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. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.

$2M-$8M
award range
Closed
application status
7
expected awards
81.087
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photov… is closed (last close November 30, 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 November 30, 2023

Posted Jul 24 Closes Nov 30

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.

Wide-open applicant board · 16 Grants.gov doors

Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photov… prints 16 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +12 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Only 25 other Golden Field Office listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 840).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08
Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 21
Individuals
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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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