Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis

The summary for the Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis 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 Office of Science, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis: The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announces its interest in receiving grant applications from U.S. universities/institutions of higher education for basic research to investigate some of the outstanding scientific questions in the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) from nitrogen (N2) using processes that do not generate greenhouse gases (such as CO2, NOx, etc.). Of interest is molecular level research that will provide the scientific basis for novel catalysts and mechanisms for nitrogen activation. Ideally, this research should produce fundamental knowledge that will lead to future catalytic processes for ammonia synthesis that are energy efficient, use renewable sources of energy, and do not produce greenhouse gases. This FOA will not consider proposals on process or reactor design, optimization or plant-level intensification. Research will not be supported whose primary goal(s) or challenge(s) are hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution, CO2 capture or conversion, or outside the specific focus on nitrogen activation. See the Summary Criteria section for more information on research areas excluded from this funding opportunity.

Federal Grant Title: Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis
Federal Agency Name: Office of Science
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001569
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 320589
CFDA Descriptions: Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
Current Application Deadline: May 25, 2016
Original Application Deadline: May 25, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 4, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 1, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 24, 2016
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $600,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1
Expected Number of Awards: 3
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
In accordance with 2 CFR 910.126, competition and eligibility for award is restricted to domestic universities/institutions of higher education (IHE). For projects involving multiple investigators and institutions, a single application should be submitted by the lead university/IHE and would result in one award with subawards to the subcontracting universities/IHE. This is in contrast to collaborative proposals where separate identical applications are submitted and result in multiple awards to the collaborating institutions; such collaborative proposals will not been accepted for this FOA. Subcontracts to domestic universities/IHE are accepted when the applicant does not possess all of the skills or resources to successfully accomplish the objectives of this FOA.

DOE National Laboratories, other Federal agencies, and non-domestic universities/IHE are not eligible to receive financial assistance awards under this FOA either as applicants or subcontractors.

Grant Announcement Contact
Dr. Raul Miranda 301-903-8014
Technical/Scientific Program Contact

Office of Science 301-903-3026