The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that $30 million in funding from the Recovery Act and FY 2010 budget appropriations will be made available to qualified small businesses to support the commercialization of promising new technologies.
The funding announcement builds on the Department’s existing efforts under the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) to develop near-term clean energy technologies. This is the first time DOE has offered Phase III awards under these small business programs.
Small companies previously awarded Phase II grants through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) or the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) are eligible. Projects that include developed technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and impact on U.S. manufacturing and cleantech jobs creation are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants may receive up to $3 million over 3 years to research, develop and deploy new technologies.
Applications are currently being accepted for the following technology areas of interest:
Biomass Technologies
- Harvesting/Dewatering Technology for Algal Biofuels Production.
Buildings Technologies
- Transitional Technology for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- SSL Products made from Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- "Core" Technology for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
Fuel Cell Technologies
- Advanced Materials for Fuel Cell Technologies
- Bio-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Geothermal Technologies – High Temperature Tools and Sensors
- High Temperature Downhole Tools
- High-Temperature-High-Volume Lifting
- High Temperature Downhole MWD Tools for Directional Drilling
Industrial Technologies
- Sensors and Controls
- Industrial Membrane Process Systems
- Advanced Materials
- Integrated Reaction-Separation using non-thermal processes
- Mitigation of Heat Losses, Fouling, and Scaling in key Manufacturing Unit Operations.
Solar Technologies – Lowering the Cost of Photovoltaics through Innovative Augmentation
- Lightweight, Flexible and Low Cost Multi-junction Solar Cells
- Static Module PV Concentrators
- New Methods of Crystallizing Silicon
Vehicle Technologies
- Technologies to Address Internal Heating in DC Bus Capacitors
- Improved Magnetic Materials for Motors
- Advanced Materials for Lightweight Vehicles
Wind Technologies
- Advanced Wind Power Technologies and Systems
Fossil Energy
- Pollution control
- Advanced power systems
- Stationary power fuel cells
- Clean fuels
- Carbon sequestration
- Recovery of oil, natural gas, and methane hydrates
- Advances in materials, sensors, monitors, controls, biotechnology, and computational processes
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
- Smart Grid Technologies and Systems
- Electric Transmission Technologies
- Superconducting Technology for Power Equipment
- Advanced Materials for Power Electronics and Energy Storage
Nuclear Energy
- Advanced Instrumentation and Control, Radiation Resistant Sensors, and Wireless On-Line Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plant Applications
The deadline for submission of applications is August 4, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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