PREDICTIVE SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM IV
ID: 354427Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

NNSA (DOE-NNSA)

Award Range

$500K - $4M

Eligible Applicants

Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding Category

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Funding Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes
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    Description

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is offering the Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program IV (PSAAP IV), aimed at enhancing predictive science through advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. This program seeks proposals from private institutions of higher education to establish Predictive Simulation Centers (PSCs) and Focused Investigatory Centers (FICs) that will conduct research in five key areas, including scalable application simulations and workforce development for computational scientists. With an estimated total program funding of $105 million and awards ranging from $500,000 to $3.5 million per year, the application deadline is October 1, 2024. Interested applicants can direct inquiries to Virginia Hernandez at Virgina.Hernandez@nnsa.doe.gov or call 240-688-5349 for grant administration questions.

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