Funding Opportunities Links                                    

DOE's Office of Industrial Technologies Solicitations - Check here often for Active Solicitations, Future Solicitations, and Closed Solicitations.

DOE's Office of Industrial Technologies Solicitations - Check here for OIT news and information


Other Funding Links and Information

Grant Announcement Sources

DOE Seattle Regional Office Open Solicitations

National Archives and Records Administration
Office of the Federal Register

National Science Foundation

Alternative Fuels Data Center
Alternative fuel development grants and funding initiatives from DOE, California Energy Commission and others. Includes fleet credits and incentives.

Million Solar Roofs Program
DOE's Million Solar Roofs Program will award $630,000 in grants and incentives to 17 State and Community Partnerships, as well as provide additional assistance and financing for commercial incentives.

NICE3
NICE3 preproposals for the 2001 solicitation will be accepted beginning January 1, 2001. NICE3 offers $500,000 grants from The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT), providing funding for project advancement in energy efficiency and clean production technologies.

NIST's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Website
Throughout the year, ATP welcomes high-risk, high payoff potential proposals from all technology areas. For example, projects covering cutting-edge developments in the areas of tools for DNA diagnostics, photonics manufacturing, and component-based software have all been supported by ATP. A complete listing of the general categories of projects ATP has historically funded is given here.

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
OCAST offers services including:
Seed funds for human health research, matching funds for research with commercial potential, assistance with the cost of preparing SBIR Phase I proposals, grants to bridge the funding gap between Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards, modernization assistance for small and medium-sized Oklahoma manufacturers, instruction in preparing applications for OCAST peer reviewed funding competitions, written expert commentary on all proposals submitted to OCAST funding competitions, development of state proposals and management of grants to the state of federal funds, supporting manufacturing extension, technology transfer, and commercialization., information on federal research and technology transfer opportunities for small businesses, assistance for small Oklahoma firms with accessing and using federal and state technology resources

U.S. Department of Energy (Energy.gov)
The Department of Energy's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable, to be a responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons, to clean up our own facilities and to support continued United States leadership in science and technology.

Grant Support and Information Entities

COS Funding Opportunities
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 22,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.

Community of Science - Research funding, expertise, abstract publishing for academia and industry
Community of Science, Inc. (COS) is the leading Internet site for the global R&D community. COS brings together the world's most prominent scientists and researchers at more than 1,300 universities, corporations and government agencies worldwide. COS provides tools and services that enable these professionals to communicate, exchange information and find the people and technologies that are important to their work.

DOE Golden Field Office
Golden is the primary field organization for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE). In conjunction with EE's six Regional Offices, Golden works directly with industry, academia and the states in cost-shared partnerships to further the development and commercialization of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.  This information aims to assist companies and the public, including small and small disadvantaged businesses, educational institutions, governmental entities and individuals, in conducting business with the Golden Field Office.  The information identifies contracting and grant opportunities available through Golden and EE's Regional Offices.

The Federal Commons Weekly
This portal, the Federal Commons, will become a common face of the government, offering all grantees (state and local governments, universities, small businesses, etc.) full service grants processing across all functions in the grant life cycle. The Federal Commons will provide both public information, such as grant programs and funding opportunities, as well as the secure processing of e-grant transactions.

National SBIR/STTR Conference Center Consolidated SBIR/STTR Resources
Welcome to the National SBIR Conference Center Web Site. This is where you will find the most recent news concerning SBIR Conferences and important hot links to information about the National SBIR Program. Please bookmark this page for future reference.

SSTI Weekly
SSTI is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving government-industry programs that encourage economic growth through the application of science and technology. The Institute also works to advance cooperation between the states and the federal cooperative technology programs for more effective economic development.

General Information on Grant Procedures

DOE's Office of Science - Grants & Contracts Web Site
Who is eligible to apply for grant funding?
Colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, for-profit commercial organizations, state and local governments, and unaffiliated individuals may submit grant applications in response to the following grant solicitation notices.

General Topical Information on Federal Grants
GovExec.com is government's business news daily and the premier Web site for federal managers and executives. Government Executive in its print incarnation is a monthly business magazine serving senior executives and managers in the federal government's departments and agencies. Our subscribers are high-ranking civilian and military officials who are responsible for defending the nation and carrying out the many laws that define the government's role in our economy and society.

NSF Grant Proposal Guide
This document is not current and has been archived.  It may still have valuable information.  This link goes to the PDF file version.

Texas State Grants General Information
The State Grants Team's mission is to alert entities throughout Texas about funding opportunities. The State Grants Team has compiled a number of resources about public and private funding opportunities.

DOE's Seattle regional Office Grant Writing Procedures
Funding and grant links and information from the SRO.

TCGI The Grantsmanship Center
TGCI was founded in 1972 to offer
grantsmanship training and low-cost publications to nonprofit organizations and government agencies.   At first a local project in Los Angeles, TGCI expanded rapidly as word of its alumni's success spread across the United States.  Soon organizations in other cities asked to host TGCI training programs in their own communities.  By 1980, TGCI was national in scope, conducting more than 100 workshops every year.

Renewable Energy Grant Entities

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Dept of Energy's assistance program with a mandate to promote the adoption of cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency.

NREL's Purchasing and Subcontract Opportunities
Central to this mission is our commitment to small businesses — a commitment that's at the heart of everything we do. From collaborative research to technology transfer and purchasing, we seek partnership opportunities with small companies to help commercialize renewable energy technologies and to supply us with essential products and services.

NSF's E-Bulletin Program Dates & Deadlines
The E-Bulletin announces key dates on which grant proposals are due at NSF for the current 4 months. These dates are subject to change; dates changed since original announcement appear in red. In most cases, the time between announcement and deadline is at least three months. Key dates for other periods of time (for example, for an entire calendar or fiscal year) can be viewed from the NSF Online Documents - Deadlines page.

OIT Invention Assistance
Dept of Energy's assistance program with a mandate to promote the adoption of cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Information on Grant Financing

DOE's Solicitations for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications
Initiative on Cooperative Programs with States for Research, Development and Demonstration

EPA Finance Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administers the Environmental Finance Program which includes the Financial Tools Guidebook, a working capital fund, and Environmental Financing Information Network (EFIN)

First Fidelity Global Group
This is an established international investment firm providing credit facilities to diverse industries on a global basis. Its ELN (Equalizer Loan Note) program is aimed at projects in alternative energy, green power, biomass, fuel cells, co-gen, waste recycling or other enviro-friendly technologies. The company is actively seeking proposals.

Guide to Funding and Incentives for Distributed Generation
This takes you to a sample (Rhode Island) of the comprehensive guidebook, published by BFI on available funding and incentives for distributed generation of renewable energy in the USA. The complete report can be purchased online. (pdf)

Power Project financing
This firm of consultants provides financial advice, equity and debt capital, financial structuring, and placement capabilities for governments and developers of power projects in countries around the world.

SBA Loan Programs for Energy-Related Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration fund guarantees loans made by financial institutions to assist small businesses engaged in energy technology and efficiency. Maximum loan guarantee is $750,000.

US Department of Energy Financing Solutions
Financing solutions from DOE offer programs, grants and seed money for new industrial products or processes that can help save energy, reduce emissions, and/or provide clean manufacturing.