$20M available for DOE oil and gas research projects

• Date: 06 July 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30133
• Published date: 06 July 2017

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$20M available for DOE oil

and gas research projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

recently announced $20 million for cost-shared

oil and gas research projects to increase recovery

efciency from unconventional oil and gas wells

and to prevent offshore spills and leaks. DOE

said in a release that funding will support

projects advancing its objective to support a more

environmentally responsible, secure and resilient

U.S. energy infrastructure, while enhancing

economic competitiveness and national security.

“This oil and gas research funding opportunity

underscores the Department’s commitment to

developing all of the nation’s energy resources,” said

Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Doug

Hollett in a statement. “Increased efciency and

reliability of preventative and recovery measures

promote our energy security, and contribute to

making the United States energy dominant.”

DOE said projects will support the Ofce of

Fossil Energy’s efforts to ensure environmentally

sustainable domestic and global supplies of oil and

natural gas, covering three topic areas:

• Technology validation using eld laboratories

and Advancement in subsurface diagnostics—$18

million total to address critical gaps in the

understanding of reservoir behavior and optimal

completion, stimulation and recovery strategies for

unconventional oil and gas.

• Offshore spill and leak—$2 million total

focusing on offshore oil and gas spill and leak

prevention to develop innovative solutions that

predict geologic hazards and prepare for and

prevent offshore incidents through risk reduction

and mitigation technologies.

Eligible applicants include colleges and

universities; for-prot organizations; nonprot

organizations; state, local and Native American

tribal governments; and qualied individuals;

among others.

The application deadline is Aug. 15, 2017.

To learn more, see the full grant announcement

on page 4, or visit www.grants.gov and search

FON# DE-FOA-0001722. ■

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Humanities Open Book Program (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seek

applications for the Humanities Open Book Program

to make outstanding out-of-print humanities books

available to a wide audience.

Deadline: Sept. 13, 2017.

Funds: Awards are for one to three years and range

from $50,000 to $200,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments; among others.

Areas: NEH and Mellon said successful applicants will

provide a list of previously published humanities books

along with brief descriptions of the books and their

intellectual significance. Awards will be given to digitize

these books and make them available as Creative

Commons–licensed “e-books” that can be read by the

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Access to Historical Records: Archival Projects

(NARA)

Scope: The National Archives and Records

Administration seeks applications for the Access to

Historical Records: Archival Projects announcement for

projects that ensure online public discovery and use of

historical records collections.

Deadline: Draft optional deadline, Aug. 8, 2017; final

deadline, Oct. 5, 2017.

Funds: $700,000 total for up to 10 grants of up to

$100,000. The maximum project period is two years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments.

Areas: NARA said all types of historical records are

eligible, including documents, photographs, born-

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