Research and Development for On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage

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Research and Development for On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage: A link to the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is found by scrolling to the bottom of this page. The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is requesting applications to support the President's Hydrogen Fuel and Advanced Energy Initiatives in developing a pathway to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. To support these initiatives, this DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement ( FOA or announcement ) seeks to fund the research and development of viable hydrogen storage technologies for on-board vehicular applications. The application process includes two phases - a preliminary application phase and a final application phase. Only applicants who are favorably selected in the preliminary application phase will be eligible to submit final applications. The technical topic of Materials Discovery is the only eligible research area under this announcement. Research and development areas sought include new materials and concepts in the following areas: advanced metal hydrides, chemical hydrogen storage materials, carbon-based materials, high surface area sorbents including bridged catalyst (spillover) materials and conducting polymers, and other novel approaches. However, applications in the following areas will not be reviewed: hydrolysis of sodium borohydride, or pure, undoped single-walled carbon nanotubes as on-board storage media. For chemical hydrogen storage materials, off-board regeneration must be considered and concepts to meet DOE efficiency goals should be submitted. Applications for new materials with improved hydrogen storage gravimetric and volumetric capacity, hydrogen uptake and discharge kinetics, energy efficiency, operating temperature and pressure, cycle life, cost and durability of materials upon exposure to contaminants are appropriate. Development and application of new processes (such as mechanochemistry, sonochemistry, irradiation, electro/magnetism etc.) that can aid in the development of unique material properties (nanostructures, low cost manufacturing, etc.) are also applicable. Finally, the scope includes approaches for high throughput/combinatorial synthesis, screening and testing of storage materials and other novel characterization techniques that can aid in and be applied to the efficient discovery of new materials. Research and development of cylindrical high pressure or liquid on-board storage tanks and off-board storage are not sought under this announcement and will not be reviewed. However, novel concepts for conformable tanks and approaches for moderate pressure (d 150 bar) hybrid systems may be proposed. Such projects will typically be high risk, outside the box concepts but with technical credibility to meet targets and potential for high pay-off. A separate announcement (DE-PS36-08GO98005), titled Laboratory Call for Research and Development for On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage, offers opportunities for National Laboratories to submit applications as primary applicants. These two announcements are parallel to each other and projects will be evaluated and selected using the same criteria. The total funding ceiling for all new awards selected from both announcements will be $6,000,000, with no predetermined division of funding between the two announcements. In total, these announcements are expected to result in approximately 3 to 6 new projects to complement the Grand Challenge activities. Applications for this FOA must be accessed, completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement should be submitted through the Submit Question feature of the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov. VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov, there are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central Contract Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged to register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete the registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at 1.800.518.4726 to verify successful registration. Registration Instructions are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center at [email protected] or 1.800.518.4726. Contact Center hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time.