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DE-FOA-0003403: TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PLANNING FOR CLEAN ENERGY - 2025

Closed Closed December 18, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003403 ☆ 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$350,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$5.0 million
• Expected awards35
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and tribes.

• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Private institutions of higher education

More grants for colleges and universities, tribes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Renewable Energy Research and Development awards averaged $2.8 million; this notice allows up to $350,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (30% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) for planning to transition their campuses to clean energy. Eligible clean energy planning activities under this FOA, may include, but are not limited to: (1) Strategic energy planning; (2) Conducting an energy options analysis; (3) Conducting energy audits to establish baseline energy use and energy efficiency options; (4) Developing an energy organization or office; (5) Conducting climate resiliency planning; (6) Establishing energy policy, regulations, or codes to reduce energy use or promote energy development; and, (7) Obtaining skills and training related to energy use, development, or management. Applicants may propose a single eligible planning activity, multiple planning activities, or all eligible activities, provided the amount of DOE funding being requested does not exceed the maximum DOE funding per individual award specified under Section II.A.1 of the FOA. No recipient cost share is required under this FOA. DOE expects to make approximately $5 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 15 to 35 awards under this FOA. DOE funding per individual award under this FOA will range from no less than $100,000 to a maximum of $350,000. Further, DOE anticipates making awards with a period of performance of approximately two(2) to three (3) years. See the FOA document for a full description.

Category: Education, 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.