[CCoE Notice] Funding Opportunity: DOE Announces $120 Million to Address Manufacturing Energy Efficiency-Applications Due August 25

[Fritz Claydon]

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*Funding Opportunity: DOE Announces $120 Million to Address Manufacturing
Energy Efficiency—Applications Due August 25.*****

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*Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – July 5, 2011 *

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As previously reported by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, the Administration has
launched a new Advanced Manufacturing Partnership initiative which seeks to
promote economic growth and development through a robust U.S. manufacturing
sector.  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced its
financial contribution to the initiative: $120 million over the next three
years for research and development of innovative manufacturing processes and
materials.  Backed by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE), the solicitation seeks to reduce high levels of industrial energy
consumption by supporting transformational manufacturing and materials
technologies with a goal of doubling U.S. industrial energy productivity.  *
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Details of the funding opportunity follow.****

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*Restrictions*: This solicitation will fund projects at Technology Readiness
Levels (TRL) 2-6 and does not support basic research. ****

**·         **TRL 2: Applied Research****

**·         **TRL 3: Critical Function or Proof of Concept Established****

**·         **TRL 4: Laboratory Testing/Validation of
Component(s)/Process(es)****

**·         **TRL 5: Laboratory Testing of Integrated/Semi-Integrated System
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**·         **TRL 6: Prototype System Verified****

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*Topic Areas*: This solicitation does not address a specific manufacturing
process, technology or sector but seeks projects in two topic areas:
Innovative Manufacturing Processes and Innovative Materials.****

**·         ***Innovative Manufacturing Processes.*  This topic area seeks
projects for new manufacturing processes and materials in areas such as:
reactions and separations; high-temperature processing; waste heat
minimization and recovery; and sustainable manufacturing.  ****

**·         ***Innovative Materials*. This topic area seeks projects that
can reduce energy consumption through new, innovative materials including
areas such as: thermal and degradation resistant materials;
highly-functional, high-performance materials; and lower cost materials for
energy systems.  ****

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*Total Awards and Funding*:  DOE EERE anticipates providing approximately *$120
million* for the activities supported by this solicitation.  Funding is
expected to begin in fiscal year (FY) 2012 with additional allocations made
in FY 2013 and FY 2014.  Funding is subject to appropriations and will
support* 35-50 awards*.  There is no predetermined goal for number of awards
by topic or TRL.  TRL 2-3 projects will receive a maximum of $1 million from
DOE.  TRL 4-6 projects will receive a maximum of $9 million from DOE.  ****

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*Application Deadlines*:   Letters of Intent are required, and are due
August 1.  Full Applications are due August 25.  ****

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*For Applicants*:  Applicants may submit more than one application under one
or more topics.  Additionally, applications should indicate how the
technology will eventually transition into commercial markets as well as
identify the technical barriers and critical R&D paths for developing a
commercial application or product.   Applicants are encouraged to form teams
or collaborations.  Eligible applicants include institutions of higher
education; National Laboratories; nonprofit and for-profit private entities;
State and local governments; and consortia of entities.****

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Additional information about this FOA, including the full solicitation, can
be found at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.  ****

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Fritz Claydon Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Administration and Research
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
713.743.4204
fclaydon at uh.edu


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