Closed · DE-FOA-0002057 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary

CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR COAL FIRST POWER PLANTS OF THE FUTURE

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$16M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 13, 2020
Close date
14
Expected awards

The verdict

CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR COAL FIRST POWER PLANTS OF THE FUTURE is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $16,000,000 across 14 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$16M
award range
Closed
application status
14
expected awards
81.089
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR COAL FIRST POWER PLAN… is closed (last close April 13, 2020). The parent program page for CFDA 81.089 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Energy Technology Laboratory still indexes 530 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

Closed April 13, 2020

Posted Feb 7 Closes Apr 13

Est. Total Funding

$64,000,000

Expected Awards

14

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Department of Energy's Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, Transformative) initiative will develop the coal plant of the future needed to provide secure, stable, and reliable power. Coal FIRST plants will be capable of flexible operation to meet the needs of the grid; use innovative and cutting-edge components that improve efficiency and reduce emissions; provide resilient power to Americans; be small compared to today's conventional utility-scale coal power plants; and transform how coal power plant technologies are designed and manufactured.This Funding Opportunity Announcement is focused on the development of critical components that will support potential designs for coal-based power plants of the future. While it is anticipated that future coal plants will use existing technology to the extent practical, certain critical plant components will need to be upgraded while others will need to be developed to enable coal-fired power plants with the Coal FIRST characteristics described above. Development of these critical components is the objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002057

Grants.gov marks CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR COAL FIRST POWER PLAN… 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 Energy (EN). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Energy Technology Laboratory book (410 peers, 77% of 531).

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.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.089

Fossil Energy Research and Development

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Amanda J. Lopez amanda.lopez@netl.doe.gov

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What to do next

CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR COAL FIRST POWER PLAN… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.089 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Fossil Energy Research and Development indexes 3 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Energy Technology Laboratory lists 530 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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