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DE-FOA-0002828: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002828: To Address Key Deployment Challenges for Offshore, Land-Based, and Distributed Wind

Closed Closed March 27, 2023 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002828 ☆ 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 Golden Field Office notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$8.0 million
• Award floor$500,000
• Total funding$27.9 million
• Expected awards15
• 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"

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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 $8.0 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

Modification 0005: The purpose of this modification is to add Budget Period information in Section I.B.i Topic Area 1: High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) for Offshore Wind and Section I.B.ii. Topic Area 2: Advancing Deployment of Distributed (ADD) Wind, to revise Budget Period information in Section I.B.iii. Topic Area 3: Offshore Wind Energy Social Science Research, and to revise Section II.A.ii Period of Performance table. Modification 0004: The purpose of this modification is to revise the Submission Deadline for Full Applications, Expected Date for DOE Selection Notifications, and Expected Timeframe for Award Negotiations; and to revise Section II.A.i. Estimated Funding for Topic Area 4. Modification 0003: The purpose of this modification is to add Budget Period Information to Section I.B.iii Topic Area 3: Offshore Wind Energy Social Science Research. Modification 0002: The purpose of this modification is to add Section IV.D.xix. Community Partnership Documentation. Modification 0001: The purpose of this modification is to clarify eligibility language for Topic Area 3.The Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FOA to Address Key Deployment Challenges for Offshore, Land-Based, and Distributed Wind. The activities to be funded under this FOA support BIL section 41007(b)(1) and the broader government-wide approach to enable the innovations needed to advance U.S. wind systems, reduce the cost of electricity, and accelerate the deployment of wind power, maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. The FOA consists of four Topic Areas, focusing on High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) for Offshore Wind, Advancing Deployment of Distributed (ADD) Wind, Offshore Wind Energy Social Science Research, and Bat Deterrent Technology Development. To view the entire FOA document, visit the EERE Exchange Website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

Category: Energy.

Applying now

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

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