Closed · DE-FOA-0003036 · CFDA 81.122 · Discretionary
Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 4, 2023
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $5,000,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.
- $1-$5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 81.122
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation is closed (last close December 4, 2023). The parent program page for CFDA 81.122 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. 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 December 4, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$15,000,000
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Office of Electricity (OE), is releasing a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for innovative long duration energy storage system (ESS) demonstration projects that advance a technology towards commercialization and validate its cost and performance in the field to the energy stakeholder community. These demonstrations will contribute data to the National Lab led Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI) in order to unlock insights about the performance of these systems that will accelerate the testing and validation process for emerging technologies. The FOA will contain three areas of interest based on eligible technology: 1. Lithium Batteries 2. Flow Batteries 3. Other Innovative Technologies, that will each be eligible for up to $5 million in federal funding available with 50% cost share provided by the applicant organization(s). These projects will support DOE priorities such as the Long Duration Storage Shot and Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) and address challenges identified in DOE’s Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report, Electricity Advisory Committee’s (EAC) 2022 Biennial Energy Storage Review, and the Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) blueprint for lithium batteries. As required under Section 3201(c)(4), DOE is required to “make publicly available a report describing the performance of those programs.” To fulfill this requirement, OE anticipates separately funding a competitively selected national lab consortium to implement the Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI), which will implement “accelerated life testing protocols to predict estimated lifetime metrics with accuracy,” as required under Section 3201(b)(3). ROVI will leverage the data from projects funded under this FOA to accelerate commercial development and deployment of a wide range of lithium batteries, flow batteries, and other storage technology. Applicant teams would be expected to work with the ROVI Lab Consortium to negotiate data sharing requirements and allocate a portion of the awarded funding to ensure these requirements are met.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003036
Grants.gov marks Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). 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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Parent Grant Program
Transportation Technologies R&D
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Sommer L. Starr 412-386-9333 sommer.starr@netl.doe.gov
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What to do next
Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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