Opportunity: COLLABORATIVE FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH IN THE DIII-D

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The DOE SC program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for collaborative research in fusion energy science as part of the DIII-D national research program. The mission of the DIII-D program is to establish the scientific basis for the optimization of the tokamak approach to fusion energy production. The primary means to accomplish this mission is research utilizing the DIII-D tokamak to develop the ultimate potential of the tokamak concept as a magnetic confinement system. The DIII-D program also involves foundational fusion energy science research to make progress on a broad front toward predictive understanding of fusion plasmas. The major strengths of the program are the highly flexible and well-diagnosed DIII-D tokamak and a large collaborative integrated research team from the national and international fusion community. The DIII-D program helps to build the scientific foundations for fusion energy by contributing to the fundamental understanding of magnetically confined plasmas, and assessing the attractiveness of the advanced tokamak (AT) concept for future fusion applications. The program emphasizes research that aims to prepare the U.S. program for burning plasma operation in ITER, develop the physics basis for high performance, steady-state operation, and develop boundary solutions for future fusion devices. The flexibility and capabilities of the DIII-D actuator and diagnostic set enable a wide range of experiment/theory comparisons that advance the forefront of scientific understanding in these key research areas. Applications for collaborative research must target DIII-D program elements aligned with developing: 1) the scientific basis for the burning plasma core, which includes transient control, research enabling Q=10 on ITER and the path to steady state; and 2) the scientific basis for boundary solutions, which includes detachment control, divertor optimization and investigation of new re

Overview 
Reference number: DE-FOA-0001974
Issue date: 12/21/2018
Response due: 03/05/2019 11:59 PM US/Eastern

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Agency: DOE

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Office of Science - Chicago
US Department of Energy
Office of Acquisition and Assistance
9800 South Cass Avenue
Lemont, IL 60439


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Contact: Matthew Lanctot
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Email: Matthew.lanctot@science.doe.gov

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