# DE-FOA-0002473: Single-Use Plastics Recycling (SUPR)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0002473-de-foa-0002473-single-use-plastics-recycling-supr/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/333869

> Golden Field Office offered grants of up to $2.5 million (at least $1.5 million) to any type of organization. It expected to make about 6 awards worth $14.5 million in total. Applications closed on August 16, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DE-FOA-0002473 |
| Agency | Golden Field Office |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 16, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $2.5 million |
| Award floor | $1.5 million |
| Expected awards | 6 |
| Total funding | $14.5 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 81.086 |

## Who can apply

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

Please see Section III.A. of the FOA

## What the grant funds

Program and FOA Description for Grants.gov: The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to address the unique economic and design circularity challenges of plastic films, enabling energy and emissions reduction through their lifecycle. The BioEnergy Technology Office (BETO) develops technologies that convert domestic biomass and waste resources into fuels, products, and power to enable affordable energy, economic growth, and innovation in renewable energy and chemicals production. The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) develops technologies that drive industrial decarbonization, energy productivity improvements in the U.S. manufacturing sector, efficiently utilize resources, and support the manufacture of clean energy products with benefits extending across the economy. BETO and AMO fund applied research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) to bolster the body of scientific and engineering knowledge to develop a circular economy for plastics through novel plastics development designed for circularity and establishing deconstruction and upcycling pathways for existing polymers that will generate high-value products. This FOA builds upon the FY20 BOTTLE FOA and seeks to fill a gap identified in the 2019 Plastics for a Circular Economy Workshop, where single-use packaging was highlighted as an important focus area. It will support high-impact technology R&D in technologies that overcome the challenges associated with the recycling of films, which are often used in single-use packaging applications. This FOA seeks applications that enable the recycling and upcycling of films. Challenges associated with film recycling are vast, spanning collection, sorting/separation, contamination, and lack of economic methods for recycling and upcycling. Multilayer materials present further challenges, including immiscibility of different polymer layers and inclusion of inorganic materials. Technology can help to address these challenges by developing methods for recycling, deconstruction, and upcycling films that are sufficiently economic to incentivize collection, sorting and retention. Designing films to be inherently more recyclable or biodegradable, while retaining desired properties such as flexibility, barrier properties and strength could also make recycling of films more economical.

## Questions people ask

### Is DE-FOA-0002473 still open?

No. It closed on August 16, 2021.

### Who can apply for DE-FOA-0002473: Single-Use Plastics Recycling (SUPR)?

Golden Field Office accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for DE-FOA-0002473: Single-Use Plastics Recycling (SUPR)?

Closed August 16, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $2.5 million each. About $14.5 million in total across about 6 awards.

### Who has won Conservation Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Purdue University, General Atomics, North Carolina State University. The program made 710 awards worth $1.7 billion in that time.