(FOA)-Solar
Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) FY 2019
(DE-FOA-0002064); May 7, 2019
Agency
Department
of Energy –Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE)
Description
The
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released
DE-FOA-0002064 entitled “Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) FY 2019”. The FOA will support early-stage
research that spans the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) portfolio,
seeking to advance both solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar thermal
power (CSP) technologies and to facilitate the swift integration of those
technologies into the nation’s electricity grid. It also is designed to support
efforts that prepare the workforce for the solar industry’s future
needs. With this FOA, the office intends to fund high-impact,
early-stage research in the following areas:
·
Topic
Area 1: Photovoltaics Research and Development
·
Topic
Area 2: Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Research and
Development
·
Topic
Area 3: Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction
·
Topic
Area 4: Innovations in Manufacturing: Hardware
Incubator
·
Topic
Area 5: Advanced Solar Systems Integration
Technologies
A
20% cost-share for R&D projects is required. Potential applicants
interested specifically in cybersecurity or manufacturing should take note of
the following:
·
Applicants
who wish to pursue cybersecurity projects that develop collaborative
partnerships to address future regulatory burdens should apply to Topic Area
3.1: Collaborative Partnerships to Address Regulatory Burdens. Applicants who
wish to pursue projects that tackle technical challenges related to
cybersecurity should apply to Topic Area 5.3: Advanced PV Controls and
Cybersecurity.
·
Applicants
who wish to pursue manufacturing innovations should consider Topic Area 1.1:
Photovoltaics Research Collaborations, Commercializing TES, Topic Area 2.2: Materials and Manufacturing, and Topic Area
4: Innovations in Manufacturing: Hardware Incubator.
Announcement
Number
DE-FOA-0002064
Closing
Date
Letter
of Intent: May 7, 2019
Concept
Paper: May 14, 2019
Full
Application: July 25, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId45eda43a-e826-4481-ae7a-cc6e8ed4fdae
Contact
Information
Elizabeth
A. Parrish