Closed · DE-FOA-0002985 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV) - Funded in part by BIL
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $2M-$8M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- November 30, 2023
- Close date
- 7
- Expected awards
The verdict
Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV) - Funded in part by BIL is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $2,000,000 -- $8,000,000 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $2M-$8M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 7
- expected awards
- 81.087
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV) - Funded in part by BIL - is cataloged under number DE-FOA-0002985 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 81.087, posted by Golden Field Office. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on July 24, 2023 and last updated on November 20, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $2,000,000 -- $8,000,000. The agency has projected $20.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 7 awards. If the agency funds the expected 7 awards from the $20.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $2.9 million. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources, factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on November 30, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$2,000,000 -- $8,000,000
Close Date
November 30, 2023
Posted
July 24, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$20,000,000
Expected Awards
7
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
This Modification (000001) includes: Changing the submission deadline for Full Applications to 11/30/2023. Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) will provide funding for research and development to reduce material usage, improve installation quality and resilience of photovoltaic (PV) systems, and address handling of PV systems at the end of life. Topic Area 1 will use $12 million of non- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to fund collaborations of diverse stakeholders who can bring expertise from all life stages of the PV system lifecycle to reduce cost and lifecycle impacts of a PV system and its components, including co-located storage. Projects funded in this topic area will develop technology and design solutions to optimize the interconnected energy, economic, and environmental impact metrics in pursuit of rapid and sustainable scale-up of PV technologies. Topic area 2 uses funds designated by the BIL and seeks to fund one research partnership at a maximum of $8 million dedicated to improving materials recovery efficiency and developing safe end-of-life (EOL) practices for PV system components, including modules, inverters, and other balance-of-system (BOS) components. The partnership will focus on technologies and methods to enable low-cost reuse, refurbishing, repair, and recycling of photovoltaic materials, and best practices for safe disposal of these materials, and will include data collection, analysis, and working groups to enable effective collaborations and technology transfer.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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