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Opportunity Summary:

The Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Science and its Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), issued a discretionary grant funding opportunity titled "Theoretical Research in Magnetic Fusion Energy Science" (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0001336). The call was aimed at supporting new and renewal grant applications focused on theoretical and computational work that directly advances the U.S. magnetic fusion energy sciences program. In practical terms, this opportunity targeted researchers developing models, theory, and high-performance computing tools that help explain, predict, and improve the behavior of magnetically confined plasmas, with the broader goal of making fusion energy more scientifically and technically achievable. Awards selected under this announcement were intended to be funded in Fiscal Year 2016, contingent on Congressional appropriations.

The FOA identified five priority research areas. The first, macroscopic stability, centers on understanding and predicting large-scale plasma instabilities that can limit performance or abruptly disrupt confinement, including the theory and simulation needed to characterize stability boundaries and mitigation strategies. The second area, confinement and transport, focuses on the mechanisms that govern how heat, particles, and momentum move within the plasma, especially turbulent transport and related multi-scale phenomena that determine whether a device can reach and sustain fusion-relevant conditions. The third area, boundary physics, addresses the complex region at the plasma edge where the confined plasma interacts with material surfaces, including scrape-off layer and divertor-relevant physics, edge turbulence, and processes that affect particle and heat exhaust, impurity behavior, and overall plasma-facing component constraints. The fourth area combines plasma heating with non-inductive current drive, emphasizing the theoretical and computational foundations behind externally applied heating systems and techniques that drive electrical current without relying on inductive transformer action, which is critical for steady-state or long-pulse operation. The fifth area, energetic particles, targets the physics of fast ions and alpha particles, including their confinement, interactions with waves and instabilities, and the ways they can either help sustain the plasma or create performance-limiting effects through destabilization and losses.

Administratively, this opportunity was listed under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) and categorized within science and technology research and development. The announcement stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The posted and creation date was April 15, 2015, with an application closing date of June 30, 2015, and an archive date of September 30, 2015. The published synopsis did not specify an estimated total funding amount, award ceiling, or award floor in the provided fields, so applicants were expected to rely on the full FOA text for any funding expectations, project period norms, page limits, and review criteria. Eligibility was described as unrestricted in the summary, meaning it was broadly open to many entity types, but the definitive eligibility rules were contained in Section III of the full announcement.

The FOA directed applicants to consult the complete Funding Opportunity Announcement on FedConnect for the detailed topical guidance (including supplementary information for each of the five research areas), proposal preparation instructions, and submission requirements. For access issues or questions, the listed technical program contact was John Mandrekas, Technical Program Manager, reachable at 301-903-0552 and john.mandrekas@science.doe.gov.

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