# Conservation Research and Development (81.086)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Conservation Research and Development is run by Department of Energy. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $1.7 billion in 710 grants, about $2.5 million per award.

## Objectives

The goal of this program has been to conduct a balanced, long-term research effort in Buildings Technologies, Vehicle Technologies, Solid State Lighting Technologies, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies, and Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization. Grants and cooperative agreements will be offered on a competitive basis to develop and transfer various energy conservation technologies to the non-federal sector, consistent with current Department of Energy (DOE) priorities. Submission deadlines will be published in specific Notices of Funding Opportunities on the DOE Funding Opportunity Exchange by the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) are also posted at the grants.gov website at http://www.grants.gov.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $313 million | 228 |
| 2022 | $196 million | 152 |
| 2023 | $508 million | 292 |
| 2024 | $603 million | 265 |
| 2025 | $127 million | 26 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | Indiana | $35.1 million |
| General Atomics | California | $28.2 million |
| North Carolina State University | North Carolina | $27.8 million |
| Arizona State University | Arizona | $27.2 million |
| Cummins Inc | Indiana | $24.4 million |
| Ge Vernova Operations LLC | New York | $24.2 million |
| United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC | Michigan | $24.1 million |
| Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation | Tennessee | $18.4 million |
| Siemens Energy Inc | Florida | $17.8 million |
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | $17.1 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $16.2 million |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $16.2 million |
| Georgia Tech Research Corp | Georgia | $15.2 million |
| Unified School District 259 | Kansas | $15.0 million |
| 22 Beacon, Inc. | Maryland | $15.0 million |
| The School Board of the City of Richmond | Virginia | $15.0 million |
| Lowell Public Schools | Massachusetts | $15.0 million |
| Jefferson Co Board of Education | Alabama | $15.0 million |
| Greenup County Board of Education | Kentucky | $15.0 million |
| Electric Power Research Institute Inc | California | $15.0 million |