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DE-FOA-0002450: SuperTruck 3

Closed Closed July 12, 2021 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002450 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) (DE-FOA-0003647). Status: Closes December 1, 2026 (24 days left). It is in our archive of National Energy Technology Laboratory notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$33.0 million
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$100 million
• Expected awards6
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

This FOA will restrict foreign entities from applying as prime recipients unless they have a U.S. incorporated subsidiary or affiliate with a physical location for business operations in the United States. No waivers will be offered for this restriction.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Renewable Energy Research and Development awards averaged $2.8 million; this notice allows up to $33.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (30% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds a broad portfolio of research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects to develop affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) is focused on enabling large scale hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and use across applications and sectors, including medium and heavy-duty transportation. The purpose of this announcement is to seek proposals to increase the efficiency of freight transport systems beyond current operations and solutions using one or more vehicles in classes 4 through 8. The objective of the project is to achieve a system-level greenhouse gas reduction of at least 75% by improving the efficiency of the vehicle(s) and the freight system while reducing total cost of operation and improving vehicle performance and reliability. Link to Additional Information: https://epicweb.ee.doe.gov. Please note that EERE is moving all applications to this announcement to EERE Exchange: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx. The announcement is anticipated to be available in EERE Exchange no later than February 3, 2021.

Category: Energy, Environment, Opportunity Zone Benefits, Science and Technology and other Research and Development, Transportation.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003647, which is open now.

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