burke Associates - Nov. 4, 2024