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Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Centers of Excellence

Open Date: 02/16/2011

Close Date: 04/18/2011

Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Funding Number: DE-FOA-0000442

Summary:

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Program, is issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement entitled "Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Centers of Excellence." Eligibility for this Funding Opportunity Announcement is restricted to U.S. colleges and universities and university-affiliated research institutions with accredited graduate engineering programs (Reference Part III, "Eligibility Information," for additional restricted eligibility information). Eligibility is restricted in an effort to increase university involvement with the Vehicle Technologies Program to assure the inclusion of fresh, innovative ideas in the program, and to educate future scientists and engineers in advanced automotive and vehicle technologies. The goal of GATE is to overcome technology barriers preventing the development and production of cost-effective, high-efficiency vehicles for the U.S. market by training a future workforce of automotive engineering professionals who are knowledgeable about, and experienced in, developing and commercializing advanced automotive technologies.

For more information, see the full solicitation.

Last updated: 02/17/2011

Funding amounts and schedules are subject to change.