Federal grant programs / Department of Energy

Office of Technology Transitions (OTT)-Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization (81.010)

Also known as OTT

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$13.3 million
• Grant awards15
• Typical award$913,184
• Awarded in FY 2025$4.3 million
• Size rank1421 of 1824
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $9.0 million in fiscal 2021 to $4.3 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 1421st largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 14 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 13 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Mission of the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) is to expand the public impact of the department's research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) portfolio to advance the economic, energy and national security interests of the nation. OTT is the front door to U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) products, facilities and expertise. The office integrates "market pull" into its planning to ensure the greatest return on investment from DOE's RDD&D activities to the taxpayer.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Domestic Entities For-profit entities, educational institutions, and nonprofits that are incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States and have a physical location for business operations in the United States are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995 are not eligible to apply for funding. State, local, and tribal government entities are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Foreign Entities Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding under this FOA. Other than as provided in the “Individuals” or “Domestic Entities” sections above, all prime recipients receiving funding under this FOA must be incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a state or territory of the United States and have a physical location for business operations in the United States.

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What the money can and cannot pay for

Accessing Information and Connectivity: OTT engages in activities and provides information that assist the private sector in navigating the national laboratory system and identifying relevant assets, using industry input to better understand market needs, and to prioritize the types of technology transition activities requiring additional focus to achieve commercial impact. Streamlining Policies and Procedures: OTT uses input from external stakeholders as well as the De-partment’s management, program and legal offices to clarify and streamline relevant technology transition activities, private-sector laboratory access and engagement policies and procedures. Data Collection, Analysis and Publications: OTT develops statutorily-mandated technology transfer-related reports annually. These reports consist of data collected from across the DOE enterprise. DOE collects more than 70 technology transfer-related data points for these reports. The information is used continually to improve the delivery of DOE’s missions and to encourage technology transitions as part of laboratory planning, evaluation, and professional development.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Cost Share required for this effort can vary from 50% to 100% and Cost Share Waivers are available at the discretion of the Grants Officer and General Counsel.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$15,712 to $14,000,000

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 69% of the money, colleges and universities 31%.

By state

4 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are New York, New Mexico, Colorado and Connecticut.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.