Dept of Energy - Early Career Research Program
DE-FOA-0002173
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322675
Required Pre-application is due January 7, 2020

The DOE Office of Science invites grant applications for support under the Early Career Research Program in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR);
Biological and Environmental Research (BER);
Basic Energy Sciences (BES),
Fusion Energy Sciences (FES);
High Energy Physics (HEP), and
Nuclear Physics (NP). 

(pp. 48-49)  Eligibility: The Principal Investigator must be an untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track or an untenured Associate Professor on the tenure track at a U.S. academic institution as of the deadline for the application. . . . . Except as outlined below, no more than ten years can have passed between the year the PI’s Ph.D. was awarded and 2019. For the present competition, those who received doctorates no earlier than 2009 are eligible.
Extensions to eligibility will be considered for individuals who have had a major life event requiring an extended absence (3 months or longer) from the workplace, including active military service, an absence due to personal disability, or an absence covered by the Family Medical Leave Act, or other similar reasons.
There is NOT a U.S. citizenship requirement for the PI or any project participants.