April 20, 2026

Department of Energy (DOE) GENESIS Phase I Proposals

Update sent to the 91±¬ÁÏ MRAM list and impacted PIs on April 21, 2026:

Yesterday, April 20th, the Department of Energy (DOE) again updated funding opportunity DE-FOA-0003612, extending the deadline for Phase I proposal applications to Friday, May 1st. This allows some additional time to prepare, particularly if a proposal is being revised to the recommended format of lead institution and subrecipients.

With a May 1st sponsor deadline, for Phase I proposals on which 91±¬ÁÏ is the lead institution, the internal deadline per GIM 19 for the eGC1 to arrive in OSP marked RTS-yes is now 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28th. This is later than the deadline we set in connection with the blanket GIM 19 waiver yesterday, so OSP is not further extending that waiver. Please work with any subrecipients to have proposals finalized by the 3-business-day deadline as usual.

If there are circumstances related to a specific application that warrant a GIM 19 waiver request, those can be considered based on established criteria under the usual process. Also, on any applications for which 91±¬ÁÏ is not the lead institution, our sponsor may have an earlier deadline to receive 91±¬ÁÏ’s application materials. If a lead institution’s earlier deadline means that the 3-business-day deadline would fall before 10:00 am on Monday, April 27th, the blanket GIM 19 waiver still applies.

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The following message was sent to 91±¬ÁÏ MRAM subscribers and impacted PIs on April 20, 2026.

The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a change to funding opportunity DE-FOA-0003612 on Friday, April 17th. Instead of strongly recommending collaborative proposals for Phase I, they are now strongly recommending proposals with a lead institution and subrecipients. DOE is still accepting collaborative proposals, but some applicants will choose to revise proposals in line with this change. This last-minute change may result in revisions to in-process proposals.

The 91±¬ÁÏ has 37 proposals as the lead institution, approved as part of the limited submission process. Limited submission only applies to lead institutions. There are at least as many proposals where 91±¬ÁÏ is not the lead institution. In these cases our lead institution will need 91±¬ÁÏ paperwork ASAP this week.

OSP is approving a blanket GIM 19 waiver for Phase I proposals under this opportunity. For Phase I proposals on which 91±¬ÁÏ is the lead institution, the eGC1 marked RTS-yes must arrive in OSP by 10:00 am on Monday, April 27th.

Any applications for which 91±¬ÁÏ is not the lead institution are included in the blanket GIM 19 waiver. Please route those eGC1s as RTS-yes as soon as possible. OSP cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet earlier deadlines set by other institutions acting as lead. However, we will make every effort to provide approval as quickly as possible.

These proposals must arrive in OSP ready to be submitted; please ensure that all required signed forms have been reviewed and approved and signed by OSP prior to routing this as RTS-yes.

Under this blanket waiver, due to the high volume of submissions and limited review time, OSP will provide little to no review of proposals. PIs are advised to work with department staff to ensure that all requirements of the FOA are met.

The DOE deadline is 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28th. We will make every effort to submit all of the approved 91±¬ÁÏ-led proposals, but we cannot guarantee that we will make the 5:00 pm deadline for proposals designated as ready to submit after 10:00 am on Monday, April 27th. As the sponsor deadline approaches, lead proposals will be prioritized over collaborative proposals where 91±¬ÁÏ is not the lead.

NOTE: To comply with DOE requirements, OSP will not approve any proposal for which Research Security Training is not complete and/or the Transparency of Foreign Connections has not been reviewed.