This bill directs the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation to coordinate and conduct joint research and development projects that serve their shared missions and priorities. The two agencies would establish a formal agreement requiring a competitive, merit-based selection process open to federal agencies, national laboratories, universities, nonprofits, and other entities. The legislation identifies eight focus areas for collaboration, including plasma science, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, fusion energy, advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, and high-energy physics, along with STEM education and workforce development initiatives. The bill requires the agencies to submit a report to Congress within two years detailing their coordination efforts, research achievements, and plans for continuing collaboration, while ensuring all activities comply with federal research security standards. The legislation does not specify new funding amounts, instead authorizing the existing budgets of both agencies to be used for these coordinated research efforts.
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