Closed · DE-FOA-0001612 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Advance Non-Powered Dam and Pumped-Storage Hydropower Deve
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $300K-$1.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Advance Non-Powered Dam and Pumped-Storage Hydropower Deve is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $300,000 -- $1,500,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $300K-$1.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 81.087
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Adv… is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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
Est. Total Funding
$9,800,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The complete Notice of Intent can be viewed on the EERE Exchange website - https://eere-exchange.energy.gov The purpose of this notice is to inform potential applicants that EERE intends to issue DE-FOA-0001455 “HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Advance Non-Powered Dam and Pumped-Storage Hydropower Development." The overall objective of this FOA is to further the development of non-powered dams (NPD) and pumped storage hydropower (PSH) resources by reducing capital costs and deployment timelines. These objectives will be achieved by funding projects in two topic areas. Projects awarded under Topic Area 1 will develop low-head, modular, and standard turbine/generation technologies for NPD applications that can reduce civil works activities and can operate efficiently over a range of flows. Civil works include the infrastructure of a hydropower project, such as dams, conduits, powerhouses, tunnels, and penstocks. Under Topic Area 2, projects awarded will demonstrate the concept feasibility of innovative closed-loop PSH systems that can reduce development costs and timelines by applying concepts of modularity and creatively producing head differentials (e.g. pressurizing water using compressed air or weights). This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) only. EERE may issue a FOA as described, may issue a FOA that is significantly different than the FOA described, or EERE may not issue a FOA at all. 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.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0001612
Grants.gov marks HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Adv… 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. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). 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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Agency Contact
Jane B. Sanders jane.sanders@ee.doe.gov
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What to do next
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