Fiscal Year 2025 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 to apply, especially women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities.
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; and research infrastructure, curriculum, and outcomes that will advance the applicant’s research focus while training the next generation of nuclear energy professionals. Applications are required to focus on the NE mission areas as outlined below.
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 an integrated plan over the course of a career.
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 engagement. Excellence in leadership can be demonstrated by extraordinary efforts to break new ground in interactions with industry, national laboratories, universities, international entities, professional groups, community groups, and startup companies. All examples cited are only for illustrative purposes and are not exhaustive.
Only one application on behalf of a PI may be submitted to this FY 2025 FOA. A PI may not submit an application to more than three NE DECP FOAs as described in the eligibility criteria of Part III Section C.
Multiple awards; single award is $800,000 over five years
$3,200,000
August 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Mr. Andrew Ford E-mail: fordaj@id.doe.gov