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Funding Kind	Type of Opportunity	Title	Tracking ID	Announced	Deadline	Official Description	Application Link	Brief Description	Department	Office	Program	Total Funding Available	Eligible Entities
Mfg & Supply Chains	RFI	National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing	N/A	6/20/2025	9/30/2025	Article	Application	Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeks input from the public regarding Federal programs and activities to advance United States manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing research and development that will create jobs, grow the economy across multiple industrial sectors, strengthen national security, and improve healthcare. The public input provided in response to this RFI will inform the development of the National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing.	The White House	Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)	N/A	N/A	OSTP seeks responses from the public to improve government coordination and provide long-term guidance for Federal programs and activities, including advanced manufacturing R&D, to advance the United States manufacturing competitiveness.
Mfg & Supply Chains	NOI	Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility	DE-FOA-0003586	8/13/2025	N/A	Article	Application	The goal of this initiative is to reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of REEs by demonstrating the commercial viability of methods for domestically refining and recovering REEs from mine tailings, deleterious material, and waste streams.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)	N/A	$135M	This NOFO seeks to encourage meaningful collaboration and partnership between academia and industry. All applicants must include an academic partner in their project under the anticipated NOFO.
Mfg & Supply Chains	NOI	Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities	DE-FOA-0003582	8/13/2025	N/A	Article	Application	The planned NOFO will focus investments on American industrial facilities that have the potential to produce valuable mineral byproducts from existing industrial processes. Industries such as mining and mineral processing, power generation, coal, oil and gas, specialty metals, and basic materials have the potential to address many of America’s most severe mineral vulnerabilities. For example, gallium, germanium, indium compounds, antimony and bismuth are all small market materials with nearly 100% dependence on foreign byproduct recovery.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Fossil Energy (FE)	N/A	$250M	American industrial facilities that have the potential to recover valuable critical minerals and materials from industrial processes.
Mfg & Supply Chains	NOI	Mine of the Future - Proving Ground Initiative	DE-FOA-0003603	9/26/2025	N/A	Article	Application	The goal of this work is to de-risk the adoption of new mining technologies for commercialization and widespread industry adoption through development of mine technology proving grounds, accelerated R&D projects and collaborative partnerships. This initiative aims to re-establish U.S. leadership in mining by fostering technology development through real-world testing, optimization, and deployment of next-generation mining technologies, addressing a critical need for secure and resilient domestic critical minerals and materials (CMM) supply chains.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Fossil Energy (FE)	N/A	$80M	Collaboration between government, industry/private sector, and academia, leveraging diverse expertise, infrastructure, and support for technology development and demonstration.
Mfg & Supply Chains	NOI	Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator	DE-FOA-0003588	8/13/2025	N/A	Article	Application	The CMM Accelerator promotes technology maturation that can unlock capital investments and facilitate domestic commercialization. The proposed NOFO addresses several areas of interest, including processes in the rare-earth magnet supply chain; processes to refine and alloy gallium, gallium nitride, germanium, and silicon carbide for use in semiconductors; cost-competitive technologies for direct lithium extraction and separation; and critical-material separation technologies that allow for the co-production of useful products from byproducts and scrap.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Addvanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)	$50M	To build a secure domestic supply of CMMs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aims to support industry-led partnerships to prototype and pilot innovative processing technologies that are currently only proven at the bench scale so to address CMM challenges in high impact areas.
Mfg & Supply Chains	NOFO	Technology for Recovery and Advanced Critical-material Extraction – Gallium (TRACE-Ga)	N/A	9/15/2025	11/20/2025	Article	Application	TRACE - Ga is a funding opportunity focused on establishing a secure and independent domestic supply chain for gallium, a critical material for the energy, defense, and semiconductor sectors. Under the TRACE-Ga initiative, projects will test and validate prototype technologies with a goal of producing at least 50 kg of pure gallium from at least one 14-day campaign of continuous operation with a real-world metal industry processing stream, such as aluminum or zinc. The objective is to validate a prototype that is capable of producing at least 1 metric ton per annum scale of gallium.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)	N/A	$6M	Eligibility criteria include the following: Evidence of success for recovering gallium from feedstock representative of the proposed metal industry process stream; A letter of support from the industrial partner for the metal processing stream, and any other company, agency, or other party that has ownership/rights to any proposed feedstock materials or technology, where applicable;and Description of the potential for scale-up at the initial metal industry processing stream and market adoption beyond the initial metal industry processing stream source.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Lab Call	Mine of the Future Research, Development, and Demonstration	N/A	9/26/2025	10/27/2025	Article	Application	Selected laboratory performers will advance DOE’s critical minerals and materials supply chain strategies through activities that will bridge the gap between bench-scale research and commercial scale demonstration. The lab call solicits proposals related to mining innovation, beneficiation and in-situ extraction and recovery of critical minerals.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Fossil Energy (FE)	Division of Minerals Sustainability	$15M	DOE National Laboratories are eligible for this opportunity.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Fellowship	Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) - West Gate at NREL	N/A	9/18/2025	11/7/2025	Article	Application	LEEP embeds innovators with the U.S. National Laboratories, where they conduct collaborative research and development with lab scientists, receive training in entrepreneurship, and benefit from valuable networking opportunities that can help them overcome the many obstacles to commercial success faced by early-stage energy and manufacturing startups. Selected fellows receive 2 years of funding to advance technologies that make energy more affordable, bolster national security, and give American manufacturers a competitive edge in global markets. Since the program launched its first cohort in 2015, LEEP has supported 212 fellows through four national labs and their corresponding nodes. LEEP alumni have gone on to launch 182 new businesses, create 3,840 jobs, and attract $4.2 billion in follow-on funding. Interested participants can apply to more than one LEEP node.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)	N/A	To be eligible to participate in West Gate, you must: Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent U.S. resident at time of application; Have a technical degree (bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate’s); Have four-plus years of post-bachelor scientific research, engineering, or technology development experience; Be a novice startup founder of a U.S.-based company; If you have incorporated a company, you must have an ownership stake the company, and the company must not have raised more than $2 million in private funding at the time of this application; and Propose a technology that has demonstated proof-of-concept stage, aligns and leverages NREL's research areas, addresses a large societal need and falls within the program's mission space.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Fellowship	Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) - Innovation Crossroads at ORNL	N/A	9/15/2025	11/7/2025	Article	Application	LEEP embeds innovators with the U.S. National Laboratories, where they conduct collaborative research and development with lab scientists, receive training in entrepreneurship, and benefit from valuable networking opportunities that can help them overcome the many obstacles to commercial success faced by early-stage energy and manufacturing startups. Selected fellows receive 2 years of funding to advance technologies that make energy more affordable, bolster national security, and give American manufacturers a competitive edge in global markets. Since the program launched its first cohort in 2015, LEEP has supported 212 fellows through four national labs and their corresponding nodes. LEEP alumni have gone on to launch 182 new businesses, create 3,840 jobs, and attract $4.2 billion in follow-on funding. Interested participants can apply to more than one LEEP node.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)	N/A	For acceptance into the program, applicants must: Apply as an individual, not as a company or organization (if you are part of a team, each member of your team can apply as an individual); Have a doctoral degree or equivalent experience; Leverage ORNL R&D capabilities and have alignment with DOE’s and/or TVA’s mission; Be willing to relocate to the Knoxville–Oak Ridge area for two years; Be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of application; Have raised no more than $2 million USD in debt or equity funding from nongovernment sources within three years prior to program application; Successfully execute a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with ORNL; and Disclose background intellectual property rights, if necessary, that may be needed to freely operate on R&D-related tasks as outlined within the CRADA.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Fellowship	Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) - Chain Reaction Innovations at ANL	N/A	9/16/2025	11/7/2025	Article	Application	LEEP embeds innovators with the U.S. National Laboratories, where they conduct collaborative research and development with lab scientists, receive training in entrepreneurship, and benefit from valuable networking opportunities that can help them overcome the many obstacles to commercial success faced by early-stage energy and manufacturing startups. Selected fellows receive 2 years of funding to advance technologies that make energy more affordable, bolster national security, and give American manufacturers a competitive edge in global markets. Since the program launched its first cohort in 2015, LEEP has supported 212 fellows through four national labs and their corresponding nodes. LEEP alumni have gone on to launch 182 new businesses, create 3,840 jobs, and attract $4.2 billion in follow-on funding. Interested participants can apply to more than one LEEP node.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)	N/A	CRI is a nationwide program for individuals who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and developing technologies that fit within the CRI mission space. Innovators must have a minimum of five years of technology R&D experience and be a first-time technical founder. Innovators must not have raised more than $2 million in private sector funding at the time of entry into the program. Innovators must go through a conflict of interest due diligence review and must comply with Argonne’s Prime Contract. Innovators should expect to spend a significant portion of time in the Chicago area to work at Argonne to develop technology and with CRI partner mentor organizations on legal, financial, marketing, and business operations development and planning.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Fellowship	Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) - Cyclotron Road at LBNL	N/A	9/17/2025	10/28/2025	Article	Application	LEEP embeds innovators with the U.S. National Laboratories, where they conduct collaborative research and development with lab scientists, receive training in entrepreneurship, and benefit from valuable networking opportunities that can help them overcome the many obstacles to commercial success faced by early-stage energy and manufacturing startups. Selected fellows receive 2 years of funding to advance technologies that make energy more affordable, bolster national security, and give American manufacturers a competitive edge in global markets. Since the program launched its first cohort in 2015, LEEP has supported 212 fellows through four national labs and their corresponding nodes. LEEP alumni have gone on to launch 182 new businesses, create 3,840 jobs, and attract $4.2 billion in follow-on funding. Interested participants can apply to more than one LEEP node.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)	N/A	For acceptance into the program, applicants must: Must have a bachelor’s degree and 4+ years post-baccalaureate scientific research, engineering, or technology development experience. Must be leading the commercial development of a hardware-based technology innovation for the first time if awarded the fellowship i.e., not a repeat hard tech founder. Must be committed full-time to the proposed project or company if awarded the fellowship. Must be legally able to work in the U.S. for the duration of the fellowship. Must be able to communicate proficiently in English. Proposed projects must: Must be based in the physical or biological sciences or related engineering disciplines. Must still be in development and not yet ready for full-scale product sales at the time of the application deadline. Must not have raised more than $2M in debt or equity funding from non-governmental sources at the time of the application deadline.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Tribal National Transmission Program	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	The Tribal Nation Transmission Program was developed to support the engagement of Tribal Nations in activities related to the planning and development of electricity transmission. This technical assistance program was created in direct response to Tribal input. It offers capacity building through educational resources, training, and on-call assistance from technical experts and researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The program will also provide funding to mitigate the financial burden of Tribal participation in key transmission forums.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Grid Deployment Office (GDO)	N/A	N/A	The following Tribal entities are eligible for on-request technical assistance: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native regional and village corporations (hereafter referred to as Tribes); and Tribal entities, such as Tribal energy development organizations, intertribal organizations, and other Tribally chartered entities.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Resouces and Assistance for State Energy Offices and Regulators Program	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	The Resources and Assistance for State Energy Offices and Regulators program provides public utility commissions (PUC) and state energy offices (SEO) with high-impact technical assistance and resources at three different levels of depth and duration: Help Desk, Expert Match, and Deep Dive. Current hot topic areas for technical assistance include: load forecasting for data centers; FERC 1920 compliance filings; integrated grid planning; grid modernization; and interconnection process improvements.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy (EERE)	N/A	Help Desk: Up to 4 hours of technical assistance, per applicant Expert Match: Up to 100 hours of technical assistance, per applicant Deep Dive: Up to 800hours of technical assistance, per applicant	This opportunity is open to public utility commissions and state energy offices.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Office of Indian Energy Technical Assistance Program	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling bases	Article	Application	Technical assistance is provided at no-cost by experts from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, DOE’s national laboratories, and other partnering organizations. This support assists federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal entities, including Alaska Native regional corporations and village corporations, with energy planning, energy efficiency assessments, resource assessments, project planning, building codes and utility formation activities, as well as support to enhance the legal environment for energy sector commerce. The goal of technical assistance is to address a specific challenge or fulfill a need that is essential to successful project implementation.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Indian Energy (IE)	Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs	N/A	The following Tribal entities are eligible for on-request technical assistance: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native regional and village corporations (hereafter referred to as Tribes); and Tribal entities, such as Tribal energy development organizations, intertribal organizations, and other Tribally chartered entities.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Utility Technical Assistance: Expert Match	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling basis from 10/10/25 through 9/30/2026	Article	Application	To further fortify America’s electric grid, strained by increased demand, and support long-term, forward-looking transmission planning, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) expanded existing FERC Order 1920 technical assistance offerings to eligible utilities and regional planners in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).	Department of Energy (DOE)	Grid Deployment (GDO)	N/A	Expert Match: Up to 80 hours of technical assistance, per applicant	This technical assistance program supports utilities, RTOs, and ISOs with long-term regional transmission planning to meet the mandates of the FERC Order 1920.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Utility Technical Assistance: Deep Dive	N/A	N/A	10/10/2025	Article	Application	To further fortify America’s electric grid, strained by increased demand, and support long-term, forward-looking transmission planning, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) expanded existing FERC Order 1920 technical assistance offerings to eligible utilities and regional planners in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).	Department of Energy (DOE)	Grid Deployment Office (GDO)	N/A	Deep Dive: More than 200 hours of technical assistance, per applicant	This technical assistance program supports utilities, RTOs, and ISOs with long-term regional transmission planning to meet the mandates of the FERC Order 1920.
Technology	RFI	Speed to Power Initiative	N/A	9/18/2025	11/21/2025	Article	Application	The Speed to Power initiative aims to accelerate the speed of large-scale grid infrastructure project development for both transmission and generation. The Speed to Power Initiative is currently seeking information on multi-gigawatt generation, transmission, and grid infrastructure projects that enable the power needed to win the AI race.  This includes input on near-term investment opportunities, project readiness, load growth expectations, and infrastructure constraints that DOE can address. The DOE is requesting stakeholder input on how to best leverage its funding programs and authorities to rapidly expand energy generation and transmission grid capacity.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Grid Deployment Office (GDO)	Environmental Reviews, Permitting, and Resource Adequacy Division	N/A	The Department of Energy (DOE) is inviting public input and seeking detailed information via this request for information (RFI) from state energy offices, public utility commissions, electric utilities, regional transmission organizations and independent system operators, transmission and generation developers, large energy users, and other stakeholders on large-scale generation, transmission, and grid infrastructure projects that can accelerate speed to power to support manufacturing, industrial, and artificial intelligence/data center electricity demand growth.
Technology	Prize	Feeder of the Future Price	N/A	9/17/2025	12/4/2025	Article	Application	The Feeder of the Future Prize is a single-phase competition in which applicants design advanced distribution system feeders that address current and future energy challenges, including dynamic loads, onsite generation, and distributed devices. The competition consists of three tracks—Rural, Suburban, and Urban—to address the varying characteristics and necessities of power delivery for all U.S. consumers.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Electricity (OE) and Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER)	N/A	$100,000	Competitors are individuals, small and large businesses, and universities legally residing or based in the United States.
Technology	Prize	Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 3	N/A	01/15/2025	04/142026	Article	Application	This prize contains two phases—Plan and Progress—to incentivize energy sector partners to connect with interdisciplinary teams of software developers and data experts to facilitate the transformation of digital systems and data analytics for the electric grid. Round 3 of this competition aims to incentivize technology development partnerships with interdisciplinary teams of utility and energy sector partners with software developers and data experts to facilitate the transformation of digital systems, data analytics, and grid resource integration for the electric sector. There are 3 tracks for this prize which include Resource Integration Under Uncertainty, Sensors and Datasets for Integration of Inverter-Based Resources and Large Loads, and a bonus prize on extreme applications.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Electricity (OE)	N/A	$2.5M	DOE invites utilities and other energy sector partners to connect with interdisciplinary teams of software developers, data experts, and risk and decision scientists to facilitate the transformation of digital systems, data analytics, and risk-informed resource integration for electric utilities. Non-utility or energy sector partner teams must partner with an energy sector partner in order to be eligible to compete in the prize.
Technology	NOFO	FY 2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program	DE-FOA-0003432	9/30/2024	9/30/2025	Article	Application	The DOE SC program hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving applications for support of work in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production. This NOFO is our annual open solicitation that covers all research areas in SC and is open throughout the Fiscal Year. Any research within SC’s Congressionally authorized mission may be proposed under this NOFO.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Science (SC)	All	$500M	All types of applicants are eligible to apply, except nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.
Technology	Loan Guarantee	Federal Loan Guarantees for Tribal Energy Development Projects	89303018RLP000005	7/17/2018	8/31/2028	Article	Application	LPO supports Tribal investment in energy-related projects by providing direct loans or partial loan guarantees to federally recognized tribe, including Alaska Native village or regional or village corporations; or a Tribal Energy Development Organization (TEDO) that is wholly or substantially owned by a federally recognized Indian tribe or Alaska Native Corporation. Technology areas of interest include, but are not limited to: electricity generation, transmission and/or distribution facilities, utilizing renewable or conventional energy sources; energy storage facilities, whether or not integrated with any of the above; energy resource extraction, refining or processing facilities; energy transportation facilities, including pipelines; district heating and cooling facilities; cogeneration facilities; and distributed energy project portfolios, including portfolios of smaller distributed generation and storage facilities employed pursuant to a unified business plan.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Loan Programs Office (LPO)	N/A	N/A	DOE's Tribal energy financing is available to eligible Indian Tribes or entities, including Alaska Native village or regional or village corporations, or other financial institutions or tribes meeting certain criteria established by DOE, that are able to demonstrate being eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians, or their wholly-owned entities with appropriate legal authority. In addition, a Tribal Energy Development Organization (TEDO) that is wholly or substantially owned by a federally recognized tribe is eligible.
Technology	OMD	Offer for Material Distribution for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Secondary Side Coolant Salt	INL-NOO-02	8/28/2025	Interesed applicants must provide contact information by 9/15/2025. Full applications are due on 9/30/2025	Article	Application	The following domestic entities are eligible to apply as possible recipients or sub-recipients to this Offer: Institutions of higher education For-profit organization Nonprofit organization State and local governmental entities Indian Tribes, as defined in Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 5304. To qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the U.S. or under the laws of the U.S.; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the U.S.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Idaho National Laboratory on behalf of the Office of Nuclear Energy	N/A	N/A	Eligible entities include individuals who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or For-profit entities, educational institutions and nonprofits that are incorporated in the United States, including U.S. territories. Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding. Foreign entities must designate in the Full Application a subsidiary or affiliate incorporated (or otherwise formed or to be formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States to receive funding. The Full Application must state the nature of the corporate relationship between the foreign entity and domestic subsidiary or affiliate. All work under the ARPA-E award must be performed in the United States. The Applicant may request a waiver of this requirement in the Business Assurances & Disclosures Form, which is submitted with the Full Application.
Technology	RFA	Commercial AI and Energy Generation Infrastructure Program	DE-FOA-0003578	9/8/2025	11/7/2025 with subsequent applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	This RFA is open to a range of entities, including but not limited to private sector companies, data center operators and developers, energy infrastructure developers and operators, and consortia and partnerships. SAM registration is required in order to be eligible for selection. Registration must remain active throughout the term of the Project.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)	Office of Nuclear Reactors	N/A	OSTP seeks responses from the public to improve government coordination and provide long-term guidance for Federal programs and activities, including advanced manufacturing R&D, to advance the United States manufacturing competitiveness.
Technology	RFA	DOE Fuel Line Pilot Program	DE-FOA-0003572	7/16/25	8/15/25 with subsequent applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	The Fuel Line Pilot Program supports the Reactor Pilot Program and establishes a domestic nuclear fuel supply chain for testing new reactors. The program leverages the DOE authorization process to build and operate nuclear fuel production lines to serve for research, development, and demonstration purposes and to provide a fast-tracked approach to commercial licensing. The initiative, issued in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactors for National Security, helps to eliminate America’s reliance on foreign sources of enriched uranium and critical materials while opening the door for private sector investment in America’s nuclear renaissance.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)	Office of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle	N/A	Applicants must be either: a. organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States or under the laws of the United State, have majority domestic ownership and control, and a physical location for business operations in the United States; or b. legally formed under the laws of a state or territory of the United States, including as a subsidiary of a foreign entity, and have a physical location for business operations in the United States; such entities will be considered foreign and must submit an explicit waiver request for foreign entity participation at the time of application. The information required for a waiver request can be found on FedConnect at the same location as this RFA. Additionally, SAM.gov registration is required in order to be eligible for selection. Registration must remain active throughout the term of the project.
Technology	RFA	DOE Pilot Reactor Program	DE-FOA-0003569	6/18/25	7/21/25 with subsequent applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	Under this Request for Applications (RFA), DOE is seeking qualified U.S. reactor companies interested in constructing and operating their test reactors outside of the national laboratories using the DOE authorization process. The pilot program builds on current efforts to demonstrate advanced reactors on DOE sites through microreactor testbeds and other projects led by the Department of Defense and private industry. It is specifically designed to foster research and development of nuclear reactors and not demonstrate reactors for commercial suitability. DOE will consider advanced reactors that have a reasonable chance to operate by the July 4, 2026 deadline. Applicants will be responsible for all costs associated with designing, manufacturing, constructing, operating, and decommissioning each test reactor. Moreover, applicants will be competitively selected based on a set of criteria, including technological readiness, site evaluations, financial viability, and a detailed plan to achieving criticality.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)	Office of Nuclear Reactors	N/A	Applicants must be either: a. organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States or under the laws of the United State, have majority domestic ownership and control, and a physical location for business operations in the United States; or b. legally formed under the laws of a state or territory of the United States, including as a subsidiary of a foreign entity, and have a physical location for business operations in the United States; such entities will be considered foreign and must submit an explicit waiver request for foreign entity participation at the time of application. The information required for a waiver request can be found on FedConnect at the same location as this RFA. Additionally, SAM.gov registration is required in order to be eligible for selection. Registration must remain active throughout the term of the project.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance program is designed to solve real-time technical challenges or near-term planning challenges utilities are facing as they transition to clean energy. This application is for utilities and grid operators seeking up to 100 hours of subject matter expertise from NREL and other DOE labs. Focus areas include load forecasting, distribution system planning, distributed energy resources, vehicle-grid integration, building electrification, transmission and distribution coordination, bulk-power planning	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) & Grid Deployment Office (GDO)	N/A	Up to 100 Hours of Technical Assistance	This opportunity is open to utilities and grid operators.
Technical Assistance	Technical Assistance	Energy to Communities Program Expert Match	N/A	N/A	Applications accepted on a rolling basis	Article	Application	The Expert Match program allows communities to apply to access short-term technical assistance. This program will match the participating community with a relevant expert who will provide 40–60 hours of expert advice and technical services to communities on energy topics such as electricity generation (e.g., solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear & geothermal), mobility, buildings, and the grid.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	N/A	40-60 Hours of Technical Assistance	Community stakeholders can represent a: •City, town, or county (local government) •Tribe, including Alaska Native Villages, Alaska •Native Corporations, and state recognized Tribes •Metropolitan planning organization •Regional planning organization •Community-based organization •Nongovernmental organization •Municipal or coop utility •University, college, or community college. For-profit entities are not eligible for assistance through this program.
Technology	NOFO	Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly (SPARKS)	DE-FOA-0003164	10/18/24	Open Continuously until otherwise amended	Article	Application	The broad objective of this FOA is to identify disruptive concepts in energy-related technologies that challenge the status quo and represent a leap beyond today’s technology. An innovative concept alone is not enough; the idea must also have the potential to be impactful. This FOA seeks concepts that, if successful, would represent a fundamentally new paradigm in energy technology with the potential to make a significant impact on ARPA-E’s statutory goals. Concepts of particular interest have the potential to (1) achieve percentage-level reductions in U.S. energy consumption, energy-related imports, or greenhouse gas emissions; (2) improve the resilience, reliability, and security of energy infrastructure; and/or (3) improve the management, clean-up, and disposal of nuclear byproducts. Awards under this program may take the form of analyses or exploratory research that provide the agency with information useful for the subsequent development of focused technology programs. Alternatively, awards may support proof-of-concept research for a particular new technology, either in an area not currently supported by the agency or as a potential enhancement to an ongoing focused technology program.	Department of Energy (DOE	Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)	N/A	Up to $500K per award	Eligible entities include individuals who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or For-profit entities, educational institutions and nonprofits that are incorporated in the United States, including U.S. territories. Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding. Foreign entities must designate in the Full Application a subsidiary or affiliate incorporated (or otherwise formed or to be formed) under the laws of a State or territory of the United States to receive funding. The Full Application must state the nature of the corporate relationship between the foreign entity and domestic subsidiary or affiliate. All work under the ARPA-E award must be performed in the United States. The Applicant may request a waiver of this requirement in the Business Assurances & Disclosures Form, which is submitted with the Full Application.
Mfg & Supply Chains	PIA (Business-to-Business Agreement)	Industrial Training & Assessment Centers Program	N/A	12/24/24	TBD	Article	Application	The ITAC Implementation Grants program provides grants of up to $300,000 per project to small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to implement recommendations made by DOE and other qualified energy assessments. These grants will help small businesses lower their energy costs, improve efficiency, and reduce harmful emissions, while strengthening our domestic manufacturing sector.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)	N/A	$14.8M	This opportunity is for small- and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency; material efficiency; cybersecurity; or productivity; or reduce waste production; greenhouse gas emissions; or non-greenhouse gas pollution.
Mfg & Supply Chains	PIA (Business-to-Business Agreement)	State Manufacturing Leadership Program Round 3	N/A	1/15/25	TBD	Article	Application	The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)—in collaboration with its Partnership Intermediary, ENERGYWERX —seeks applications to establish new or expand existing programs to support small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to: 1) implement smart manufacturing technologies and practices; and 2) facilitate access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources.	Department of Energy (DOE)	Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)	N/A	$13M	Through this solicitation, MESC aims to support state entities, state-funded universities, and state-funded community and technical colleges to support SMMs in accessing and implementing smart manufacturing technologies and HPC resources; anticipated outcomes include improved facility efficiency, increased product quality, and accelerated innovation that leads ultimately to greater global competitiveness.
Mfg & Supply Chains	Prize	MAKE IT Prize Round 2	N/A	9/30/24	TBD	Article	Application	The Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT) Prize aims to catalyze the domestic manufacturing of critical energy technology components, moving manufacturing facilities for these components from planning to shovel-ready.	Department of Energy	Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) and Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)	N/A	$32M	U.S.-based entities with demonstrated capabilities and commitment to domestic manufacturing of the following components and processes are eligible for the prize: •Manufacturing and/or recycling of components for the production, processing, delivery, and storage of hydrogen and/or hydrogen fuel cells. •Manufacturing of components related to the upgrade and modernization of the electric grid. •Manufacturing and assembly of Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) components and systems. •Manufacturing of equipment and components to support industrial decarbonization. •Manufacturing of components for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. •Manufacturing of components for Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems. •Manufacturing of materials, components, and systems for advanced nuclear power applications.