EXPRESS: 2024 Exploratory Research for Extreme Scale Science

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently introduced a new grant offering known as EXPRESS, which stands for Exploratory Research for Extreme Scale Science, available for 2024. The grant focuses on the field of extreme-scale science, which acknowledges the ongoing technological transformations in areas of scientific applications like algorithms, computer architectures, and ecosystems. These innovations are witnessing massive leaps in high-end computing, large-scale data collection, visualization, and artificial intelligence, all gradually adapting to more diverse architectures.

Through this grant, the DOE seeks to stimulate fresh research and innovative contributions in the terrain of scientific computing, leveraging emerging technologies to their utmost potential. An important aspect of the proposed research should be its general applicability rather than being limited to a specific scientific use case. Indeed, the goal would be to spearhead future advancements in extreme-scale science through novel knowledge and insights.

This grant is not designed to incrementally further existing research projects in the same domain. Instead, project proposals should explore unique ideas and unconventional approaches that could substantially benefit the sphere of extreme-scale science.

The DOE strongly encourages diversity in terms of the investigators and institutions it sponsors, with emphasis on including partners from the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) regions. Furthermore, preference is given to applications led by individuals from historically underrepresented groups in STEM and institutions that don't typically appear in the DOE's Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) portfolio.

Potential research opportunities under the EXPRESS grant include Harnessing Technology Innovations to Accelerate Science through Visualization, Scalable Space-Time Memories for Large Discrete/Agent-Based Models, Neuromorphic Computing, Advanced Wireless, and Quantum Hardware Emulation.

Applicants interested in applying for the EXPRESS 2024 grant must ensure that their proposals significantly address at least one of the listed research topics. You can find more information about EPSCoR and the ASCR portfolio through the provided web links.