Fiscal Year 2024 Distinguished Early Career Program
Funding Agency:
- Department of Energy
The Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP) is the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE) most prestigious award for the most innovative distinguished faculty members beginning their independent careers. The intent of the program is to provide stable support to those faculty to form the impactful research groups, innovative lines of inquiry, educational approaches, and critical new research directions that will drive the next generation of nuclear energy innovation, NE encourages all eligible applicants, especially women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities, to apply.
This FOA is soliciting distinguished early career applications that provide a clear research and education plan that highlights the applicant’s research and educational strengths, the research and education vision to support the development of the faculty member, research infrastructure, curriculum, and research outcomes that will advance the applicant’s research focus while training the next generation of nuclear energy professionals. Applications should focus on NE mission areas.
The extraordinary characteristic that places the NE Early Career Award into a Distinguished category is the truly integrated nature of excellence in research, education, and leadership. The applicant must demonstrate excellence in all three categories, including the vision to accomplish all in an integrated plan over the course of a career horizon.
Excellence in research can be demonstrated by exceptional publications, presentations, invited seminars, research awards and prestigious funding. Excellence in education can be demonstrated by the creation of new courses, curricula, national presentations, innovative teaching methods and teacher engagement. Excellence in leadership can be demonstrated by extraordinary efforts to break new ground in interactions with industry, national labs, universities, international entities, professional groups, community groups and startup companies. All examples cited are only for illustrative purposes and are not all inclusive.
Award Ceiling: $625,000
$2,500,000
September 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Andrew J Ford Grantor Phone 208-526-3059
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