'Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement'

The summary for the 'Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement' grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Golden Field Office, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
'Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement': The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement- FOA- entitled Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement.
This FOA is soliciting applications that propose projects supporting the marine and hydrokinetic MHK industry in two Topic Areas. Topic Area 1 will help advance wave and current energy- ocean, tidal, river- technologies by supporting projects that integrate advanced MHK components into system designs and then demonstrate the improved systems in full-scale open-water tests. Topic Area 2 will support the innovation, testing and validation of instrumentation for monitoring potential environmental impacts of MHK devices.

The complete Notice of Intent can be viewed on the EERE Exchange website - https://eere-exchange.energy.gov

This is a Notice of Intent only. EERE may issue a FOA as described herein, may issue a FOA that is significantly different from the FOA described herein, or EERE may not issue a FOA at all. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOI. Please do not submit questions or respond to this NOI.

Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA. It is anticipated that this FOA will be posted to the EERE Exchange website in the near term.
Federal Grant Title: 'Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement'
Federal Agency Name: Golden Field Office
Grant Categories: Energy
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001527
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 318982
CFDA Descriptions: Renewable Energy Research and Development
Current Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Posted Date: Feb 18, 2016
Creation Date: Feb 18, 2016
Archive Date: May 18, 2016
Total Program Funding: $22,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $5,300,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $750,000
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Link to Full Grant Announcement
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov
Grant Announcement Contact
Grants Management Specialist Jane Sanders [email protected]
[email protected]

Golden Field Office 720-356-1478