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Flexible and Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT)
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04-26-2024 | $18.0 M | Match Required |
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- Expected Number of Awards 9
- Opportunity Type Discretionary
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CFDA
81.122 -- Electricity Research, Development and Analysis
Description
Flexible and Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate innovative designs, prototypes, and field demonstration exercises of advanced distribution and/or power transformers (e.g., flexible, modular, scalable, hybrid, and solid-state transformers) that can be readily utilized across a range of distribution to transmission scale applications. Amendment 000001 - The purpose of this amendment is to change the submission deadline and expected date of award, clarify the minimum scope for field demonstration, update the Estimated Funding, Number of Awards, and Award Size table, and change the estimated project period of performance.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
Domestic Entities The proposed prime recipient and subrecipient(s) must be domestic entities. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient of this FOA: 1. Institutions of higher education; 2. For-profit entities; 3. Non-profit entities; and 4. State and local governmental entities, and Indian tribes nations. To qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States. DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. NETL is not eligible for award under this announcement and may not be proposed as a subrecipient on another entity’s application. An application that includes NETL as a prime recipient or subrecipient will be considered non-responsive. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Entities banned from doing business with the United States government, such as entities debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in Federal programs, are not eligible. Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995, are not eligible to apply for funding. ii. Foreign Entities In limited circumstances, DOE may approve a waiver to allow a foreign entity to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient. A foreign entity may submit a Full Application to this FOA, but the Full Application must be accompanied by an explicit written waiver request. Likewise, if the applicant seeks to include a foreign entity as a subrecipient, the applicant must submit a separate explicit written waiver request in the Full Application for each proposed foreign subrecipient.
Key Date(s)
- February 13, 2024: Posted Date
- March 25, 2024: Last Updated Date
- April 26, 2024: Current Closing Date for Applications
- April 26, 2024: Application Due Date
- May 26, 2024: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
Thomas C. Miante 412-386-9434
Thomas.Miante@netl.doe.gov