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DE-FOA-0003204: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) 40503: Energy Auditor Training

Closed Closed July 12, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003204 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$40.0 million
• Expected awards30
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past State Energy Program awards averaged $19.0 million; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (99% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The purposes of Modification 0002 are to: 1) Update the expected submission deadline for replies to reviewer comments to 08/01/2024; 2) Further define ineligible applicants; 3) Added Energy Management Professional as a covered certification; 4) Updated the term “student” to “trainee” to be consistent with the terminology throughout the FOA; 5) Updated the word “will” to “may” to reflect accurate intention of DOE; 6) Clarified that DOE expects to make up to $36,000,000 of federal funding available for new awards; 7) Removed the term “Page Limit” in the header of the Energy Auditor Training Program Plan Content Requirements table; 8) Fixed an error so that the FOA properly reflects the language in 42 U.S.C. 18793(e)(1)(b), which states that “no more than 10 percent of grant funds will be used to pay the wages of a trainee during the period in which the trainee receives training and certification.” and 9) Removed Davis Bacon Act reporting as a requirement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The purposes of this Modification 0001 are to: 1) Extend the submission deadline for concept papers to 04/12/2024; 2) Extend the submission deadline for full applications to 07/12/2024; 3) Extend the expected submission deadline for replies to reviewer comments to 09/11/2024; 4) Extend the date for DOE selection notifications to 10/24/2024; and 5) Extend the date for DOE Timeframe for Award Negotiations to 01/31/2025.The Energy Auditor Training (EAT) Program will provide Grant funding to States for the purpose of training individuals to conduct energy audits, or surveys, of commercial and residential buildings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This program was established by Section 40503 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Category: Employment, Labor and Training, Energy.

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