Energy research gets boost in US stimulus funds.
In the United States, up to $85 million in federal stimulus funds is up for grabs by early-career researchers at academic institutions and Department of Energy national labs. US energy secretary Steven Chu announced the awards, to be made in early 2010, in mid-July. They will support at least 50 researchers for five years apiece.
Eligible researchers must be tenure-track assistant professors who have earned a PhD within the past 10 years. Each university award will be for at least $150,000 per year, and the national lab awards will be for at least $500,000 per year. Research topics are limited to scientific computing research; biological and environmental research; basic-energy sciences; fusion-energy sciences; high-energy physics; and nuclear physics.
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Stimulus for US science. Nature 460, 655 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7255-655e
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