THIS COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ENTITLED, “CENTRALIZED AND ON-DEMAND RADIATION TRANSPORT AND TECHNO-ECONOMICS (CORTEX) FOR FUSION MATERIAL ENGINEERING” IS AWARDED TO UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS UNDER ARPA-E FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003240 (CHADWICK) AND CONTROL NUMBER 3240-1544. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS FUSION MATERIALS ENGINEERING REQUIRES ORGANIZED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS TO ADDRESS COMPETING DESIGN OBJECTIVES ARISING FROM NEUTRON DAMAGE, MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE, THERMAL PERFORMANCE, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC VIABILITY. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN OPEN-ACCESS AND OPEN-SOURCE BROWSER-BASED CLOUD COMPUTING FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE AN INDUSTRY-WIDE TRANSFORMATION IN APPLICATION AND DISCOVERY OF FUSION MATERIALS.