Closed · DE-FOA-0002450 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary

SuperTruck 3

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

$1-$33M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 12, 2021
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

SuperTruck 3 is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $33,000,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$33M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
81.087
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

SuperTruck 3 is closed (last close July 12, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 July 12, 2021

Posted Apr 15 Closes Jul 12

Est. Total Funding

$100,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds a broad portfolio of research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects to develop affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) is focused on enabling large scale hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and use across applications and sectors, including medium and heavy-duty transportation. The purpose of this announcement is to seek proposals to increase the efficiency of freight transport systems beyond current operations and solutions using one or more vehicles in classes 4 through 8. The objective of the project is to achieve a system-level greenhouse gas reduction of at least 75% by improving the efficiency of the vehicle(s) and the freight system while reducing total cost of operation and improving vehicle performance and reliability. Link to Additional Information: https://epicweb.ee.doe.gov. Please note that EERE is moving all applications to this announcement to EERE Exchange: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx. The announcement is anticipated to be available in EERE Exchange no later than February 3, 2021.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002450

Grants.gov marks SuperTruck 3 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 codes span Energy · Environment · Opportunity Zones · Science and Technology / R&D · Transportation (EN;ENV;OZ;ST;T). 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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Sheldon Funk Contract Specialist Phone 304-285-0204

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