# The purpose of this requisition is to initiate a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “WASTE: Waste Analysis and Strategies for Transportation End-uses” (DE-FOA-0003072).

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0003137-the-purpose-of-this-requisition-is-to-initiate/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350949

> Golden Field Office offered grants of up to $1 to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. Applications closed on December 15, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DE-FOA-0003137 |
| Agency | Golden Field Office |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | December 15, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $1 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 81.087 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Non-profit and for-profit transit authorities. Intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities. Non-profit organizations that are not 501(c)(4) organizations engaged in lobbying activities.

## What the grant funds

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Bioenergy Technologies Office and the Vehicles Technologies Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “WASTE: Waste Analysis and Strategies for Transportation End-uses”. For many communities, organic waste streams present a variety of economic, environmental, and social sustainability challenges. These waste streams include food waste, municipal wastewater sludges, animal manure, and fats, oils, and greases. There are significant costs associated with management of organic waste, including treatment, stabilization, hauling, and disposal costs or tipping fees. These waste streams also represent major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to other environmental issues including air and water quality degradation. Increasingly, State and local laws and regulations are requiring that organic waste streams be diverted from landfills, necessitating the implementation of new processing strategies and novel business models to meet these requirements. Municipal entities and local transit authorities also have significant local demand for the energy that can be derived from these waste streams. Waste-derived biogas or renewable natural gas[1] (RNG) are being used to fuel bus fleets and trash collection vehicles or produce hydrogen for hydrogen-fueled vehicles. These opportunities are often community-specific; thus this FOA is intended to provide funding to help communities and transit authorities realize these or similar synergies between waste infrastructure and sustainable transportation needs. Permissible fuels from this FOA could include renewable natural gas, partially upgraded biogas, hydrogen, biocrude, renewable diesel, renewable di-methyl-ether, or other renewable fuels. Specific eligible fuels will be identified in the final FOA. [1] Note: unless otherwise indicated, for purposes of this FOA, “renewable natural gas” is biogas that has been upgraded to pipeline standard gas and/or another pipeline-transportable, fungible standard. Recognizing that communities may be at different states in their planning efforts, this FOA seeks a phased approach to address the challenges noted above. Topic Area 1 will support Feasibility Study Development, to include such activities as feasibility studies, identification of transportation use cases and sustainability indicator baselining.

## Questions people ask

### Is DE-FOA-0003137 still open?

No. It closed on December 15, 2023. A newer notice is open: DE-FOA-0003647, closes December 1, 2026 (24 days left).

### Who can apply for The purpose of this requisition is to initiate a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “WASTE: Waste Analysis and Strategies for Transportation End-uses” (DE-FOA-0003072).?

Golden Field Office accepted applications from nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for The purpose of this requisition is to initiate a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “WASTE: Waste Analysis and Strategies for Transportation End-uses” (DE-FOA-0003072).?

Closed December 15, 2023. 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 $1 each.

### Who has won Renewable Energy Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Oregon State University, University of Utah, Avapco LLC. The program made 900 awards worth $2.5 billion in that time.