DE-FOA-0003064 Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002954: WETO Offshore Wind 2023 Centers of Excellence

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DE-FOA-0003064 Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002954: WETO Offshore Wind 2023 Centers of Excellence: The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “WETO Offshore Wind 2023 Centers of Excellence”. EERE seeks to seed one to three university-led Centers of Excellence to catalyze an education, research, and partnership ecosystem to address technology, deployment, and workforce needs for developing U.S. offshore wind industry leadership. The university-led Centers of Excellence funded through this opportunity are intended to accelerate and maximize the effectiveness, reliability, and sustainability of U.S. offshore wind deployment and operation through partnership with industry participants, including wind project developers and technology manufacturers; other institutions of higher education; other research institutions, such as national laboratories; non-governmental organizations; tribes; and state and local-level governments. The ideal institution will have relevant existing credentials; robust diversity and inclusion strategies; and expansive regional partnerships to excite and supercharge the next generation of the renewable energy workforce. This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE's intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the information contained in this Notice of Intent is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential Applicants to submit questions.EERE plans to issue the FOA in April of 2023 via the EERE eXCHANGE website https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. If Applicants wish to receive official notifications and information from EERE regarding this FOA, they should register in EERE eXCHANGE. When the FOA is released, applications will be accepted only through EERE eXCHANGE. The view the full NOI go to EERE eXCHANGE website https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/