Closed · DE-FOA-0002300 · CFDA 81.089 · Discretionary

Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Hybrid Electrolyzer Technology Development

Federal grant opportunity posted by Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$30M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 8, 2020
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Hybrid Electrolyzer Technology Development is a closed discretionary listing from Headquarters that offered $1 -- $30,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 76 other opportunities from Headquarters.

$1-$30M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
81.089
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and… is closed (last close July 8, 2020). The parent program page for CFDA 81.089 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Headquarters still indexes 76 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

Posted May 28 Closes Jul 8

Est. Total Funding

$30,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

This FOA will solicit applications for multiple areas of interest and will correspond to research outlined in the Department's August 2019 Report on the Status of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program” (https://www.energy.gov/fe/report-congress-status-solid-oxide-fuel-cell-program), to Congress and could include, but are not limited to the following:* Small-scale (nominally 5-25 kWe) distributed generation SOFC systems.* Hydrogen production from Solid State Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) systems and reversible SOFC systems including improving and validating the materials and systems required for the improving the cost, performance and reliability of systems using natural gas or coal-derived syngas as fuel.* Cleaning of coal-derived syngas for use as SOFC fuel and testing of single and multiple cells on syngas.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002300

Grants.gov marks Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and… 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 Headquarters book (49 peers, 64% of 77).

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

Ryan Miller Grantor Phone 202-287-1487

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What to do next

Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and… 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
  • Headquarters lists 76 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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