Closed · DE-FOA-0002462 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Chemical Upcycling of Polymers

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$200K-$1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 14, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Chemical Upcycling of Polymers is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $200,000 -- $1,500,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$200K-$1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
81.049
CFDA program
414
other opportunities from Office of Science

Archived opportunity record

Chemical Upcycling of Polymers is closed (last close May 14, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 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 May 14, 2021

Posted Feb 10 Closes May 14

Est. Total Funding

$25,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Description

The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces its interest in receiving applications on behalf of single investigators and teams of investigators, which may involve multiple institutions, to support fundamental experimental and theoretical efforts that advance chemical upcycling of polymers and circular design of next-generation plastics. The term “plastic” describes a wide array of polymeric materials with diverse compositions and properties. Finished plastic products may include multiple polymeric components and often contain additives to obtain desirable physical, chemical, or mechanical properties. Understanding of chemical approaches that make use of end-of-life plastic products as feedstocks to regenerate the same product, or otherwise upcycle them to new, more valuable products, is limited. BES seeks innovative fundamental research that creates the scientific foundations for new technology solutions to reduce plastic waste, lower the energy impacts of plastic production through chemical upcycling, and create energy- and carbon-efficient feedstocks for valuable products through chemical upcycling of polymers.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002462

Grants.gov marks Chemical Upcycling of Polymers 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: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Office of Science book (278 peers, 67% of 415).

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 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Chris Bradley, Ph.D. Program Manager

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What to do next

Chemical Upcycling of Polymers is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Basic Energy Sciences indexes 6 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Science lists 414 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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