Intent to Submit Proposal

Intent to Submit Proposal

The Intent to Submit Form has been updated to only reflect proposal submission.

If you would like to enter into a Partnership Project Agreement, please do not complete this form. Use the linked Request for a New Partnership Project Agreement Form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/1f0649791ea54963a7b066180b83b294. Any questions should be directed to ipp@ameslab.gov.

Proposed Project Information

Type of Funding*

If the Proposal does not require a Concept Paper (CP), Please choose FOA Call-FP for Full Proposal.

Proposed Project Title*

Topic Area

If submission to FOA Indicate the Topic Area you are submitting to.

Project Abstract*

Please describe the Ames Project Team role in the proposed project in a 1-2 sentences. This description can be used in a required letter of commitment. This does not have to be the final abstract.

Please attach documents here.

FOA: Attach FOA or any other pertinent Information. Partnership Project Agreement: Attach most recent statement of work.

Drag and drop files here or

Do we have the unrestricted right to publish?*

Think about if there will be any restrictions related to the information in the proposal?

Yes

Type of Research*

BASIC RESEARCH – Research undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge without any particular application or use in mind.
APPLIED RESEARCH– Research conducted to gain the knowledge or understanding to meet a specific, recognized need.
EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT – The systematic use of the knowledge or understanding gained from research and practical experience directed toward the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods, including the design and development of prototypes and processes.
NON-RESEARCH – Includes outreach & training programs, routine testing, policy development and non-R&D Program implementation

Basic Research

Applied Research

Experimental Development

Non-Research

Does this work involve any critical material or critical mineral as defined by the Energy Act of 2020 and/or the Secretary of the Interior? Definition listed below.*

This is a new DOE Office of Technology Transitions reporting requirement for FY2024. Select "Yes" or "No" to designate whether this agreement includes Critical Materials and Minerals work, as defined below.

Critical Materials are defined by the Energy Act of 2020 as:

Any non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that the Secretary of Energy determines: (i) has a high risk of supply chain disruption; and (ii) serves an essential function in one or more energy technologies, including technologies that produce, transmit, store, and conserve energy;

Critical materials for energy: aluminum, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, electrical steel, fluorine, gallium, iridium, lithium, magnesium, natural graphite, neodymium, nickel, platinum, praseodymium, silicon, silicon carbide and terbium.

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), published a 2022 final list of critical minerals that includes the following 50 minerals: “Aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cerium, cesium, chromium, cobalt, dysprosium, erbium, europium, fluorspar, gadolinium, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, holmium, indium, iridium, lanthanum, lithium, lutetium, magnesium, manganese, neodymium, nickel, niobium, palladium, platinum, praseodymium, rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium, samarium, scandium, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, thulium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.”

As of 5/22/2025, coal is now considered a critical material.

The lists in the sub bullets above are based on the assessment described in DOE’s most recent critical materials assessment, the 2023 DOE Critical Materials Assessment.

Yes

If yes, please provide the critical material and/or mineral that qualifies.*

Division Information

Ames Laboratory Lead PI Name*

Please enter the First Name Last Name, Email address.

Will you have additional Ames Laboratory Co-PI(s) on the proposed project with you?

Yes

Still to be determined

Are all Co-PIs eligible to serve in the PI capacity?*

If you are unsure, please review the AMES Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility article in Service Now (https://now.ameslab.gov/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0011994).

Yes

I do not know.

PI 2

PI 3

PI 4

PI 5

B&R Code

Project Number

FOA Submission Information

Funding Opportunity*

Enter the name of the Funding Opportunity. Call number is fine.

FOA Link

If applicable, enter a URL for the announcement OR attach a copy of the guidelines. If FWP submission, so state.

Prime v. Collaborator*

Select Prime if Ames Laboratory is the Lead on the Proposal.

Prime

Collaborator

State Prime Collaborator

If not Ames Laboratory, provide the organization leading the proposal

If known, enter the Technical Point of Contact's name and email for the Prime.

Does this call have limited submissions?

If this submission is part of a limited submission call, please attach the required submission document and input the internal submission date.

Select or enter value

Internal Submission Deadline

Concept Paper Submission Deadline

Full Proposal Submission Deadline

Is Cost Share a requirement of the proposal submission?

DOE defines cost share as a percent of the Total Project Budget. (Total Project Budget = Federal Amount + Cost Share Amount)