Closed · DE-FOA-0003460 · CFDA 81.087 · Discretionary
Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1M-$4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 30, 2025
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardware (SMASH) Incubator is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $1,000,000 -- $4,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $1M-$4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 81.087
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardw… is closed (last close May 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 May 30, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$20,000,000
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
SMASH Incubator seeks to address the lack of sufficient private investment that is available to successfully commercialize the output of research, development, and demonstration activities and bring innovative solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to market. Specifically, projects funded through this NOFO will encourage innovations in solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing across the supply chain, with the aim of reducing U.S. reliance on imported materials and technologies. This NOFO also encourages the development of new solar hardware and technology for domestic use and potential export. These activities are expected to deliver jobs and economic growth in the clean energy sector, while increasing national energy security. Topic Area 1 seeks to conduct early-stage pilot-scale testing and demonstration of innovative processes or products that can substantively increase domestic manufacturing in all segments of the crystalline silicon solar module supply chain. Each segment also includes the manufacturing equipment used in that segment, input materials for that segment, process control and characterization tools, and consumables used in that segment, which today are predominantly made outside the United States. Topic Area 2 aims to support the cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV industry, an increasingly valuable part of the U.S. economy and leading domestic renewable energy technology. All segments of the CdTe PV module supply chain are of interest, including improvements in materials, processes, manufacturing, components, metrology, demonstration, recycling, and reclamation. Topic Area 3 is focused on R&D and demonstration activities with the goal of de-risking new non-module PV components and manufacturing processes, while developing and validating a realistic pathway to commercial success. This includes structural and electrical components and tools that can be made domestically and improve performance, functionality, reliability, or ease of installation for PV systems.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for Fiscal Year 2025 Solar Module and Solar Hardw… includes a for-profit door among 2 printed types (For-profit organizations other than small businesses; Small businesses). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Only 3 other Golden Field Office listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 840).
- 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.
Agency Contact
For questions regarding this NOFO: solar.incubator@ee.doe.gov For questions regarding Exchange: EERE-eXCHANGESupport@hq.doe.gov
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