HPC4Energy Innovation Program: Collaborations for U.S. Manufacturers

expired opportunity(Expired)
From: Federal Government(Federal)
FBO461-20

Basic Details

started - 14 May, 2020 (about 3 years ago)

Start Date

14 May, 2020 (about 3 years ago)
due - 30 Sep, 2020 (about 3 years ago)

Due Date

30 Sep, 2020 (about 3 years ago)
Bid Notification

Type

Bid Notification
FBO461-20

Identifier

FBO461-20
ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF

Customer / Agency

ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF (7811)ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF (7811)LLNS – DOE CONTRACTOR (231)

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NOTE:  Concept paper deadline extended from June 9 to June 30. See revised attachment.The High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Program seeks qualifiedindustry partners to participate in short-term, collaborative projects with the Department ofEnergy’s (DOE) National Laboratories. HPC4EI is the umbrella program for theHPC4Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg), HPC4Materials (HPC4Mtls), and HPC4Mobility programs.This solicitation is sponsored by the HPC4Manufacturing Program. Through support from theOffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office(AMO) the selected industry partners will be granted access to high performance computing(HPC) facilities and world-class scientists at DOE’s National Laboratories.The Trump Administration has prioritized the use of high performance computing to solve criticalnational challenges. In March 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced the announced thelaunch of theCOVID-19 High Performance Computing
Consortium to provide COVID-19researchers worldwide with access to the world’s most powerful high performance computingresources that can significantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop thevirus. This unique public-private consortium, spearheaded by The White House, the U.S.Department of Energy, and IBM, includes government, industry, and academic leaders. Foradditional information about the COVID-19 High Performance Computer Consortium, includinginformation about how to submit a proposal for that program please follow the above link.Strengthening the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector is a top priority for the TrumpAdministration and will be critical to America’s economic recovery. The Department of Energy’sHPC4Mfg Program is interested in establishing collaborations that address key energy-relatedchallenges for domestic manufacturers. By applying advanced modeling, simulation, and dataanalysis, these projects will improve energy efficiency, increase productivity, reduce cycle time,enable next-generation technologies, investigate intensified processes, lower energy cost, andaccelerate innovation.Eligibility for the HPC4Mfg Program is limited to entities thatmanufacture in the United Statesfor commercial applications and the organizations that support them. Applicants are highlyencouraged to partner with universities and non-profit organizations located within federallydesignatedOpportunity Zones and/or Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Additionally, the proposed project must be executed in the United States. Selected demonstration projects will be awarded up to $300,000 to support compute cycles and work performed by the National Laboratory partners. The industry partner must provide a participant contribution of at least 20% of the total project funding for the project.The industry contribution must come from non-federal funding sources.In addition, follow-on projects to previously awarded, successful demonstration projects in theseareas will be considered. These projects should focus on the further implementation of thedemonstrated HPC application in the industrial setting - taking it closer to operational use andbroad national impact. Selected follow-on projects will be awarded up to $300,000 to supportcomputing cycles and work performed by the National Laboratory, university and non-profitpartners. The industry partner must provide a participant contribution of at least 33.3% of thetotal project funding; of this, at least half must be in cash to support the National Laboratorywork.BackgroundDOE maintains world-class HPC expertise and facilities, currently hosting six of the top 15 mostpowerful computers in the world as ranked by TOP500 in November 2019. From detailedsubatomic-level simulations to massive cosmological studies, researchers use HPC to probescience and technology questions inaccessible by experimental methods. Scientific insightsgained from these computational studies have drastically impacted research and technology acrossindustrial sectors and scientific fields. Examples include additive manufacturing, aerospace, oilrecovery, drug development, climate science, genomics, and exploration of fundamental particlesthat make up our universe. From industry to academia, the scientific need for advanced computingcontinues to drive innovation and development for future high performance computers and theircapabilities.There is high potential for U.S. industry to utilize the power of HPC. The HPC4EI Program isintended to provide HPC expertise and resources to industry to lower the risk of HPC adoptionand broaden its use to support transformational and early-stage technology development. TheHPC4EI Program hopes to provide this HPC expertise by supporting targeted collaborationsbetween industry and DOE’s National Laboratories.Successful applicants will work collaboratively with staff from one or more of the DOE NationalLaboratories to conduct project activities across the various HPC areas of expertise, includingdevelopment and optimization of modeling and simulation codes, porting and scaling ofapplications, application of data analytics, as well as applied research and development of tools ormethods.To make the broadest impact across the industry, the project teams are expected to present theirresults at workshops associated with the program and at regional and national conferences.Publications are also encouraged.DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and RenewableEnergy is the primary sponsor of the HPC4Mfg Program. DOE’s Advanced ManufacturingOffice within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the primary sponsor ofthe HPC4Mfg Program. The Office of Fossil Energy and EERE’s other Technology Offices mayalso sponsor select projects in this portfolio. AMO partners with private and public stakeholdersto support the research, development, and deployment of innovative technologies that canimprove U.S. competitiveness, save energy, and ensure global leadership in advancedmanufacturing. AMO supports cost-shared research, development, and demonstration activitiesin support of crosscutting next-generation technologies and processes that hold high potential tosignificantly improve energy efficiency and reduce energy-related emissions, industrial waste,and the life‐cycle energy consumption of manufactured products.Improved energy efficiency across the manufacturing industry is one of the primary goals of theHPC4Mfg Program. The program solicits proposals that require HPC modeling and simulation toovercome impactful manufacturing process challenges resulting in reduced energy consumptionand/or increased productivity. Proposals should provide a realistic assessment of the energyimpact, the improvement in U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, and the increase in U.S.manufacturing jobs that a successful outcome of the project could have across the industrialsector.Of particular interest to AMO are:• Improvements in manufacturing processes which result in significant national energysavings. Examples include:a. Process improvements in high-energy consuming industries such as paper and pulp,primary metal manufacturing, water and wastewater, glass and chemical industries;b. Improvements in material performance in harsh service environments such as veryhigh temperature or highly corrosive processes;c. Integration of advanced object recognition and other machine learning algorithms(e.g. sortation, defect detection) into high throughput industrial processes;d. Improvements in modeling prediction and closed-loop control for smartmanufacturing systems (e.g. advanced sensors and process controls); ande. Improvements in separation and processing for critical materials (e.g. rare earthelements).• Improvements in the lifecycle energy consumption of products of interest to AMO.Examples include:a. Improvement in jet engine efficiency could save significant energy over the lifecycleof the engine;b. Improved materials and shape optimization for light-weighting in transporttechnologies;c. Semiconductor electrical efficiency; andd. Increased recycling and reuse of end-of-life and waste associated with industrial-scalematerials production and processing.• Efficiency improvements in energy conversion and storage technologies.Examples include:a. Improvements in combined heat and power units which save significant energy;b. Novel energy storage and energy conversion techniques; andc. Improvements in waste heat recovery.EligibilityEligibility is limited to U.S. manufacturers, defined as entities that are incorporated (or otherwiseformed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States, and that manufactureproducts in the United States or that manufacture, distribute, or otherwise deploy software andhardware systems as described above or that that develop and/or manufacture new or modifiedmaterials in the United States. Project work must be executed in the United States.U.S. universities, institutes, and other non-profit organizations are also eligible to participate ascollaborators. Applicants are highly encouraged to partner with universities and non-profitorganizations located within federally-designated Opportunity Zones and/or Historically BlackColleges and Universities (HBCU). Funding for university and/or non-profit participants may beprovided by the National Laboratory or the industrial partner. Funding provided to a universityand/or non-profit by the industrial partner can be considered a component of the industrial partner’s in-kind funding contribution.Funding RequirementsThe DOE monetary contribution for each project will not exceed $300,000. For demonstrationprojects, an industry partner must provide a participant contribution of at least 20% of the totalproject funding to support industry expertise to the project. The participant contribution can takethe form of monetary funds in or “in-kind” contributions and must come from non-federalsources unless otherwise allowed by law. For follow-on projects defined as a project that is usingthe results of a previously funded project within the HPC4EI portfolio, the industry contributionis 33.3% of the total project funding of which at least half of this amount is a cash contribution.Sample budgets are shown below. Total project size cannot exceed $500,000.DOE fundingwillbe provided to the National Laboratory (or laboratories) in support of their work under theHPC4EI Program.Refer to the attached PDF for additional information on Sample Budgets, Solicitation Process and Timeline, Concept Paper Guidlines, Full Proposal Guidelines, Evaluation Process and Criteria, Point of Contact and Intellectual Property and Proprietary Data.Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT REQUEST 

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