DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is inviting applications focusing on next‐generation manufacturing material, information, and process technologies that facilitate the transition of emerging cost‐competitive energy technologies to domestic production. The primary areas of interest include Manufacture of Advanced Materials, Lower Thermal Budget (LTB) Processes for Industrial Productivity and Efficient Manufacturing Facilities & Energy Systems.

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Systematic improvements to grid investments and operations are needed to accommodate widespread adoption of distributed energy resources and enable market development across New York State.  The Future Grid solicitation seeks innovative solutions to challenge areas that accelerate the advancement of the Distributed System Platform in New York State.  Up to $3 million is available per challenge through 2019 for product development and demonstration projects.

The objective of this FOA is to conceive and develop scenarios, approaches, methodologies, tools, techniques and systems that maximize the bi-directional exchange of grid services while optimizing connectivity and information exchange at the grid edge to Internet of Things (IoT) interface that leads to enhanced system resilience and reliability. These advancements must be applicable to the scenario of maintaining energy surety to defense installations, where coordination between defense facilities, the utility, and surrounding Distributed Energy Resources(DER) can extend the functioning of those facilities through abnormal events.

Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is USAID’s open innovation program that tests and scales creative solutions to any global development challenge. Innovative solutions come in many forms – whether a product, technology, service, or application of a creative business and delivery model. DIV is an open door to USAID – anyone, anywhere can apply at any time. USAID provides flexible, tiered grant funding to test new ideas, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best solutions. Proposals are accepted year-round across three stages, from any type of organization, in any country in which USAID operates.

• Stage 1: Proof of Concept (Up to $200,000 – up to 3 years)
• Stage 2: Testing and Positioning for Scale ($200,000 to $1,500,000 – up to 3 years)
• Stage 3: Scaling ($1,500,000 to $5,000,000 – up to 3 years)

 
In addition to tiered funding, DIV provides evidence grants (up to $1,500,000) to support research and evaluations that generate rigorous evidence of an innovation’s impact per dollar and potential for expansion. These applications are evaluated separately from proposals for tiered funding.

DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) is accepting proposals as part of its TEAMER program, which accelerates MHK technology through funding support and testing infrastructure assistance. The FOA objective is to select a Network Director who would be responsible for the establishment of Test Facility Network, technical processes, Management and Scheduling, External Communication and Outreach.

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DOE’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) has announced funding assistance to support next‐generation building technologies to improve energy productivity, flexibility, resiliency, and lower energy costs. The priority research areas include Flexible Building Technologies, HVAC Technologies, Solid‐State Lighting (SSL) Technologies, Metrics, Current Status, and Targets. BENEFIT-2019 program would be providing $47Mn of federal funding to successful applicants.

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DOE intends to invest in early-stage research aimed at improving transportation system-level energy efficiency, energy productivity, and affordability. The specific areas of interest are advanced batteries and electric drive systems, energy efficient mobility systems, materials for more efficient powertrains, co-optimized advanced engine and fuel technologies, and alternative fuels and new mobility options.

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DOE is soliciting proposals for R&D over innovative modular approaches to low-head hydropower development to lower overall costs in custom-designed projects at greenfield sites leading to a more resilient grid and greater reliability. The areas of interest are Hydropower Operational Flexibility, Low-Head Hydropower, and In-Stream Hydrokinetic Technologies, Advancing Wave Energy Device Design and Marine Energy Centers Research Infrastructure Upgrades.

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DOE is accepting applications to boost geothermal technologies through significant cost reduction, improvement of drilling and sustainability. The major topics of interest are the development of technologies for characterizing, monitoring, and predicting the state of stress for geothermal exploration and development of new technologies for prediction and mitigation of lost circulation events in geothermal drilling.

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DOE solicits innovative ideas for further improvement of offshore wind technologies and application towards distributed power generation in rural communities. The major areas of interest include wind innovations for rural economic development, utilization of national-level facilities for offshore wind R&D, project development for offshore wind technology demonstrations and development of tall towers for US wind power.

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DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO) is accepting early-stage research proposals pertaining to solar technologies. Individuals with promising ideas in areas like Photovoltaics, Solar-Thermal Power Research, Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction, Hardware Incubator and Advanced Solar Systems Integration are requested to apply at the earliest.

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DOE is soliciting proposals to conduct Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for commercial-scale carbon capture systems. The crucial areas of interest include Retrofitting Domestic Coal Power Plants with Carbon Capture, Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture Units on Domestic Gas-Fired Power Plants and Carbon Dioxide Compression Systems for Coal or Gas Power Plants.