Funding announcement from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology-to-Market Program, December 19, 2016.
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE's) Technology-to-Market Program (Tech-to-Market) has announced the availability of up to $4.2 million for the Innovative Pathways Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001703).
Tech-to-Market's Innovative Pathways Funding Opportunity seeks new ways to alleviate some of the common structural challenges facing promising new energy technologies on the pathway to market. Overcoming these common challenges will help bolster U.S. leadership in energy innovation, capturing the associated economic benefits and ensuring affordable and reliable American energy.
Rather than funding individual technology solutions, Tech-to-Market seeks to fund mechanisms that create more efficient pathways to market for clean energy technologies.
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TOPICS
The Tech-to-Market Innovative Pathways Funding Opportunity seeks to surface new, testable, and scalable ways to address the following Topic areas:
Topic 1, Technical Community and Industry Collaboration, focuses on facilitating greater collaboration between the technical community and industry so that innovations can be explored by the market. A particular area of interest under Topic 1 is Models for Industry-Startup Partnerships.
Topic 2, Lowering Barriers to Resource Access, focuses on supporting new models that optimize access to the capital and physical resources needed to develop technologies into products. A particular area of interest under Topic 2 is New Investment Models.
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KEY DATES
- FOA Issue Date December 20, 2016
- Informational Webinars: January 4, 2017 and February 7, 2017, 2:00pm ET
- Submission Deadline for Letters of Intent: January 18, 2017 at 3:00pm ET
- Submission Deadline for Full Applications: February 15, 2016, 3:00pm ET
- Submission Deadline for Replies to Reviewer Comments: March 17, 2017, 3:00pm ET
- Expected Date for EERE Selection Notifications: May 2017
- Expected Timeframe for Award Negotiations: June to August 2017
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Visit the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange website to apply or see application requirements, deadlines, and other instructions.
E-mail T2M@ee.doe.gov for other Funding Opportunity-related questions. Include the funding opportunity name and number in the subject line.
