OpportunityTitle: Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE)
Description: I. The purpose of this amendment is to make the Letter of Intent to Apply optional. Due to DOE&#146;s concerns about the dissemination of the new requirements imposed by Amendment 002, Letters of Intent will not be required for eligibility to apply to the BRIDGE FOA. Amendment 003 supersedes Amendment 002. However, DOE requests that applicants submit a Letter of Intent as soon as possible to assist the DOE in planning the merit review. The full application deadline for BRIDGE continues to be 05/21/2012, 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE) is a new program that intends to support the SunShot Initiative by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise being applied to PV and CSP technology challenges. The BRIDGE program will employ a two-part linking approach to effectively develop U.S. capability in PV and CSP device and system design. First, BRIDGE will support the development of new Collaborative Research Teams (CRTs) of researchers who share coherent scientific goals and diverse but complementary theoretical, computational and/or experimental approaches. In addition, BRIDGE will encourage CRTs to explore opportunities to leverage existing DOE assets and expertise housed within the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Scientific User Facilities, the DOE Biological and Environmental Sciences (BER)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research facilities (ASCR). The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 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 (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy&#146;s (EERE) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) 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. I. The purposes of this amendment are to clarify the types of projects that are deemed responsive to this FOA and to make the Letter of Intent to Apply a mandatory prerequisite to eligibility to submit a full application. To further those purposes, this Amendment make the following changes: Section I.C.9. &#150; The language &quot;All projects must have near-term translational character for solar technologies&quot; was added. Section I.D.1. &#150; The language &quot;with no translational character for solar technologies&quot; was removed. Section II.G.1 &#150; Application Process Overview - Letter of Intent to Apply: The Letter of Intent to Apply for this FOA is now mandatory. Section IV.B &#150; Letter of Intent to Apply: The Letter of Intent to Apply for this FOA is now mandatory. Section IV.E &#150; Submission Dates and Times: The Letter of Intent to Apply for this FOA is now mandatory. Section V.A.1 &#150; Initial Review Criteria: The Letter of Intent to Apply for this FOA is now mandatory. II. All other parts of the FOA remain unchanged. III. The areas which have changed are highlighted in green within the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE) is a new program that intends to support the SunShot Initiative by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise being applied to PV and CSP technology challenges. The BRIDGE program will employ a two-part linking approach to effectively develop U.S. capability in PV and CSP device and system design. First, BRIDGE will support the development of new Collaborative Research Teams (CRTs) of researchers who share coherent scientific goals and diverse but complementary theoretical, computational and/or experimental approaches. In addition, BRIDGE will encourage CRTs to explore opportunities to leverage existing DOE assets and expertise housed within the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Scientific User Facilities, the DOE Biological and Environmental Sciences (BER)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research facilities (ASCR).The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE Exchange website athttps://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 (DOE), EnergyEfficiency and Renewable Energy&#146;s (EERE) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) 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.I. The purposes of this amendment are to make the following changes:&#149; Section II.G.2 &#150; Application Process Overview: The Project Management Plan was added to the Statement of Project Objectives as a required application document.&#149; Section IV.C.4 &#150; Content and Form of Applications: This section has been updated to reflect the new Project Management Plan Requirement.&#149; Appendix C &#150; The heading of the first column of the table has been changed from &#147;National Laboratory&#148; to &#147;Eligible SC User Facility&#148;.&#149; Appendix C &#150; The row for the &#147;Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing&#148; facility has been added.&#149; Appendix F &#150; This appendix has been added and provides information about webinars that DOE will conduct to provide further information to potential applicants regarding this FOA and the application process.&#149; In EERE Exchange (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/), new instructions and examples for the Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO) and Project Management Plan (PMP) have been uploaded. A Project Management Plan is now required to be submitted as an addendum to the SOPO along with the other application documents.II. All other parts of the FOA remain unchanged.III. The areas which have changed are highlighted in yellow within the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE) is a new program that intends to support the SunShot Initiative by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise being applied to PV and CSP technology challenges. The BRIDGE program will employ a two-part linking approach to effectively develop U.S. capability in PV and CSP device and system design. First, BRIDGE will support the development of new Collaborative Research Teams (CRTs) of researchers who share coherent scientific goals and diverse but complementary theoretical, computational and/or experimental approaches. In addition, BRIDGE will encourage CRTs to explore opportunities to leverage existing DOE assets and expertise housed within the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Scientific User Facilities, the DOE Biological and Environmental Sciences (BER)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research facilities (ASCR).The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE Exchange website athttps://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 (DOE), EnergyEfficiency and Renewable Energy&#146;s (EERE) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) 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.Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE) is a new program that intends to support the SunShot Initiative by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise being applied to PV and CSP technology challenges. The BRIDGE program will employ a two-part linking approach to effectively develop U.S. capability in PV and CSP device and system design. First, BRIDGE will support the development of new Collaborative Research Teams (CRTs) of researchers who share coherent scientific goals and diverse but complementary theoretical, computational and/or experimental approaches. In addition, BRIDGE will encourage CRTs to explore opportunities to leverage existing DOE assets and expertise housed within the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Scientific User Facilities, the DOE Biological and Environmental Sciences (BER)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research facilities (ASCR).The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE Exchange website athttps://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 (DOE), EnergyEfficiency and Renewable Energy&#146;s (EERE) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) 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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: SunShotBRIDGEFOA@go.doe.gov
GrantorContactText: Bridge FOA Mailbox