Closed · DE-FOA-0003384 · CFDA 81.122 · Discretionary
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER)
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 4, 2024
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) 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
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) is closed (last close October 4, 2024). 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 October 4, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$15,000,000
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will fund the advancement of innovative storage technologies from early-stage R&D to widespread commercialization and deploy an innovative energy storage technology at a host site with identified resiliency needs at the required scale, performance, and technology maturity level appropriate to advance technology maturity level appropriate to advance technology towards commercialization.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003384
Grants.gov marks Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. 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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Transportation Technologies R&D
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency Contact
Todd C. Zandier II 412-386-9204 Todd.Zandier@netl.doe.gov
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What to do next
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 81.122 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Transportation Technologies R&D indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- National Energy Technology Laboratory lists 530 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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