Closed · DE-FOA-0001284 · CFDA 81.117 · Discretionary
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001271 Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
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The verdict
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001271 Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP) is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
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- award range
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- 81.117
- CFDA program
- 839
- other opportunities from Golden Field Office
Archived opportunity record
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity… is closed. The parent program page for CFDA 81.117 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Golden Field Office still indexes 839 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
This listing is no longer accepting applications
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The purpose of this Notice of Intent is to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Technology-to-Market Team in the Office of Strategic Programs, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled ?Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)?, Number DE-FOA-0001271. The full Notice of Intent DE-FOA-0001284 is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. The Cleantech UP program seeks to catalyze clean energy start-up formation on college campuses, support novel training and educational opportunities that equip the next generation of energy entrepreneurs and innovators across the country, establish a national-level training program and competition for America?s top clean energy student entrepreneurs, and create a sustained and diverse community to support student entrepreneurs. The mission of EERE?s Technology-to-Market Team is to aid EERE technology offices and American energy innovation stakeholders in addressing the technological and financial barriers to bring new intellectual property to market. To advance this mission, the Technology-to-Market Sub-Program supports a variety of commercialization and entrepreneurship activities in partnership with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, universities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations around the country. Existing activities include the DOE National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition (DOE NCEBPC), National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy, Lab-Corps, and Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR/STTR); past activities include the Innovation Ecosystem Development Initiative, i6 Green Challenge, Technology Commercialization Fund, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and other initiatives. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE. Please do not submit questions or respond to this Notice of Intent. Prospective applicants to the FOA should begin developing partnerships, formulating ideas, and gathering data in anticipation of the issuance of this FOA. DOE plans to issue the FOA around mid-February 2015. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0001284
Grants.gov marks Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Golden Field Office book (634 peers, 75% of 840).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Energy Storage Technologies
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Paige L. Smith, Grants Management Specialist CleantechUPFOA@ee.doe.gov
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What to do next
Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 81.117 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Energy Storage Technologies indexes 11 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Golden Field Office lists 839 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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