Research Funding

LDRD, Laboratory Directed Research and Development

Focused Enduring Efforts (~$ 186M/yr.)

Research Foundations (~$ 59M/yr.)

• Radiation, Electrical, and High Energy Density Science (REHEDS)
• Nanodevices and Microsystems (NMRF)
• Materials Science
• Engineering Science
• Computing and Information Science
• LDRD

Mission Foundations (~$ 61M/yr.)

• National Security Programs (NSP)
• Cyber Innovation (CYBER)
• Heterogeneous Integration & Trusted Strategic Radiation Hardened (HI&TSRH) Microsystems
• Intelligence Science & Proliferation (ISP)

Strategic Initiatives (~$ 66M/yr.)

• Exploratory Express
• New Ideas
• Grand Challenges (GC), e.g.,
  • Light Speed GC on explosive optical emissions
    • ~$ 5M/yr. project Involving 4 universities; 10 FTE/yr. and $ 900k/yr. of university support,
  • Mission Campaigns, e.g.,
    • ASAP – Assured Survivability and Agility with Pulsed Power
      • ~$ 25M-$ 40M over 5-7 yr.

Programmatic sources

• Nuclear Survivability Campaign [Radiation Effects Science (RES)], NA-115
• Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP), DOE-NE
• Advanced Simulation & Computing (ASC), NA-114
• DOE Basic Energy Science (BES), DOE-SC

Product-specific funding

• Strong-link / Weak-link for nuclear safety
• Neutron generator
• AF&F
• Gas transfer system