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Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
DE-PS36-07GO97027
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jun 20, 2007
Creation Date:
Aug 30, 2007
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Sep 12, 2007
In order for the Solar Program to meet its
programmatic requirements, applications are due by 09/12/2007.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 16, 2007
In order for the Solar Program to meet its
programmatic requirements, applications are due by 09/12/2007.
Archive Date:
Jan 15, 2008
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Energy
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$1,500,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
81.087
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Renewable Energy Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligibility for awards under this FOA is
restricted to all domestic
Universities and Colleges accredited by an accrediting agency or state
approval
agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a reliable
authority as
to the quality of postsecondary education within the meaning of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The U.S. Department of
Educations
accreditation website can be found at: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
The
searchable database can be found at:
http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp. Only those domestic colleges
and
universities listed in the database are eligible for this FOA. Other
Federal
agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Contractors,
and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31,
1995 are not eligible to apply.
Agency Name
Golden Field Office
Description
A link to the full Funding Opportunity Announcement
is found by scrolling to
the bottom of this page.
This is a restricted eligibility. In accordance with 10 CFR 600.6(b),
eligibility for award is restricted to all domestic Universities and
Colleges
accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by
the
U.S. Secretary of Education as a reliable authority as to the quality of
postsecondary education within the meaning of the Higher Education Act of
1965,
as amended (HEA). The U.S. Department of Educations accreditation website
can
be found at: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. The searchable database can
be
found at: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp. Only those domestic
colleges and universities listed in the database are eligible for this FOA.
Other Federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center
(FFRDC) Contractors, and nonprofit organizations described in section
501(c)(4)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities
after
December 31, 1995 are not eligible to apply.
The goal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology
Program
(SETP) is to coordinate and fund applied research and development
activities
with the goal of meeting technical milestones with an emphasis on the
development, performance, cost, and durability of materials and components
or
on efficiency of processes. With this aim, applied research and
development
efforts are focused on proof of technology concepts, scale-up research and
demonstrations, cost reductions in technologies and processes and
deployment
support. The long-term goals of the SETP are to produce energy at or below
the
cost of retail energy, conventionally produced. More information about the
research funding strategy of SETP can be found in the Solar America
Initiative
Plan:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/pdfs/sai_draft_plan_feb5_07.pdf.
The primary goals of the Solar America Initiative are to reduce the
levelized
cost of energy (LCOE) to below 10¢/kWh while scaling up manufacturing
capacity
to supply 5 to 10 GW/year by 2015. These milestones will be achieved by
partnerships between industry, universities, state governments, federal
agencies, and other non-governmental agencies. In March, DOE announced 12
Technology Pathway Partnership (TPP) projects representing the first major
awards made under the SAI. For an overview of these projects, please refer
to
the following URL:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/pdfs/sai_fact_sheet_project_pros
pectus.pdf.
Through this FOA, DOE is soliciting applications from U.S. universities for
projects that offer direct, near-term improvements in PV products and
development processes. Universities may choose to develop a project
through a
partnership with a U.S. industrial partner currently positioned to achieve
the
2015 SAI goals. These applications must clearly state how the university
work
will assist the industry partner in reducing LCOE and/or increasing
manufacturing capacity and clearly indicate how academia is uniquely suited
to
perform this work. Applicants to this FOA should focus on near-term system
development and manufacturing technologies rather than higher risk, longer
term
prototype and proof of concept R D.
Alternatively, U.S. universities may apply without an industry partnership
but
must explicitly state: 1) how their project enables cost reductions and/or
production increases in the U.S. PV commercial sector; and 2) how the
applicant
intends to quickly move this process or product into commercial production.
All project applications should have sufficient focus to clearly illustrate
the
connection between the application and the SAI objectives.
Each university application under this FOA must fall into a single Topic
identified below. Listed below are the Topics considered to be significant
for
solar technologies to achieve the LCOE and manufacturing goals of the SAI.
The
complete list of metrics for Topics 1 through 7 can be found in the
National
Solar Technology Roadmaps, available at:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/planning.html.
Applications
involving a product or process which pertains to multiple individual topic
areas (Topics 1 through 7) should apply under Topic 8. Applicants to Topic
8
must define which metrics are applicable to their product or process and
address the validity and appropriateness of the metrics proposed.
Applications
within Topics 1 through 7 must also identify which of the relevant metrics
are
being targeted by their proposed project. Applications under all Topics
must
quantify the projected improvement of these metrics as a result of the
proposed
work and include a discussion of how this improvement translates into
reduced
LCOE and/or increased manufacturability. Universities with diverse
PV-related
expertise are encouraged to apply with multiple applications; however, each
application must respond to only a single topic.
Topic 1: CdTe:
This Topic applies to Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) PV technologies.
Topic 2: CIGS:
This Topic applies to Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) PV
technologies
using all types of absorber-layer processing.
Topic 3: Concentrator PV (CPV):
This Topic applies to high-concentration (greater than 10x) PV systems,
which
may include incorporating high-efficiency III-V or silicon cells, trackers,
and
reflective or refractive optics.
Topic 4: Dye-Sensitized:
This Topic applies to sensitized nanostructured solar cells, including both
hybrid and organic/inorganic and entirely inorganic structures.
Topic 5: Film-Silicon:
This Topic applies to all silicon-film technologies that rely on a
supporting
substrate such as glass, polymer, aluminum, stainless steel, or
metallurgical-grade silicon. These devices may use amorphous,
nanocrystalline,
fine-grained polycrystalline, or epitaxial silicon layers that are 1 to 20
micrometer thick.
Topic 6: Organic PV:
This Topic applies to all forms of solar cells that use organic molecules,
including polymers, dendrimers, small molecules, and dyes, as absorbers or
transporters, either in fully organic devices or in devices that also
contain
inorganic nanostructures.
Topic 7: Wafer- Silicon:
This Topic applies to all bulk-silicon-based PV technologies, including
those
based on Czochralski, multicrystalline, float-zone wafers, and melt-grown
crystals that are 100 micrometer or thicker, such as ribbons, sheet, or
spheral
silicon. Silicon feedstock issues and low-optical-concentration approaches
may
also be addressed under this Topic.
Topic 8: Multi-Disciplinary/Cross-cutting Devices or Processes Addressing
Multiple PV Technologies:
This Topic applies to all other PV related technologies, not limited to a
single topic area listed above (Topics 1 through 7). These may include
technology applicable to multiple absorber materials (e.g. CIGS and Organic
PV)
or technology that can be employed across multiple types of PV devices
(e.g.
anti-reflection materials).
Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed,
completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be
considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the Submit Question feature of the DOE
Industry
Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.
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are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central
Contract
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provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged
to
register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete
the
registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at
1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration
Instructions
are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the
Funding Opportunity Announcement.
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