Closed · DE-FOA-0003504 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

FY 2025 Phase I Release 2

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$200K-$1.9M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 28, 2025
Close date
260
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $200,000 -- $1,850,000 across 260 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$200K-$1.9M
award range
Closed
application status
260
expected awards
81.049
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 is closed (last close March 28, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 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 28, 2025

Posted Dec 27 Closes Mar 28

Est. Total Funding

$65,000,000

Expected Awards

260

Instrument

Grant

Description

This NOFO describes two distinct funding opportunities for DOE: the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Both Phase I and Fast-Track grant opportunities are included in this FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 competition.

Small-business / for-profit corridor · DE-FOA-0003504

FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 prints a for-profit / small-business applicant door (Small businesses). Treat the listing as business-facing unless the full Grants.gov announcement narrows it further. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 30 other Office of Science listings share this eligibility-code string (7% of 415).

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

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Carl Hebron (301) 903-5707

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What to do next

FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Basic Energy Sciences indexes 6 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Science lists 414 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants