ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)

The ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE) program is a funding opportunity provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The program aims to identify and capitalize on opportunities for bringing fundamental plasma science investigations to bear on problems of societal and technological need within the scope of science and engineering supported by the participating NSF programs. The ECLIPSE program encourages inclusion of specific efforts to increase the diversity of the ECLIPSE community and to broaden participation of under-represented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) as Broader Impacts of proposed work. Some key areas of focus for the ECLIPSE program include: • Plasma surface interactions, with applications to advanced manufacturing, materials processing, and catalysis • Atmospheric pressure plasmas and microplasmas with applications to microelectronics, plasma agriculture, environmental remediation, and other clean and decarbonized energy goals enabled by electrification of the chemical industry • Dusty plasmas with applications to development of nanomaterials, aerosols, and functionalized surface coatings • Novel sensor development for highly non-equilibrium plasmas with applications to cubesat-based geospace measurements and industrial plasma diagnostics • Novel computational modeling for multi-component and/or multi-phase plasma systems with applications to space weather prediction and plasma reactor design • Novel studies of plasmons in nano-photonics and nano-optics with applications to sub-THz wireless communication and photocatalytic chemical processes • New chemical measurement science for characterizing processes occurring in plasmas and using plasmas as part of measurement systems with applications to analysis of environmental contaminants or identification of forensic evidence • Study of fundamental chemical reactions and mechanisms in plasmas with applications to novel chemical synthesis