Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001812
This notice is an advance heads-up from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that it plans to release a formal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focused on research and development for medium- and heavy-duty, on-road natural gas engines. The work is being issued through DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), specifically on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office, and is expected to be offered as cooperative agreements. The core idea behind the upcoming FOA is to tackle the practical and technical hurdles that have slowed wider adoption of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in the medium- and heavy-duty trucking space by supporting early-stage R&D on engine-related technologies.
The main technical objective is to move natural gas engine technology closer to diesel-like efficiency without losing sight of emissions compliance. In other words, DOE is looking for approaches that can make natural gas engines cost-effective while also meeting current emissions requirements and staying viable under future standards that may become more stringent. The notice makes it clear that the program is not intended to fund a full, end-to-end engine development effort. Instead, it emphasizes engine subsystem research that has a believable, technically defensible pathway toward improving overall engine efficiency. That means proposed projects should not be isolated science experiments; they should connect to realistic engine performance gains and ultimately support stronger competitiveness of natural gas engines in real-world fleet use.
Emissions control is called out as an especially important area. DOE is interested in technologies that address both traditional criteria pollutants (such as NOx and particulate-related concerns) and greenhouse gases, reflecting the expectation that future emissions rules could play a major role in whether NGVs gain or lose market traction. The notice also lists examples of eligible technology areas, signaling a broad technical scope. Potential focus areas include new or improved combustion strategies, efficiency-enhancing engine subsystems, advanced aftertreatment and emission control systems, natural gas fuel system improvements, and control strategies that optimize performance and emissions across operating conditions. The list is explicitly not exhaustive, leaving room for other concepts that fit the goal of raising efficiency and meeting emissions needs.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the energy area, with an anticipated award ceiling of about $4,000,000 and an expectation of roughly three awards. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of organizations may apply (subject to any conditions that would appear in the final FOA). The notice references DOE and the National Energy Technology Laboratory in the source data, but the planned FOA is tied to EERE and the Vehicle Technologies Office, which is where applicants should look for the official solicitation details once released.
The most important practical point is that this document is only a Notice of Intent and not the FOA itself. No applications will be accepted in response to the notice, and it also instructs readers not to submit questions or otherwise respond to the Notice of Intent. DOE anticipated that the actual FOA would be posted on the EERE Exchange website around October 2017, and it notes that once the FOA is released, submissions will be accepted only through EERE Exchange. Organizations that want updates are encouraged to register on EERE Exchange so they receive official notifications and can access the final requirements, deadlines, and application instructions when the FOA becomes available.Apply for DE FOA 0001812
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement entitled Medium/Heavy-Duty, On-Road Natural Gas Engine Research and Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.086.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 12, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 31, 2017 This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001639. Applications will not be accepted for the Notice of Intent.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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