💡Funding Notice: Small Business Awards for Solar Research and Development
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new funding for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I program for Fiscal Year 2025. The SBIR/STTR programs are competitive funding opportunities that encourage U.S.-based small businesses to engage in high-risk, innovative research and technology development with the potential for future commercialization. See the Solar Energy Technologies Office’s (SETO) SBIR/STTR funding notice for details on SETO topics.
SBIR/STTR provides funding in two phases: Small businesses can receive up to $200,000 in Phase I to prove the feasibility of an idea; successful awardees can then receive up to $1.1 million in Phase II for prototype development.
Mandatory letters of intent for this funding opportunity are due January 14 at 5 p.m. ET. Please review the funding opportunity and the technical topics document for more information – register to attend tomorrow's Q&A session at 2 p.m. ET.
Through SETO, SBIR/STTR funding is awarded to companies that are working to advance the affordability, reliability, and performance of solar technologies on the grid. SETO seeks solutions in the following subtopics:
- Power Electronics Technologies
- Dual-use Photovoltaics (PV) including Agrivoltaics, Building-integrated PV, Floating PV, Photovoltaic-thermal Systems, and Vehicle-integrated PV
- Technologies Enabling Solar-Powered DC Microgrids
- Cybersecurity of Solar Energy Systems
- Distribution Reliability Visibility
- Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Technologies for Gen3 CSP, Commercial CSP (Gen2 CSP), or Concentrated Solar Industrial Process Heat (SIPH)
- Affordability, Reliability, Performance, and Manufacturing of Solar Systems
- [STTR only] Innovative Software Technologies and Products for Solar Energy Systems
SETO, through the American-Made Network, is providing free Application Education Services. Learn more.
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