For fun: A list of topics being funded by the DOE for R&D via SBIR grants (FY2009)

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DOE FY 2009 Technical Topic Titles

Technology to Support BES User Facilities


Accelerator Technologies for Present and Future Accelerator Facilities


Instrumentation for Electron Microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy


Instrumentation for Materials Research Using Synchrotron Radiation


Advanced Coal Research


Solid State Lighting


Advanced Materials and Technologies for Cooling and Waste Heat Recovery


Energy Efficient Membranes


Catalysis


Nanotechnology


Materials for Nuclear Energy Systems


Advanced Battery Development


Energy Savings Technologies for Commodity Manufacturing Industries


Increasing Efficiency in Traditional Lighting Technologies


Production of Biofuels from Biomass


Advanced Water Power Technology Development


Wind Energy Technology Development


Geothermal Technologies


Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies


Solar Energy


Technologies Related to Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles


Climate Control Technology for Fossil Energy Applications


Oil and Gas Technologies


Coal Gasification Technologies


Use of Algae for Fuels Production


Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for Coal-Based Power Plants


Advanced Turbine Technology for IGCC Power Plants


Sensors and Controls for Fossil Energy Power Generation Systems


High Performance Materials for Fossil Energy Power Generation Systems


High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing


High Energy Physics Detectors


High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders


Accelerator Technology for the International Linear Collider


Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators


Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders


Medical Sciences


Genomes-to-Life (GTL) and Related Biotechnologies


Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring


Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere


Atmospheric Measurement Technology


Enhancing Availability of Climate Model Output


Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology


Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management


Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication


Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems and Techniques


Software Libraries and Applications Maintenance and Scaling to Petascale


Scientific Visualization and Data Understanding

High Performance Networks


Scalable System Software for Petascale Computer Systems


Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems Plasma Facing


Fusion Science and Technology


High Energy Density Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy


Remote Sensing


Alternative Radiological Sources


Simulation and Software Tools For Nonproliferation R&D


Seismic Signal Analysis


Advanced Technologies for Electricity Systems

Search, Discovery, and Communication of Scientific and Technical Knowledge in Distributed Systems

Improved Characterization of Waste in Tanks and Ancillary Piping

Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy