Closed · DE-FOA-0003574 · CFDA 81.254 · Discretionary

Request for Information (RFI): Accelerating Speed to Power/Winning the Artificial Intelligence Race: Federal Action to Rapidly Expand Grid Capacity and Enable Electricity Demand Growth

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Energy Technology Laboratory, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$2
Award range
Closed
Status
November 21, 2025
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Request for Information (RFI): Accelerating Speed to Power/Winning the Artificial Intelligence Race: Federal Action to Rapidly Expand Grid Capacity and Enable Electricity Demand Growth is a closed discretionary listing from National Energy Technology Laboratory that offered $1 -- $2. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 530 other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory.

$1-$2
award range
Closed
application status
81.254
CFDA program
530
other opportunities from National Energy Technology Laboratory

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on November 21, 2025. CFDA 81.254 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1 -- $2.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed November 21, 2025

Posted Oct 21 Closes Nov 21

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, impacted communities and other stakeholders on issues related to gigawatt-scale generation and transmission investments driven by projected electricity demand growth from data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, semiconductor fabrication plants, and other large energy users that are outpacing the capacity of the existing electric grid.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003574

Grants.gov marks Request for Information 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. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. 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.

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Agency Contact

Todd Zandier Grantor Phone 4123869204

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