The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) entitled “Fiscal Year 2025 Vehicle Technologies Office Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Donor Name: National Energy Technology Laboratory
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/18/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This NOFO supports a bold approach to increase American economic competitiveness, upgrade, and modernize infrastructure, and build a clean energy economy to the benefit of all Americans through improved battery technology for both light- and heavy-duty applications, smart charging infrastructure, sustainable farming, workforce development, and demonstration and deployment of these new technologies. The Department of Energy is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing domestic jobs through research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), and ensuring affordable and low emission energy is available to all communities in America.
Topic Areas
- Topic Area 1: Technologies for Enhanced Lithiumion Cell Safety
- Approximate total available funding: $12,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $2M-$4M
- Minimum cost share required: 20% of the total project costs
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 2a: Low-Cost Production of Lithium
- Approximate total available funding: $7,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $2M-$4M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 2b: Lithium Metal Surface Protection
- Approximate total available funding: $8,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $3M-$6M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 3a: Ultra-Long-Cycle Life Li-Ion Batteries for Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks
- Approximate total available funding: $12,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: Up to $3M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 3b: Standardized Battery Module Design for Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks
- Approximate total available funding: $8,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: Up to $4M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 4: Thermal Technologies for Zero Emission Vehicles
- Approximate total available funding: $4,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $2M-$4M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 5: Optimized Grid Planning for Electric Vehicles Using Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Approximate total available funding: $2,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1M-$2M
- Approximate award project period: 24 to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 6: CROP – Co-located Renewable-Fuel and Off-road Vehicle Pilots
- Approximate total available funding: $6,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1.5M-$2M
- Approximate award project period: 12 to 18 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 7: Vehicle Life Cycle Analysis Baseline
- Approximate total available funding: $3,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1M-$3M
- Approximate award project period: up to 24 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 8: Quality Improvements of Battery Busbar Joining
- Approximate total available funding: $6,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1.5M-$3M
- Approximate award project period: 12 to 36 months
- Anticipated length of budget periods: 12 months
- Topic Area 9: Electric Vehicle Workforce Development
- Approximate total available funding: $10,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1.6M-$2.5M
- Approximate award project period: 24 to 36 months
- Topic Area 10: Vehicle Technology Integration – Open Topic
- Approximate total available funding: $10,000,000
- Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $1M-$2M
- Approximate award project period: up to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Domestic entities are eligible to apply as recipients or subrecipients. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a recipient or subrecipient of this NOFO:
- Institutions of higher education;
- For-profit organization;
- Nonprofit organization;
- State and local governmental entities;
- Indian Tribes.
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