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Golden Field Office

The purpose of this Notice is to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO),on behalf of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), intends to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001905 entitled "Energy-Water Desalination Hub". This FOA will support the establishment of an Energy Innovation Hub in the area of Energy-Water Desalination (referred to as the Hub ) to accelerate transformational advances in science and engineering focused on reducing the energy and cost requirements of desalination to provide clean and safe water. The Hub will include highly collaborative research teams, spanning multiple scientific, engineering, and where appropriate, economic and public policy disciplines. By bringing together top talent from across the full spectrum of research and development (R&D) performers including universities, private industry, non-profits, and National Laboratories the Hub will serve as the world-leading R&D center in Energy-Water Desalination. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI) ONLY. This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the information contained in this Notice is subject to change. EERE may issue a FOA as described herein, may issue a FOA that is significantly different from the FOA described herein, or EERE may not issue a FOA at all. Complete information, including the full Notice of Intent, can be found on the EERE Exchange website: https://eere- exchange.energy.gov/

NY Green Bank

NY Green Bank is a state-sponsored specialized finance entity that works with the private sector to accelerate clean energy deployment across New York, providing debt and equity financing for clean energy projects.

New York Power Authority (NYPA)

As part of NYPA's funding of its workforce training initiatives in the renewable energy field, NYPA is supporting the NYC District Council of Carpenters Training Center This funding focuses on training of incumbent workers focusing on contruction skills needed for clean energy work. Over the two-year program, apprentices will receive advanced apprenticeship training including the specific skills necessary for work on energy efficiency and clean technology projects and building performance.

New York Power Authority (NYPA)

As part of NYPA's funding of its workforce training incentives is the renewable energy field, NYPA is supporting the NYS Labor Management Committee. The funds will support an expansion of clean energy training currently offered at the Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers across the state.

Labor

The purpose of the OJET GCEW Request for Proposals (RFP) is to provide funding to eligible organizations to expand or create statewide clean energy training or pre-apprenticeship programs and provide wraparound services to participants in these programs. Eligible organizations may utilize the services of a training provider to deliver the programs.

Labor

Funding will be provided to Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) for the up-skilling or re-skilling of workers transitioning from fossil fuel to clean energy positions; the up-skilling or re-skilling of residential workers in weatherization, building performance, and retrofitting, including fees required for industry-recognized credentials; and wraparound services during training, including but not limited to, childcare, transportation, housing, food, mental health services, and substance use treatment or services.

NYSERDA

Provides wage subsidies to eligible businesses to help reduce the financial risk of hiring and training new workers.

European Commission - LIFE2027

One-Stop-Shops - Integrated services for clean energy transition in private buildings. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

Slipstream, Inc

Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services

European Commission - LIFE2027

Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - HORIZON

R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships). Call: R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal. Programme: HORIZON. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - RFCS2027

RFCS-2026-02-AM Steel Accompanying measures. Call: RFCS-2026. Programme: RFCS2027. Keywords: (art.10) assembled structures, (art.10) circular economy, (art.10) design of steel grades, (art.10) elimination of waste gases, (art.10) emissions, (art.10) life cycle assessment, (art.10) pollution control, (art.10) protection of the environment, (art.10) raw materials, (art.10) recovery secondary raw materials, (art.10) recycling obsolete steel, (art.10) recycling steel by-products, (art.10) slags, (art.10) steel recovery, (art.10) steel recycling, (art.10) steel reuse, (art.10) steel scrap, (art.10) treatment of waste, (art.10) utilisation of process gases, (art.10) waste, (art.10) water management, (art.10a) developing competencies, (art.10a) disseminating competencies, (art.10a) ergonomics, (art.10a) health conditions, (art.10a) lifelong learning, (art.10a) safety conditions, (art.10a) working conditions, (art.8) application of big data, (art.8) artificial intelligence, (art.8) automation, (art.8) carbon avoidance, (art.8) carbon usage, (art.8) casting operations, (art.8) clean hydrogen economy, (art.8) coating operations, (art.8) control, (art.8) digitalisation, (art.8) energy efficiency of steel production, (art.8) energy management solutions, (art.8) finishing operations, (art.8) hybrid heating techniques, (art.8) iron- and steel-making processes, (art.8) maintenance of steel production tools, (art.8) metallurgy, (art.8) modelling, (art.8) near-zero-carbon steel production, (art.8) prevention of energy losses, (art.8) process chain optimisation, (art.8) recovery of waste heat, (art.8) recycled scrap melting, (art.8) reduction and pre-reduction of iron-ore, (art.8) reliability of steel production tools, (art.8) rolling operations, (art.8) secondary metallurgy, (art.8) steel process, (art.8) steel-making, (art.8) steel-making operations, (art.8) steel-making processes, (art.8) zero-carbon energy production, (art.9) corrosion resistance, (art.9) eco-design methods, (art.9) heat resistance, (art.9) lightweight design, (art.9) material properties, (art.9) mechanical and physical properties, (art.9) mechanical fatigue, (art.9) mobility applications, (art.9) predictive simulation models, (art.9) predictive simulation models on mechanical properties, (art.9) predictive simulation models on microstructures, (art.9) predictive simulation models on production processes, (art.9) retrofitting, (art.9) safety solutions, (art.9) standardisation, (art.9) standardisation of testing and evaluation methods, (art.9) steel grades, (art.9) steel properties, (art.9) steel resistance, (art.9) sustainability, (art.9) thermal fatigue, Research Objective Art.10 - Conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy, Research Objective Art.10a - Management of work force and working conditions, Research Objective Art.8 - New, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, Research Objective Art.9 - Advanced steel grades and applications. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - RFCS2027

RFCS-2026-02-PDP Steel Pilot and demonstration projects. Call: RFCS-2026. Programme: RFCS2027. Keywords: (art.10) assembled structures, (art.10) circular economy, (art.10) design of steel grades, (art.10) elimination of waste gases, (art.10) emissions, (art.10) life cycle assessment, (art.10) pollution control, (art.10) protection of the environment, (art.10) raw materials, (art.10) recovery secondary raw materials, (art.10) recycling obsolete steel, (art.10) recycling steel by-products, (art.10) slags, (art.10) steel recovery, (art.10) steel recycling, (art.10) steel reuse, (art.10) steel scrap, (art.10) treatment of waste, (art.10) utilisation of process gases, (art.10) waste, (art.10) water management, (art.10a) developing competencies, (art.10a) disseminating competencies, (art.10a) ergonomics, (art.10a) health conditions, (art.10a) lifelong learning, (art.10a) safety conditions, (art.10a) working conditions, (art.8) application of big data, (art.8) artificial intelligence, (art.8) automation, (art.8) carbon avoidance, (art.8) carbon usage, (art.8) casting operations, (art.8) clean hydrogen economy, (art.8) coating operations, (art.8) control, (art.8) digitalisation, (art.8) energy efficiency of steel production, (art.8) energy management solutions, (art.8) finishing operations, (art.8) hybrid heating techniques, (art.8) iron- and steel-making processes, (art.8) maintenance of steel production tools, (art.8) metallurgy, (art.8) modelling, (art.8) near-zero-carbon steel production, (art.8) prevention of energy losses, (art.8) process chain optimisation, (art.8) recovery of waste heat, (art.8) recycled scrap melting, (art.8) reduction and pre-reduction of iron-ore, (art.8) reliability of steel production tools, (art.8) rolling operations, (art.8) secondary metallurgy, (art.8) steel process, (art.8) steel-making, (art.8) steel-making operations, (art.8) steel-making processes, (art.8) zero-carbon energy production, (art.9) corrosion resistance, (art.9) eco-design methods, (art.9) heat resistance, (art.9) lightweight design, (art.9) material properties, (art.9) mechanical and physical properties, (art.9) mechanical fatigue, (art.9) mobility applications, (art.9) predictive simulation models, (art.9) predictive simulation models on mechanical properties, (art.9) predictive simulation models on microstructures, (art.9) predictive simulation models on production processes, (art.9) retrofitting, (art.9) safety solutions, (art.9) standardisation, (art.9) standardisation of testing and evaluation methods, (art.9) steel grades, (art.9) steel properties, (art.9) steel resistance, (art.9) sustainability, (art.9) thermal fatigue, Research Objective Art.10 - Conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy, Research Objective Art.10a - Management of work force and working conditions, Research Objective Art.8 - New, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, Research Objective Art.9 - Advanced steel grades and applications. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - RFCS2027

RFCS-2026-02-RPJ Steel Research projects. Call: RFCS-2026. Programme: RFCS2027. Keywords: (art.10) assembled structures, (art.10) circular economy, (art.10) design of steel grades, (art.10) elimination of waste gases, (art.10) emissions, (art.10) life cycle assessment, (art.10) pollution control, (art.10) protection of the environment, (art.10) raw materials, (art.10) recovery secondary raw materials, (art.10) recycling obsolete steel, (art.10) recycling steel by-products, (art.10) slags, (art.10) steel recovery, (art.10) steel recycling, (art.10) steel reuse, (art.10) steel scrap, (art.10) treatment of waste, (art.10) utilisation of process gases, (art.10) waste, (art.10) water management, (art.10a) developing competencies, (art.10a) disseminating competencies, (art.10a) ergonomics, (art.10a) health conditions, (art.10a) lifelong learning, (art.10a) safety conditions, (art.10a) working conditions, (art.8) application of big data, (art.8) artificial intelligence, (art.8) automation, (art.8) carbon avoidance, (art.8) carbon usage, (art.8) casting operations, (art.8) clean hydrogen economy, (art.8) coating operations, (art.8) control, (art.8) digitalisation, (art.8) energy efficiency of steel production, (art.8) energy management solutions, (art.8) finishing operations, (art.8) hybrid heating techniques, (art.8) iron- and steel-making processes, (art.8) maintenance of steel production tools, (art.8) metallurgy, (art.8) modelling, (art.8) near-zero-carbon steel production, (art.8) prevention of energy losses, (art.8) process chain optimisation, (art.8) recovery of waste heat, (art.8) recycled scrap melting, (art.8) reduction and pre-reduction of iron-ore, (art.8) reliability of steel production tools, (art.8) rolling operations, (art.8) secondary metallurgy, (art.8) steel process, (art.8) steel-making, (art.8) steel-making operations, (art.8) steel-making processes, (art.8) zero-carbon energy production, (art.9) corrosion resistance, (art.9) eco-design methods, (art.9) heat resistance, (art.9) lightweight design, (art.9) material properties, (art.9) mechanical and physical properties, (art.9) mechanical fatigue, (art.9) mobility applications, (art.9) predictive simulation models, (art.9) predictive simulation models on mechanical properties, (art.9) predictive simulation models on microstructures, (art.9) predictive simulation models on production processes, (art.9) retrofitting, (art.9) safety solutions, (art.9) standardisation, (art.9) standardisation of testing and evaluation methods, (art.9) steel grades, (art.9) steel properties, (art.9) steel resistance, (art.9) sustainability, (art.9) thermal fatigue, Research Objective Art.10 - Conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy, Research Objective Art.10a - Management of work force and working conditions, Research Objective Art.8 - New, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, Research Objective Art.9 - Advanced steel grades and applications. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

Rocky Mountain Institute

Supports clean energy market transformation and industrial decarbonization research.

European Commission - LIFE2027

Scaling up smart and clean energy solutions for affordability in EU cities. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

<p>The purpose of this modification is to clarify the meaning of the Program Policy Factors in Section V.C.</p> <p><br></p> <p>To obtain a copy of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) please go to the ARPA-E website at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov.&nbsp;To apply to this NOFO, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through ARPA-E eXCHANGE (<a href="https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.aspx" target="_blank">https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.aspx</a>).&nbsp;For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the ARPA-E eXCHANGE User Guide (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx).&nbsp;ARPA-E will not review or consider concept papers submitted through other means. For problems with ARPA-E eXCHANGE, email ExchangeHelp@hq.doe.gov (with NOFO name and number in the subject line).</p> <p>Questions about this NOFO? Check the Frequently Asked Questions available at <a href="http://arpa-e.energy.gov/faq" target="_blank">http://arpa-e.energy.gov/faq</a>.&nbsp;For questions that have not already been answered, email ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.gov.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>AGENCY OVERVIEW</p> <p>The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), is chartered by Congress in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-69), as amended by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-358), as further amended by the Energy Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-260):</p> <p>“(A) to enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the development of energy technologies that—</p> <p>(i) reduce imports of energy from foreign sources;</p> <p>(ii) reduce energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases;</p> <p>(iii) improve the energy efficiency of all economic sectors;</p> <p>(iv) provide transformative solutions to improve the management, clean-up, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; and</p> <p>(v) improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy; and</p> <p>(B) to ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies.”</p> <p>ARPA-E issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under its authorizing statute codified at 42 U.S.C. § 16538. The NOFO and any cooperative agreements or grants made under this NOFO are subject to 2 C.F.R. Part 200 as supplemented by 2 C.F.R. Part 910.</p> <p>ARPA-E funds research on, and the development of, transformative science and technology solutions to address the energy and environmental missions of the Department. The agency focuses on technologies that can be meaningfully advanced with a modest investment over a defined period of time in order to catalyze the translation from scientific discovery to early-stage technology. For the latest news and information about ARPA-E, its programs and the research projects currently supported, see: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/.</p> <p>ARPA-E funds transformational research. Existing energy technologies generally progress on established “learning curves” where refinements to a technology and the economies of scale that accrue as manufacturing and distribution develop drive improvements to the cost/performance metric in a gradual fashion. This continual improvement of a technology is important to its increased commercial deployment and is appropriately the focus of the private sector or the applied technology offices within DOE. In contrast, ARPA-E supports transformative research that has the potential to create fundamentally new learning curves. ARPA-E technology projects typically start with cost/performance estimates well above the level of an incumbent technology. Given the high risk inherent in these projects, many will fail to progress, but some may succeed in generating a new learning curve with a projected cost/performance metric that is significantly better than that of the incumbent technology. ARPA-E will provide support at the highest funding level only for submissions with significant technology risk, aggressive timetables, and careful management and mitigation of the associated risks.</p> <p>ARPA-E funds technology with the potential to be disruptive in the marketplace. The mere creation of a new learning curve does not ensure market penetration. Rather, the ultimate value of a technology is determined by the marketplace, and impactful technologies ultimately become disruptive – that is, they are widely adopted and displace existing technologies from the marketplace or create entirely new markets. ARPA-E understands that definitive proof of market disruption takes time, particularly for energy technologies. Therefore, ARPA-E funds the development of technologies that, if technically successful, have clear disruptive potential, e.g., by demonstrating capability for manufacturing at competitive cost and deployment at scale.</p> <p>ARPA-E funds applied research and development (R&amp;D). The Office of Management and Budget defines “applied research” as an “original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge…directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective” and defines “experimental development” as “creative and systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience, which is directed at producing new products or processes or improving existing products or processes.”0F1 Applicants interested in receiving financial assistance for basic research (defined by the Office of Management and Budget as “experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts”)1 should contact the DOE’s Office of Science (http://science.energy.gov/). Office of Science national scientific user facilities (http://science.energy.gov/user-facilities/) are open to all researchers, including ARPA-E Applicants and awardees. These facilities provide advanced tools of modern science including accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light sources and neutron sources, as well as facilities for studying the nanoworld, the environment, and the atmosphere. Projects focused on early-stage R&amp;D for the improvement of technology along defined roadmaps may be more appropriate for support through the DOE applied energy offices including: the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (http://www.eere.energy.gov/), the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (https://www.energy.gov/fecm/office-fossil-energy-and-carbon-management), the Office of Nuclear Energy (http://www.energy.gov/ne/office-nuclear-energy), and the Office of Electricity (https://www.energy.gov/oe/office-electricity).</p> <p>ARPA-E encourages submissions stemming from ideas that still require proof-of-concept R&amp;D efforts as well as those for which some proof-of-concept demonstration already exists. Submissions can propose a project with the end deliverable being an extremely creative, but partial solution.</p> <p>PROGRAM OVERVIEW</p> <p>The Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready program provides a vital mechanism for the support of innovative energy R&amp;D that complements ARPA-E’s primary focus on early-stage transformational energy technologies that require proof of concept.</p> <p>Technologies that achieve substantial technical advancement under ARPA-E support may still face significant technical and commercial challenges upon completion of an award's funding period, and thus are at risk of being stranded in their development path once ARPA-E funding ends. Experience across ARPA-E’s diverse energy portfolios, and input from a wide range of investors and industry stakeholders, indicate that pre-commercial scaling projects are critical to establish practical performance and cost parameters. These pre-commercial scaling projects aim to 1) translate the performance achieved at bench scale to commercially scalable versions of the technology, 2) integrate the technology with broader systems, 3) provide extended performance data, and 4) validate the manufacturability and reliability of new energy technologies. Successful scaling projects should enable industry stakeholders to justify the substantial commitments of financial resources, personnel, manufacturing facilities, and materials necessary to subsequently deploy the technologies at a commercial scale.</p> <p>SCALEUP Ready seeks to scale the most promising technologies previously funded by ARPA-E. The possibility of ARPA-E-funded technologies becoming stranded along their development pathways leaves substantial intellectual property developed with American taxpayer dollars vulnerable to adoption by foreign competitors, who capture it for continued development and economic benefit overseas. This harms national competitiveness, as U.S. industries often fall behind on the development, scaling, and manufacturing of technologies necessary to compete in rapidly evolving global energy markets. Thus, projects selected for SCALEUP Ready will meet ARPA-E’s statutory goals by “accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty."</p>

Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

The purpose of this modification is to clarify the meaning of the Program Policy Factors in Section V.C. To obtain a copy of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) please go to the ARPA-E website at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov. To apply to this NOFO, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through ARPA-E eXCHANGE (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.aspx). For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the ARPA-E eXCHANGE User Guide (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx). ARPA-E will not review or consider concept papers submitted through other means. For problems with ARPA-E eXCHANGE, email ExchangeHelp@hq.doe.gov (with NOFO name and number in the subject line). Questions about this NOFO? Check the Frequently Asked Questions available at http://arpa-e.energy.gov/faq. For questions that have not already been answered, email ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.gov. AGENCY OVERVIEW The Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E), an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), is chartered by Congress in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-69), as amended by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-358), as further amended by the Energy Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-260): (A) to enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the development of energy technologies that (i) reduce imports of energy from foreign sources; (ii) reduce energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases; (iii) improve the energy efficiency of all economic sectors; (iv) provide transformative solutions to improve the management, clean-up, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; and (v) improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy; and (B) to ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. ARPA-E issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under its authorizing statute codified at 42 U.S.C. 16538. The NOFO and any cooperative agreements or grants made under this NOFO are subject to 2 C.F.R. Part 200 as supplemented by 2 C.F.R. Part 910. ARPA-E funds research on, and the development of, transformative science and technology solutions to address the energy and environmental missions of the Department. The agency focuses on technologies that can be meaningfully advanced with a modest investment over a defined period of time in order to catalyze the translation from scientific discovery to early-stage technology. For the latest news and information about ARPA-E, its programs and the research projects currently supported, see: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/. ARPA-E funds transformational research. Existing energy technologies generally progress on established learning curves where refinements to a technology and the economies of scale that accrue as manufacturing and distribution develop drive improvements to the cost/performance metric in a gradual fashion. This continual improvement of a technology is important to its increased commercial deployment and is appropriately the focus of the private sector or the applied technology offices within DOE. In contrast, ARPA-E supports transformative research that has the potential to create fundamentally new learning curves. ARPA-E technology projects typically start with cost/performance estimates well above the level of an incumbent technology. Given the high risk inherent in these projects, many will fail to progress, but some may succeed in generating a new learning curve with a projected cost/performance metric that is significantly better than that of the incumbent technology. ARPA-E will provide support at the highest funding level only for submissions with significant technology risk, aggressive timetables, and careful management and mitigation of the associated risks. ARPA-E funds technology with the potential to be disruptive in the marketplace. The mere creation of a new learning curve does not ensure market penetration. Rather, the ultimate value of a technology is determined by the marketplace, and impactful technologies ultimately become disruptive that is, they are widely adopted and displace existing technologies from the marketplace or create entirely new markets. ARPA-E understands that definitive proof of market disruption takes time, particularly for energy technologies. Therefore, ARPA-E funds the development of technologies that, if technically successful, have clear disruptive potential, e.g., by demonstrating capability for manufacturing at competitive cost and deployment at scale. ARPA-E funds applied research and development (R&amp;D). The Office of Management and Budget defines applied research as an original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective and defines experimental development as creative and systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience, which is directed at producing new products or processes or improving existing products or processes. 0F1 Applicants interested in receiving financial assistance for basic research (defined by the Office of Management and Budget as experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts )1 should contact the DOE s Office of Science (http://science.energy.gov/). Office of Science national scientific user facilities (http://science.energy.gov/user-facilities/) are open to all researchers, including ARPA-E Applicants and awardees. These facilities provide advanced tools of modern science including accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light sources and neutron sources, as well as facilities for studying the nanoworld, the environment, and the atmosphere. Projects focused on early-stage R&amp;D for the improvement of technology along defined roadmaps may be more appropriate for support through the DOE applied energy offices including: the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (http://www.eere.energy.gov/), the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (https://www.energy.gov/fecm/office-fossil-energy-and-carbon-management), the Office of Nuclear Energy (http://www.energy.gov/ne/office-nuclear-energy), and the Office of Electricity (https://www.energy.gov/oe/office-electricity). ARPA-E encourages submissions stemming from ideas that still require proof-of-concept R&amp;D efforts as well as those for which some proof-of-concept demonstration already exists. Submissions can propose a project with the end deliverable being an extremely creative, but partial solution. PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready program provides a vital mechanism for the support of innovative energy R&amp;D that complements ARPA-E s primary focus on early-stage transformational energy technologies that require proof of concept. Technologies that achieve substantial technical advancement under ARPA-E support may still face significant technical and commercial challenges upon completion of an award's funding period, and thus are at risk of being stranded in their development path once ARPA-E funding ends. Experience across ARPA-E s diverse energy portfolios, and input from a wide range of investors and industry stakeholders, indicate that pre-commercial scaling projects are critical to establish practical performance and cost parameters. These pre-commercial scaling projects aim to 1) translate the performance achieved at bench scale to commercially scalable versions of the technology, 2) integrate the technology with broader systems, 3) provide extended performance data, and 4) validate the manufacturability and reliability of new energy technologies. Successful scaling projects should enable industry stakeholders to justify the substantial commitments of financial resources, personnel, manufacturing facilities, and materials necessary to subsequently deploy the technologies at a commercial scale. SCALEUP Ready seeks to scale the most promising technologies previously funded by ARPA-E. The possibility of ARPA-E-funded technologies becoming stranded along their development pathways leaves substantial intellectual property developed with American taxpayer dollars vulnerable to adoption by foreign competitors, who capture it for continued development and economic benefit overseas. This harms national competitiveness, as U.S. industries often fall behind on the development, scaling, and manufacturing of technologies necessary to compete in rapidly evolving global energy markets. Thus, projects selected for SCALEUP Ready will meet ARPA-E s statutory goals by accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty."

Sierra Club Foundation

Funds environmental protection, clean energy advocacy, and outdoor access initiatives.

European Commission - LIFE2027

Strengthening national frameworks for renewable and efficient heating and cooling in existing buildings. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - LIFE2027

Supporting digitalisation of Distribution System Operators for a smart energy transition (Smart Grid Academy). Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - LIFE2027

Supporting the clean energy transition of European industry and businesses. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

European Commission - LIFE2027

Supporting the delivery of actionable, integrated, and comprehensive local heating and cooling plans. Call: LIFE Clean Energy Transition. Programme: LIFE2027. Open call from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

U.S. National Science Foundation

TheThermal Transport Processesprogram is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which alsoincludes1) theCombustion and Fire Systemsprogram; 2) theFluid Dynamicsprogram; and 3) theParticulate and Multiphase Processesprogram. TheThermal Transport Processesprogram supports engineering research projects that lay the foundation for newadvances in thermal transport phenomena. These projects should either develop new fundamental knowledge or combine existing knowledge in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat and mass transfer to probe new areas of innovation in thermal transport processes. The program seeks transformative projects with the potential for improvingbasic understanding, predictability and application of thermal transport processes. Projects should articulate the contribution(s) to the fundamental knowledge supporting thermal transport processes and state clearly the potential application(s) impact when appropriate.Projects that combine analytical, experimental and numerical efforts, geared toward understanding, modeling and predicting thermal phenomena, are of great interest.Collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals for which the main contribution is in thermal transport fundamentals are also encouraged. Emphasis is placed on research that demonstrates how thermal transport phenomena affect the existence, behavior and dynamics of components and systems.Priority is given to insightful investigations of fundamental problems with clearly defined economic, environmental and societal impacts. Some specific areas of interest include: <ul type="disc"> <li>Convection/diffusion/radiation: Heat and mass transport incomplex structures and surfaces;thermal-related turbulence; development of form-functionrelationships in thermal processes; thermal design methodology; phonon transport and interactions between energy carriers; radiationamplification, controlling, and extinction; interfacial gas-solid andliquid-solid thermal and species-driven phenomena.</li> <li>Thermodynamics: Thermal-electric energy conversion; battery-related thermal issues; power generation and propulsion; phase-change and supercritical energy cycles;non-equilibriumthermal processes.</li> <li>Biologicalheatand mass transport: Biomimicry;intra- andextra-cellular heat and mass transport; freeze resistancemechanisms;thermotherapy and thermoregulation; organ conservation(freezing and thawing); mass transport in biomedical and health systems.</li> <li>Nanothermics,microthermics,and mesothermics: Scaling upnanoscale heat transport processes or coupledheat-mass transport processes; utilization ofnew multi-functional, meta- and graded-materials in thermal transport;nano-texturingand phase-change; multi-scale thermal transport in aprocess.</li> <li>Thermal solutions to climate change: Decarbonizing industrial processes; novel heating and cooling technologies with minimal greenhouse gas emissions; thermal-driven clean energy concepts; thermal and thermochemical energy storage; waste heat recovery and transmission; thermal science and technology to enable electrification of energy services.</li> <li>Thermal science and quantum technology interface: Quantum sensors for thermal measurements;quantum computing for thermal sciences;thermodynamics and novel cryogenic cooling concepts for quantum devices;thermal transport in quantum materials and quantum phenomena; thermal solutions for next-generation qubits, qubit coupling, and quantum information storage.</li> <li>New metrology and artificial intelligence (AI)/machinelearning methodologies in thermal sciences: Advanced thermal imagingand measurement techniques for high-resolutionin situthermal imaging and non-invasive temperature measurement; novel AI/machine learning methodologies and other data-intensive approaches that can be coupled with physics-based models and/or experiments to enable new understanding and discoveries in thermal transport processes.</li> </ul> NOTE: Proposalsincluding chemical kinetics should be submitted to the ENG/CBETCombustion and FireSystemsprogram. Proposals dealing mainly with materials synthesis, processing and characterization should be directed to the ENG/CMMIAdvanced Manufacturingprogram or the Division of Materials Research (DMR) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). Proposals at the interface of computational/mathematical sciences and thermal transport are encouraged but should be submitted to theComputational and Data-Enabled Science &amp; Engineering(CDS&amp;E) program. Proposals seeking the utilization of the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory should follow the instructions in the NSF/CASIS solicitations (e.g., NSF 22-539). Proposals related to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) general area of thermal transport properties of novel materials and heterostructures should be submitted as regular proposals to theThermal Transport Processesprogram. Those proposals may be jointly reviewed by NSF and AFOSR using the NSF merit review process. Actual funding format and agency split for an award (depending on availability of funds) will be determined after the proposal selection process. Proposals related to the Department of Energy (DOE) general area of thermal and thermochemical energy storage materials and processes should be submitted as regular proposals to theThermal Transport Processesprogram. In these cases, the PI should contact the program director to confirm suitability of the topic prior to submitting the proposal. Innovative proposals outside of these specific interest areas may be considered.However, prior to submission, it is recommended that the PI contact the program director to avoid the possibility of the proposal being returned without review. Innovative<a id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1"></a>proposals outside of these specific interest areas may be considered.However, prior to submission, it is recommended that the Principal Investigator contact the program director to avoid the possibility of the proposal being returned without review. INFORMATION COMMON TO MOST CBET PROGRAMS Proposals should address the novelty and/or<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/about/transformative_research/faq.jsp">potentially transformative nature</a>of the proposed work compared to previous work in the field.Also, it is important to address why the proposed work is important in terms of engineering science, as well as to also project the potential impact on society and/or industry of success in the research.The novelty or potentially transformative nature of the research should be included, as a minimum, in the Project Summary of each proposal. The duration of unsolicited proposal awards in CBET is generally up to three years. Single-investigator award budgets typically include support for one graduate student (or equivalent) and up to one month of PI time per year(awards for multiple investigator projects are typically larger). Proposal budgets that are much larger than typical should be discussed with the program director prior to submission. Proposers can view budget amounts and other information from recent awards made by this program via the "What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)" link towards the bottom of this page. Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER)program proposals are strongly encouraged.Award duration is five years.The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year. Learn more in the<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214">CAREER program description</a>. Proposals for Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements: PIs are strongly encouraged to discuss their requests with the program director before submission of the proposal. Grants forRapid Response Research(RAPID)andEArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research(EAGER)are also considered when appropriate.Please note that proposals of these types must be discussed with the program director before submission.Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)proposals that integrate fundamental research with translational results and are consistent with the application areas of interest to each program are also encouraged. Please note that RAPID, EAGER, and GOALI proposals can be submitted anytime during the year. Details about RAPID, EAGER, and GOALI are available in the Proposal &amp; Award Policies &amp; Procedures Guide (PAPPG), Part 1, Chapter II, Section E: Types of Proposals. Compliance: Proposals that are not compliant with the<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg">Proposal &amp; Award Policies &amp; Procedures Guide (PAPPG)</a>will be returned without review.