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DE-FOA-0003549: De-risking Innovative Grid Technologies to Facilitate Adoption of Solutions that Promote Reliability, Resilience, Security, and Affordability

Closed Closed February 28, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003549

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Grid Supply Chain Alternatives to Lead Energy Dominance (SCALED) (DE-FOA-0003641). Status: Closes February 8, 2027 (93 days left). It is in our archive of National Energy Technology Laboratory notices from 2025.

National Energy Technology Laboratory offered grants of up to $2 (at least $1) to any type of organization. Applications closed on February 28, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 10, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedJanuary 10, 2025
DeadlineFebruary 28, 2025
Archived by Grants.govMarch 30, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to obtain input to inform planning of the Office of Electricity’s Applied Grid Transformation Solutions (AGTS) program. The AGTS program was initiated in 2023 with a focus on facilitating the adoption of innovative grid technologies that broaden the reliability, resilience, security, and affordability of the Nation’s electricity delivery infrastructure as it is being transformed to meet a more dynamic, decentralized, and complex operating environment, including new and emerging threats and challenges. This is solely a request for information and is not a Notice of Funding Opportunity. The Department of Energy is not accepting applications to this Request for Information.

Category: Energy.

Who has won Electricity Research, Development and Analysis grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (81.122) awarded $98.2 million across 48 grant awards, an average of $2.0 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Nomad Transportable Power Systems, Inc.Vermont1$9.5 million
Corvias Military Living, LLCRhode Island1$9.4 million
National Association of Regulatory Utility CommissionersDistrict of Columbia1$8.5 million
Georgia Tech Research CorpGeorgia2$5.9 million
The National Association of State Energy OfficialsVirginia1$5.6 million

Top states: Vermont ($13.0 million), District of Columbia ($10.2 million), Rhode Island ($9.4 million), Virginia ($8.1 million), Georgia ($5.9 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003641, which is open now.

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

Questions people ask

Is DE-FOA-0003549 still open?

No. It closed on February 28, 2025. A newer notice is open: DE-FOA-0003641, closes February 8, 2027 (93 days left).

Who can apply for De-risking Innovative Grid Technologies to Facilitate Adoption of Solutions that Promote Reliability, Resilience, Security, and Affordability?

National Energy Technology Laboratory accepted applications from any type of organization.

What is the deadline for De-risking Innovative Grid Technologies to Facilitate Adoption of Solutions that Promote Reliability, Resilience, Security, and Affordability?

Closed February 28, 2025. 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 $2 each.

Who has won Electricity Research, Development and Analysis grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Nomad Transportable Power Systems, Inc., Corvias Military Living, LLC, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. The program made 48 awards worth $98.2 million in that time.

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