Through this solicitation, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) anticipates issuing one or more rounds to catalyze novel approaches to significantly increase the scale of negative emissions, carbon sequestration, reduce waste-related methane, and advance New York’s clean energy goals.
Donor Name: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Challenge
Deadline: 11/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
Proposals must identify only one Challenge Area the proposal aims to address. Teams can submit multiple proposals across all areas, but each proposal must address only one Challenge Area. Proposals will be reviewed to determine if they meet all Proposal Requirements and fit within the selected Challenge Area. NYSERDA reserves the right to move a proposal that does not fit within the selected Challenge Area and assign it to a different Challenge Area.
- Challenge Area 1 – Buildings: materials, designs, and strategies for “low to carbon negative” envelope retrofits and/or new construction
- Challenge Area 2 – Enabling products, services, and strategies to reduce waste methane, increase carbon sequestration, optimize use of land, energy, natural resources
- Challenge Area 3 – Advancements in measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification (MMRV) of GHG emissions and Co-Benefits.
Funding Information
- Anticipated period of performance, required Go/No-Go, and funding caps
- A project is expected to begin within nine months of the proposal due date. No project schedule should exceed a total of 36 months, except to indicate commercialization activities beyond those of the proposed project
- Any project requesting NYSERDA funding greater than $250,000, will require a Go/NoGo milestone and evaluation thereof to continue and receive funds above $250,000.
- Winning proposers will be expected to conduct review meetings for all Go/No-Go Decisions and completion of phases.
- Anticipated funding cap for NYSERDA’s portion of the project cost
- Challenge Areas 1 and 2: $2,500,000
- Challenge Area 3: $1,500,000 with 20% Proposer cost share preferred
- Phased funding requirements apply to Challenge Areas 1 and 2.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible proposers include companies, manufacturers, research organizations, universities, farmers, individuals, local governments, corporate strategic partners, investors, end-users, and community representatives
- State agencies are not eligible for funding under this PON.
- Team members may include anyone relevant to the project, such as companies, manufacturers, research organizations, universities, government agencies, farmers, individuals, local.
For more information, visit NYSERDA.
