Closed · DE-FOA-0003158 · CFDA 81.086 · Discretionary
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $13M-$30M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 5, 2024
- Close date
- 25
- Expected awards
The verdict
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024 is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $13,000,000 -- $30,000,000 across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $13M-$30M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 25
- expected awards
- 81.086
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innov… is closed (last close March 5, 2024). The parent program page for CFDA 81.086 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. 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 March 5, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$30,000,000
Expected Awards
25
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024 The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Building Technologies Office (BTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2024”. The 2024 BENEFIT FOA will invest up to $30M (subject to appropriations) across four topic areas: Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Water Heating Technologies with improved materials, components, equipment design, and engineering, lower cost manufacturing processes, and easier installation. Topic 2: Innovative, Replicable, and Low-Cost Roof and Attic Retrofits Technologies for affordable and scalable roof and attic retrofits that improve energy efficiency and address air and water infiltration. Topic 3: Building Resilience and Capacity Constraints Novel approaches to maintain essential loads during blackouts and add power capacity to buildings without the need for major infrastructure upgrades; localized thermal management systems and thermally resilient building envelopes to provide cooling and overheating protection against extreme heat events. Topic 4: Commercial Lighting Retrofit Advancements Low-cost, high-quality retrofit solutions for lagging sectors in energy-efficient lighting adoption (schools, certain commercial buildings). DOE is compiling a Teaming Partner List to facilitate the formation of project teams for this FOA. The Teaming Partner List allows organizations that may wish to participate on a project to express their interest to other applicants and explore potential partnerships. Please see the Teaming List section of the FOA document for more information. EERE eXCHANGE is designed to enforce the deadlines specified in this FOA. The “Apply” and “Submit” buttons will automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. Should applicants experience problems with EERE eXCHANGE, the following information may be helpful. Applicants that experience issues with submission PRIOR to the FOA deadline: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the applicant should contact the EERE eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (EERE-eXCHANGESupport@hq.doe.gov). The EERE eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE system administrators will assist applicants in resolving issues.
Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innov… prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (County governments; City or township governments; Independent school districts; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +9 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). Inside Golden Field Office's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township 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
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Conservation Research and Development
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
BENEFIT 24 FOA Mailbox BENEFIT24@ee.doe.gov
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What to do next
Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innov… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 81.086 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Conservation Research and Development indexes 29 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Golden Field Office lists 839 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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