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DE-FOA-0003401: TRIBAL CLEAN ENERGY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT - 2025

Closed Closed March 20, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003401 ☆ 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 2024.

• Award ceiling$2.5 million
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$25.0 million
• Expected awards40
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Please see full eligibility requirements under the FOA posting at https://ie-exchange.energy.gov. The Eligibility requirement are in Section III.A of the FOA document.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Renewable Energy Research and Development awards averaged $2.8 million; this notice allows up to $2.5 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

DE-FOA-0003401: TRIBAL ENERGY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT - 2025 Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to: (1) Conduct energy planning (Topic Area 1); (2) Comprehensively assess the feasibility and viability of deploying energy technology (Topic Area 2); or, (3) Conduct energy design and development activities (Topic Area 3). Unless DOE approves a requested cost share reduction from 10% to 0%, all Applicants are required to provide non-federal cost share of at least 10% of the total allowable costs of the project (i.e., the sum of the federal share and the non-federal Recipient cost share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project). If requested by the Applicant as part of its application, a cost share reduction from 10% to 0% may be considered based on financial need, specifically (1) poverty rate, or (2) median household income of the tribal community as a percentage of statewide median household income. (see Section III.B.2. of the FOA and ‘Application Forms and Templates’ for this FOA on IE-Exchange). DOE expects to make approximately $25 million of federal funding available for new awards under this FOA. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on Congressional appropriations. DOE anticipates making approximately 20 to 40 awards under this FOA. DOE may issue awards in one, multiple, or none of the Topic Areas. See the FOA document in IE-Exchange for a full description. All modifications to the Funding Opportunity Announcement are highlighted in yellow in the body of the FOA. Modification 0001: Submission deadline for applications: February 06, 2025, at 5:00PM Eastern Time Modification 0002: 1. Submission Deadline for Applications: March 20, 2025, at 5:00pm Eastern Time 2. Modification of applicable technologies eligible for funding

Category: Energy.

Applying now

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

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.