Closed · DE-FOA-0002540 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
RFI: Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Climate Technology
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 6, 2021
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
RFI: Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Climate Technology is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 81.087
- CFDA program
- 839
- other opportunities from Golden Field Office
Archived opportunity record
RFI: Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurshi… is closed (last close August 6, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 August 6, 2021
Instrument
Other
Description
This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to inform the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED) on enabling an inclusive and just entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem in climate and energy technologies. DOE seeks to understand the barriers to entry to DOE funding opportunities and other forms of assistance for first-time applicants, people and organizations from underrepresented communities, underserved and frontline communities, and from other non-traditional backgrounds, as well as understanding programmatic, operational, or other internal measures that DOE can implement to remove these barriers. Measures may encompass application support services for funding opportunities, incubation and acceleration services for entrepreneurship; and other measures to support a just and inclusive innovation ecosystem. This RFI is not aimed at policy recommendations that require changes in the law, but those that DOE can implement using its existing authorities.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002540
Grants.gov marks RFI: Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurshi… 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: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Golden Field Office book (634 peers, 75% of 840).
- 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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Agency Contact
Inclusive Innovation RFI inclusiveinnovationRFI@ee.doe.gov
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