Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001721
The Department of Energy (DOE), through the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) office and its Golden Field Office, issued a Request for Information (RFI) titled "Draft Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Program Strategy" (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0001721). This is not a grant solicitation or a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Instead, it is a public comment and feedback process intended to help DOE refine and strengthen its draft strategy for the Marine and Hydrokinetic Program so the program can have the greatest national impact. The draft strategy document is provided as a supporting file on the EERE Exchange website.
The central purpose of the RFI is to gather input from a broad set of stakeholders, including industry, universities, national laboratories, government agencies, and others involved in or affected by marine and hydrokinetic energy. DOE is specifically looking for feedback on what the community sees as the core challenges facing the MHK industry and whether the approaches, strategic goals, and phased plan proposed by DOE's Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) are practical and likely to accelerate commercialization of MHK technologies in the United States. In other words, DOE is asking stakeholders to pressure-test the draft strategy: identify gaps, confirm priorities, suggest improvements, and provide perspective on what would most effectively move MHK from research and development toward deployable, bankable projects.
Responses were required to be submitted electronically by email to MHKRFI@ee.doe.gov by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on February 28, 2017. Submissions had to be provided as email attachments, with DOE recommending compression (such as a zipped file) for attachments larger than 25 MB to reduce delivery problems. The format requirements were strict: responses needed to be in Microsoft Word (.docx), limited to no more than three pages, using 12-point font and one-inch margins. Only electronic submissions were accepted, and DOE indicated it would not respond to questions about the RFI, reinforcing that the process is meant for collecting stakeholder input rather than conducting an interactive Q-and-A.
Although the posting includes typical federal grant listing fields like "Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement" and an "Award Ceiling" value, the document makes clear that this RFI is not accepting applications and is not expected to result in awards (the listing shows expected awards as zero). The practical takeaway is that organizations should not approach this as a funding competition. The value here is influence: submitting thoughtful feedback is a way to shape DOE's MHK program direction, priorities, and future efforts that may later translate into funding opportunities. The full RFI and the attached draft strategy were accessible through EERE Exchange (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/), under CFDA 81.087 (energy-related assistance), and eligibility was broadly open (unrestricted) for submitting information, subject to any clarifications in the RFI text.Apply for DE FOA 0001721
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RFI: Draft Marine and Hydrokinetic Program Strategy" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 22, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 28, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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