Closed · DE-FOA-0003415 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary

U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing

Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$2.4M-$25.3M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 30, 2025
Close date
17
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $2,410,000 -- $25,313,000 across 17 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.

$2.4M-$25.3M
award range
Closed
application status
17
expected awards
81.087
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing is closed (last close January 30, 2025). 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 January 30, 2025

Posted Sep 24 Closes Jan 30

Est. Total Funding

$112,500,000

Expected Awards

17

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) titled “Oceans of Opportunity: U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing”, to significantly accelerate the design, fabrication, and testing of multiple wave energy converters. WPTO plans to open a stage-gated, five-year, up to $112.5 million funding opportunity to advance U.S. wave energy technology commercial adoption. This FOA will support projects across three topic areas focused on advancing wave energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) to move the wave energy industry toward commercialization for distributed, community, and utility applications. Topic Area 1: Open Water Testing and System Validation for Distributed Applications Topic Area 2: Open Water Testing and System Validation for Community Applications Topic Area 3: Open Water Testing and System Validation for Utility Applications This FOA is issued via the EERE Program Information Center (EPIC) website. To view the full announcement, visit EPIC at https://epicweb.ee.doe.gov/EPICWeb/#/home.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003415

Grants.gov marks U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing 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 Golden Field Office book (634 peers, 75% of 840).

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.

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Agency Contact

FOA Mailbox MarineEnergyFOA@ee.doe.gov

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