Closed · DE-FOA-0003058 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1M-$20M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 18, 2023
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $1,000,000 -- $20,000,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $1M-$20M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 81.087
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics is closed (last close December 18, 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 December 18, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$36,000,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics FOA will focus on accelerating the capabilities of two thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies: metal-halide perovskite PV and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV technologies. It will fund innovative industrial research and development (R&D) projects that will enable future commercialization of hybrid tandem perovskite PV, defined as a perovskite PV in combination with another technology such as silicon or CdTe. It will also fund industrial research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects across the materials, equipment, installation, and performance monitoring sectors to improve the competitiveness of the domestic CdTe PV industry. This FOA promotes American leadership in thin-film PV technology by promoting the domestic manufacture of thin-film PV modules. With this goal in mind, only for-profit entities and teams led by for-profit entities may apply to this FOA (see Section III.A for more details on eligibility criteria) and all work must be performed in the United States (see Section IV.I.iii. and Appendix C).
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics includes a for-profit door among 3 printed types (For-profit organizations other than small businesses; Small businesses; Others (see official listing text)). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Inside Golden Field Office's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- 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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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