OpportunityTitle: Industrial Assessment Centers Technical Field Manager
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: U.S. college or school of engineering that is an integral part of its institutional structure and that has at least one of its four year undergraduate programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission or the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or equivalent. The Technical Field Manager must be located in the engineering department that holds the programmatic ABET or equivalent accreditation. The U.S. college or school of engineering must be physically located in the U.S.  U.S. colleges or schools of engineering that currently have an Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) award from DOE are eligible to apply to this announcement and can also receive the Technical Field Manager award. In this circumstance, the application must clearly identify how the Applicant intends to separate the functions of the IAC and the Technical Field Manager so that each can effectively and independently perform their functions and avoid any conflicts of interest.
Description: Amendment 000001: Extended the Submission Deadline for Letter of Intent to 1/10/2017 5:00 PM ET. Extended the Submission Deadline for Full Applications to 2/14/2017 5:00 PM ET. Extended the Expected Submission Deadline for Replies to Reviewer Comments to 3/3/2017 5:00pm ET. Revised the Expected Date for EERE Selection Notifications to April 2017. Revised the Expected Timeframe for Award Negotiations to April 2017 &#8211; May 2017. The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program is a resource conservation and workforce development initiative of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) based in the engineering departments of colleges and universities nationwide. IACs conduct assessments and provide site-specific recommendations to small manufacturers on opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. The program also provides engineering students with invaluable hands-on experience in energy engineering and energy management. The IACs were formerly known as Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Centers and were created by the Department of Commerce in 1976 in response to the oil embargo and rising energy costs. Historically, the centers have focused on helping small and medium-sized manufacturing facilities cut back on unnecessary costs from inefficient energy use. The IACs were moved to the Department of Energy just after the DOE was formed in 1978 and later expanded the scope of the assessments to include evaluations of ineffective production procedures, excess waste production, and other production-related problems. Currently the IAC program is administered through the Advanced Manufacturing Office under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Additional information on the IAC program can be found at the following link: https://iac.university/ The IAC Technical Field Manager plays a critical role in the IAC program. The Technical Field Manager is the liaison between the AMO Program Manager and the individual Centers, provides technical assistance and outreach to individual centers, and is the principle mechanism for ensuring the 28 individual IACs and their associated satellite centers perform at the highest possible level and that their activities support the achievement of AMO goals. 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. The Exchange system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants. Applicants that experience issues with submissions PRIOR to the FOA Deadline: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the Applicant should contact the Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov).
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GrantorContactText: EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov &lt;br/&gt;EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: An optional Letter of Intent is due 1/10/2017 5:00pm ET