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 Webinar .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 (11.1MB) and in PDF here (3.8MB).