Early Career Research Program (ECRP)
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: March 3, 2026
Archive date: September 2, 2026
Close date: June 2, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361393
Opportunity number: DE-FOA-0003602
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Office of Science
Agency code: PAMS-SC
Award floor: $875,000
Award ceiling: $2,750,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
- Other
Category of Funding Activity
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:pams_sc
- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- funding_instrument_type:other
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
DOE SC hereby invites applications for support under the ECRP in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP); Nuclear Physics (NP); Isotope Research and Development and Production (DOE IP). The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by SC.