The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002920 on behalf of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), which coordinates hydrogen activities with offices across DOE as described in the DOE Hydrogen Program Plan.
Donor Name: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $6,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
These activities align with the DOE National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap and specific DOE initiatives.
Building a clean and equitable energy economy and addressing the climate crisis is a top priority of the Biden Administration. This FOA will advance the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050“ to the benefit of all Americans. The Department of Energy is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing clean energy jobs through research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), and ensuring environmental justice and inclusion of underserved communities.
The research, development and demonstration (RD&D) activities to be funded under this FOA will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Specifically, this FOA will support the goals of the H2@Scale Initiative, which aims to advance affordable hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization to enable decarbonization and revenue opportunities across multiple sectors. These objectives align with DOE’s Hydrogen Shot, which targets affordable clean hydrogen production at $1/kg within the decade. Advancing technologies that will facilitate the adoption of clean hydrogen technologies will support the goal of net zero GHG emissions by 2050.
Topic Areas Include:
- Topic 1: Hydrogen Carrier Development
- Topic 2: Onboard Storage Systems for Liquid Hydrogen
- Topic 3: Liquid Hydrogen Transfer/Fueling Components and Systems
- Topic 4: M2FCT: High Performing, Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Medium and Heavy-Duty Applications
Funding Information
- Hydrogen Carrier Development
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $750,000
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $1,000,000
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months) 36
- Onboard Storage Systems for Liquid Hydrogen
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $3,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $5,000,000
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months) 36
- Liquid Hydrogen Transfer/Fueling Components and Systems
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share ) $2,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $6,000,000
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months) 36
- M2FCT: High Performing and Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies
- Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share ) $3,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share) $5,000,000
- Anticipated Period of Performance (months) 36
Project Period
Period of Performance EERE anticipates making awards that will run from 24 up to 36 months in length, comprised of one or more budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
Individuals U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient.
Domestic Entities
For-profit entities, educational institutions, and nonprofits that are incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States and have a physical location for business operations in the United States are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995 are not eligible to apply for funding.
State, local, and tribal government entities are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient.
DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
- FFRDC members of the HyMARC consortium42 are not eligible to apply as either a prime recipient or subrecipient under Topic 1. FFRDC members of the HyMARC consortium are eligible to apply as a subrecipient under Topics 2, 3, and 4. 43
- FFRDCs that are core members of the M2FCT consortium44 are not eligible to apply as either a prime recipient or subrecipient under Topic 4. All FFRDC members of the M2FCT consortium are eligible to apply as a subrecipient under Topics 1, 2, and 3.43
Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Foreign Entities
Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding under this FOA. Other than as provided in the “Individuals” or “Domestic Entities” sections above, all prime recipients receiving funding under this FOA must be incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a state or territory of the United States and have a physical location for business operations in the United States. If a foreign entity applies for funding as a prime recipient, it must designate in the Full Application a subsidiary or affiliate incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a state or territory of the United States to be the prime recipient. The Full Application must state the nature of the corporate relationship between the foreign entity and domestic subsidiary or affiliate.
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