Inertial Confinement Fusion Program University Assistance

Objective

The goal of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program is to create nuclear weapons relevant conditions in the laboratory without the need to return to underground nuclear testing. The objectives of this assistance listing are: (1) To support the U.S. scientific community in ICF and High Energy Density (HED) science through university involvement in areas of fundamental science and technology relevant to stockpile stewardship; (2) to promote and sustain scientific interactions between the academic community and scientists at the NNSA laboratories; (3) to train scientists in specific areas of long-term research relevant to stockpile stewardship; (4) to support and enable access to university-based ICF research facilities, and increase the availability of unique experimental facilities sited at NNSA's laboratories to the academic community, particularly for collaborations in areas of relevance to stockpile stewardship; and (5) to develop and maintain a long-term recruiting pipeline to NNSA's laboratories by increasing the visibility of NNSA's ICF program’s scientific activities to the U.S. faculty and student communities.

Who Can Apply

• State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Other public institution/organization
• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)

Institutions of higher education

Who Benefits

• Federal
• Other public institution/organization
• Scientist/Researchers

U.S. public and private institutions of higher education. The Federal government will also benefit from the research.

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreements

Program Contact

Kevin.Jackman@nnsa.doe.gov
240-252-9879