Cross Cutting Activities

The ASCR Research Division collaborates in cross cutting activities with the ASCR facilities division, with other programs under the Office of Science, with applied and national-security offices elsewhere in the Department of Energy, and with other Federal agencies.

Stewarding an Innovative Next-Generation Software Stack

Large and complex software packages originally developed under the auspices of SciDAC, through the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), or with other support have become vital to the users of Department of Energy leadership-class supercomputers and to computational scientists more broadly. The stewardship-and-innovation effort ensures that this software remains up-to-date, operational, and optimized even as new hardware comes online, and as operating systems and underlying software libraries change.

The ECP developed exascale-ready applications and solutions that address currently intractable problems of strategic importance and national interest; created an expanded and vertically-integrated software stack now deployed on DOE HPC pre-exascale and exascale systems; and delivered U.S. HPC vendor technology advances essential to the development of DOE HPC pre-exascale, exascale, and post-exascale systems. More information can be found at the ECP website.

ASCR carries forward the ECP legacy through the Next-Generation-Software-Stewardship program, supporting five software-stewardship organizations under the umbrella of the Consortium for the Advancement of Scientific Software; see the CASS website for more information. Their work ensures that leading-edge scientific applications continue to run effectively on the world’s largest supercomputers even as the hardware evolves.

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs are U. S. Government programs intended to help small businesses conduct research and development and to foster technology transfer. The SBIR/STTR Programs Office works collaboratively with 13 program offices throughout DOE, including the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, to select specific research topics.

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

ASCR participates in the EPSCoR program to further research in applied mathematics, computer science, AI, QIS, and advanced computing technologies by sponsoring applicants satisfying specific eligibility criteria. Points of contact for EPSCoR applicants are:

Computer Science and AI: Xujing Davis
Applied Mathematics: David Rabson
Quantum Network: Pavel Lougovski
Quantum Computing: Marco Fornari
Robotics and Automation: Ravinder Kapoor
Neuromorphic Computing: Robinson Pino

For other areas, contact Hal Finkel for guidance.

ASCR Funding

FY2025: National Quantum Information Science Research Centers: Lab Funding Opportunity
FY2024: Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships: Press Release, Award List, Funding Opportunity
FY2023: Accelerate Innovations in Emerging Technologies: Press Release, Award List, Lab Funding Opportunity
FY2023: Science Foundations for Energy Earthshots: Press Release, Award List, Funding Opportunity
FY2023: Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE): Press Release, Award List, Lab Funding Opportunity
FY2023: Energy Earthshot Research Centers: Press Release, Award List, Lab Funding Opportunity
FY2021: Microelectronics Co-Design Research: Press Release, Award List, Lab Funding Opportunity
FY2020: National Quantum Information Science Research Centers: Press Release, Award List, Funding Opportunity

Award abstracts and information about awards made prior to FY2018 can be found here.

ASCR Workshops and Reports

Workshop and reports completed prior to FY2018 can be found here.

Other Notable Reports