Closed · DE-FOA-0002258 · CFDA 81.117 · Discretionary
Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments (EMPOWERED)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1M-$2.3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 8, 2020
- Close date
- 4
- Expected awards
The verdict
Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments (EMPOWERED) is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $1,000,000 -- $2,250,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $1M-$2.3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 4
- expected awards
- 81.117
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Educational Materials for Professional Organi… is closed (last close July 8, 2020). 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
Closed July 8, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$4,500,000
Expected Awards
4
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments (EMPOWERED) funding program is a collaborative effort across EERE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and Building Technologies Office (BTO), to provide professionals with educational materials and training resources in fields newly interacting with distributed energy resources (DER). In this program, DER includes distributed solar, like on homes and businesses, as well as efficient building technologies and sustainable transportation technologies, such as electric vehicles.The goal of this program is to create resources that will help those on the front lines of DER adoption—like first responders, safety officials, and building managers and owners keep up with these rapidly emerging and advancing technologies. These professionals are at the forefront of America’s energy transition and play a role in easing adoption, ensuring safety, and reducing installation costs. Because of this, the participating EERE offices see these professionals as key to enabling understanding and acceptance of new energy technologies.SETO, BTO, and VTO seek applicants that will create and integrate education and training materials for professionals who have significant involvement and authority over implementing solar, building, or vehicle technologies on the distribution system but who do not work primarily with these technologies. Those technologies include but are not limited to DER—like PV systems, building efficiency technologies, energy storage systems, AFV, EV—and EV infrastructure.
Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors
Educational Materials for Professional Organi… prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Energy · Opportunity Zones (EN;OZ). Inside Golden Field Office's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 21
- Individuals
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
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
Empowered Mailbox empowered-workforce@ee.doe.gov
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What to do next
Educational Materials for Professional Organi… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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