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Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
DE-FOA-0000857
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Feb 20, 2013
Creation Date:
Mar 22, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 25, 2013
Submission Deadline for Concept Papers (Optional): March 18, 2013, 12:00 PM ET.
Submission Deadline for Full Applications: March 25, 2013, 12:00 PM ET.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 01, 2013
Submission Deadline for Concept Papers (Optional): March 18, 2013, 12:00 PM ET.
Submission Deadline for Full Applications: April 1, 2013, 12:00 PM ET.
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Energy
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$0
Award Ceiling:
$0
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
81.087
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Renewable Energy Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
Golden Field Office
Description
I. The purpose of Amendment 001 is to:
1. Revise the Eligible Applicants section in the Executive Summary;
2. Revise the first paragraph of Section III.A.1, Eligibility Information;
3. Extend the Submission Deadline for Full Applications to April 1, 2013 at 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST); and
4. Extend the Deadline for Questions to March 27, 2013 at 12:00pm EST.
II. All other parts of the Funding Opportunity Announcement remain unchanged.
III. All edits are highlighted in green to clearly call attention to the revisions that have been made.
The Diversity in Science and Technology Advances National Clean Energy in Solar program (DISTANCE-Solar) contributes to a successful U.S. solar industry with SunShot (and beyond SunShot) science and technology research advances paired with the development of a diverse and innovative workforce. The long term desired outcomes of this program are to increase innovation in solar, with a greater diversity of innovative ideas being driven by greater representation from members of currently underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), spur new job creation in the U.S., and integrate more solar into the U.S. energy supply. The near term goal of the program regarding workforce and underrepresented groups is to create a more diverse professional solar workforce, through students? direct research participation and the exposure of more students to solar-related content in courses. The near term goal of the program regarding solar technology research is t
o contribute scientifically to technologies that can help achieve (or exceed) the SunShot Program objective to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity by the end of the decade. At the intersection of the goals for diverse workforce and solar technology is the near term goal to build Minority Serving Institution (MSI) solar research capabilities. Individual or teams of primary investigators from MSIs can apply to this FOA with proposals that include 3 year projects describing an Education and Workforce Development Plan paired with a Solar Research Technical Plan. EERE anticipates providing, under DISTANCE-Solar, $1,500,000 -$3,000,000 total DOE funding over three years subject to the availability of annual appropriations. The total number of projects expected to be awarded under this FOA will be 2-4 projects. Cost share is encouraged, but not required for this program.
Eligibility for award is restricted to accredited, domestic colleges and universities defined as Minority Servicing Institutions (Section ? 365(3) the Higher Education Act (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1067(k)(3)). The list of accredited colleges and universities defined as Minority Serving Institutions can be found at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst-list-tab.html
The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. Applicants must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website http://eere.energy.gov/financing/exchangeExchange/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system.
Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website.
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Questions related to the FOA must be submitted to: DistanceSolar@go.doe.gov Questions related to the use of the EERE Exchange website should be submitted to EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov
DistanceSolar@go.doe.gov
Synopsis Modification History
The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis
with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is
arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the
current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown
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