OpportunityTitle: DE-FOA-0001960 - Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute: Cybersecurity in Energy Efficient Manufacturing
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: See Section III of the FOA for Eligibility Information.
Description: Modification No. 0002: The purposes of this modification are to: 1. Add the following text to Section VI.B.xv., &#8220;It must also address how the recipient will ensure compliance with the restrictions on participation in foreign government talent recruitment programs. See Section VI.B. xxiii&#8221; (page 75); 2. Add xxiii. &#8220;Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs&#8221; and corresponding text to Section VI.B. (pages 79-81); and 3) Add the following text to Appendix C &#8211; Key Elements of a Conflict of Interest (COI) Plan 11, &#8220;These disclosures should also include any participation in foreign government talent recruitment program of a foreign country of risk&#8221; (page 96). Modification No. 0001: The purposes of this modification are to: 1) Add the following text and corresponding footnote link to Section I.A.v., &#8220;DOE intends to only fund work that is complementary to and not duplicative of existing DOE and other Manufacturing Innovation Institutes&#8221; (page 8); and 2) Change the Statement of Project Objectives page limit from 50 to 40 in Section IV.D.i. (page 35). The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), invests in cutting-edge research, development, and demonstration activities focused on sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency. Through EERE&#8217;s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) public-private R&amp;D consortia, manufacturers, small businesses, universities, national laboratories, and state and local governments are brought together to pursue coordinated early-stage R&amp;D in high-priority areas essential to energy in manufacturing. Federal funding is the catalyst to bring stakeholders into shared spaces and to address process and technological challenges that present a significant degree of scientific or technical uncertainty. Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), EERE in partnership with the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER), seeks to establish a Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute dedicated to advancing cybersecurity in energy efficient manufacturing (referred hereafter as the Institute). The Institute will pursue targeted research and development (R&amp;D) that will focus on understanding the evolving cybersecurity threats to greater energy efficiency in manufacturing industries, developing new cybersecurity technologies and methods, and sharing information and knowledge to the broader community of U.S. manufacturers. The Institute will leverage expertise from industry, academia, state and local governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), non-profits and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). The full Funding Opportunity Announcement is posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE Exchange website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE Exchange website. The Users&apos; guide for applying to Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy&#8217;s Funding Opportunity Announcements through the Exchange website can be found at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website, https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: cemii@ee.doe.gov
GrantorContactText: Chad Alden Schell &lt;br/&gt;cemii@ee.doe.gov
CloseDateExplanation: A mandatory Concept Paper is due May 15, 2019 at EERE Exchange, https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.