Closed · DE-FOA-0002888 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary

Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaic (SIPS: CSP & PV) - Annual

Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$400K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 1, 2023
Close date
24
Expected awards

The verdict

Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaic (SIPS: CSP & PV) - Annual is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $1 -- $400,000 across 24 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.

$1-$400K
award range
Closed
application status
24
expected awards
81.087
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentra… is closed (last close June 1, 2023). 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 June 1, 2023

Posted Apr 27 Closes Jun 1

Est. Total Funding

$6,500,000

Expected Awards

24

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaic (SIPS: CSP & PV) - Annual This Modification, 000001, is to correct a number of errors to the body and table of context of the FOA. These include, removing references to the SOPO, correcting an error in the maximum page number of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan, removing repeated text, and revising the Table of Contents to show sections that weren't previously visible. This FOA will advance the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050“ to the benefit of all Americans. The research and development (R&D) activities to be funded under this FOA will support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Topic Area 1: SIPS: CSP This topic area will support small, focused projects investigating the applicability and robustness of novel ideas in CSP. Responsive concepts include all aspects of CSP plants with thermal energy storage, as well as solar-thermal industrial process heat (SIPH) innovations, and solar-thermal fuel systems. Topic Area 2: SIPS: PV Projects in this topic area will focus on new and emerging areas of PV research that can produce significant results within the first year of performance and, if successful, lay the foundation for continued research. These projects should aim to significantly lower costs with a focus on improving the power conversion efficiency, fielded energy output, reuse and recycling of system components, service lifetime, and manufacturability of PV technologies.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002888

Grants.gov marks Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentra… 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 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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