OpportunityTitle: Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001224 - Hydrogen &amp; Fuel Cell Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstrations
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: For Subtopic 2c, America?s Climate Communities of Excellence, the following restricted eligibility determination applies:  The Fuel Cell Technologies Office will restrict eligibility for Subtopic 2c, America?s Climate Communities of Excellence, to U.S. local and tribal governments, or consortia thereof. For the purposes of this FOA, local governments may include a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority (including any public and Indian housing agency), school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments, any other regional or interstate government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government.  To be considered as a tribal government for purposes of this FOA, the entity must be any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States   to Indians because of their status as Indians.
Description: The purposes of this amendment are to: 1. Revise Section VIII.B., Informational Webinar to indicate a time of 11:00am-12:00pm ET on 3/10/2015; and 2. Revise Table E2: Catalyst Support Cycle &amp; Metrics under Appendix E. The Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) is a key component of the Department of Energy?s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) portfolio. The FCTO aims to provide clean, safe, secure, affordable, and reliable energy from diverse domestic resources, providing the benefits of increased energy security and reduced criteria pollutants and green-house gas emissions by adopting a technology?neutral approach toward applied research, develoment, and demonstration to address both key technical challenges for fuel cells and hydrogen fuels (i.e. hydrogen production, delivery and storage) and institutional barriers such as hydrogen codes and standards. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) covers a broad spectrum of the FCTO portfolio with areas of interest ranging from research and development (R&amp;D) to demonstration and deployment projects. In particular, the R&amp;D areas of interest for this FOA include hydrogen production via microbial biomass conversion; low pla tinum group metals (PGM) catalyst development for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell applications; development of an integrated intelligent hydrogen dispenser; and fuel cell and hydrogen manufacturing R&amp;D focusing on hydrogen delivery pipeline manufacturing R&amp;D. This FOA also includes demonstration subtopics that will help to accelerate adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies with specific interest in mobile hydrogen refuelers, fuel cell powered range extenders for light-duty hybrid electric vehicles, and a Communities of Excellence subtopic featuring hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The eXCHANGE system enforces hard deadlines for Concept Paper and 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 (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk &amp;/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues. Applicants that experience issues with submissions that result in a late submission: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission that results in a late submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk &amp;/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues (including finalizing the submission on behalf of and with the Applicant?s concurrence). DOE will only accept late applications when the Applicant has a) encountered technical difficulties beyond their control; b) has contacted the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance, and c) has submitted the application through eXCHANGE within 24 hours of the FOA?s posted deadline. There will be an Informational Webinar held on March 10, 2015 from 11:00am - 12:00pm ET. Standard application questions regarding the EERE Office and FOA procedures will be discussed. Link to the Webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7618359203471744513
GrantorContactEmailDescription: FY15FCTOofficewideFOA@ee.doe.gov
GrantorContactText: Nicole L. Blackstone&lt;br/&gt;FY15FCTOofficewideFOA@ee.doe.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Submission Deadline for Concept Papers:  04/02/2015 at 5:00pm ET Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 06/04/2015 at 5:00pm ET