Solicitation Announcement

Department of Energy SBIR/STTR Release 2

The Department of Energy (DOE) topics have been released for its 2016 SBIR/STTR Release 2 solicitation. There are a total of 32 topics and 156 subtopics which are described in the PDF HERE.

The following DOE offices are participating in this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA):

  • Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation* Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Management
  • Fossil Energy
  • Fusion Energy Sciences
  • High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy

Schedule:
NOTE: IPart Pre-Proposal Electronic Submission Deadline is Tues, Jan 12, 2016

Event Dates Topics Released:     Mon, Nov 02, 2015

Funding Opportunity Announcement Issued:      Mon, Nov 30, 2015

Letter of Intent Due Date:      Mon, Dec 21, 2015

Application Due Date:      Tue, Feb 09, 2016

Award Notification Date:      Early May 2016*

Start of Grant Budget Period:      Mon, Jun 13, 2016*
*Subject to change

HELPFUL INFORMATION – The DOE strongly encourages everyone to start by watching the Overview WebinarExternal link .The overview is about 1 hour and provides an in-depth understanding of the purpose of the programs, the technology areas covered, and the grant application process.  To just view the presentation slides, click here.pptx file (11.1MB) and in PDF here.pdf file (3.8MB).