The DOE Office of Science has issued a press release on the 1st round 2020 INFUSE awards. The list of awards and abstracts can be found here: 1st round 2020 award list. Congratulations to the successful RFA candidates. The company and lab PIs were notified in June, and many of these projects are ready to
The third annual INFUSE Workshop was held on December 16, 2021. It was a virtual 1 day workshop on ZOOM and was co-sponsored by the Fusion Industry Association. 2019 and 2020 INFUSE project reports and lab capability updates were presented. The new pilot program for university participation in the next RFA call was described. Several
The awards from the second 2020 INFUSE call were announced. Please see https://www.ornl.gov/news/second-round-2020-public-private-partnership-awards-announced-infuse-fusion-program for a description of the program and an award list. A list of companies, contacts and project abstracts can be found here. Congratulations to the award recipients. The 1st round 2021 INFUSE submission period will begin in January 2021.
Reviews for the first-round of 2020 INFUSE RFA applications were complete on June 08. The results were transmitted to DOE SC FES for final determinations. A total of 25 applications were reviewed. The reviewer response rate was 95% with most applications receiving 3 qualified reviews. Many thanks to the reviewers for volunteering their time and
A brief Q&A webinar on the second round 2021 INFUSE RFA Call was held on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 11:30 am EDT via MS Teams. A brief presentation of the new vetting and account log in process can now be found in the library.
The first 2020 call for INFUSE RFA applications is now closed. The second 2020 RFA call will likely occur in July. The first FY2020 INFUSE RFA Call opened on February 24. Proposals were due on the INFUSE submission site by Friday April 24. The five topical areas remain the same; however, restrictions on the number
The 1st round of INFUSE awards for 2021 were selected in May. E-mail notifications and reviewer feedback were issued on July 1 for each RFA application. Nine awards were made from 16 applications. The list of awardees and project abstracts can be found here. A cumulative listing of all INFUSE awards can be found in the library.
Industry has an opportunity to provide input on cost-sharing partnerships in fusion energy development. DOE Office of Science Fusion Energy Sciences Program has issued a Request For Information in the Federal Register. You can learn about it at this link.
Point-of-contacts at the ten participating INFUSE laboratories have been named. Detailed contact info for them can be found on the secure proposal submission site. BNL: Ramesh Gupta INL: Masashi Shimada LANL: John Kline LBNL: Steve Gourlay LLNL: Andris Dimits ORNL: Dennis Youchison PNNL: Wahyu Setyawan PPPL: Ahmed Diallo SNL: Rob Kolasinski SRNL: James Klein
The 2019 INFUSE awards have been announced. A listing can be found at http://INFUSE.ORNL.GOV/2019-infuse-awards/