News Archives: December, 2021

Through this Prize, DOE aims to fund community-centric individuals, teams, or organizations for ongoing and/or proposed activities related to climate and clean energy that support, build trust, and strengthen relationships and partnerships with disadvantaged communities. Up to 10 organizations will share a total prize pool of up to $2.5M. Apply by Feb 25, 5 pm ET.

The DOE has issued an FOA for up to $100 million to support the deployment of novel technologies that can significantly change how communities, industries and businesses reduce emissions, promote energy efficiency, and drive grid modernization. The funding program, administered by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), supports President Biden’s Building a Better America agenda by lowering emissions, generating good-paying jobs and securing US leadership on clean energy technologies.

The DOE announced a plan to provide up to $110 million for basic research and technology development to design and engineer plants and microbes for the production of advanced biofuels, bioproducts, and biomaterials. The research will elucidate fundamental biological processes to enable genome-scale redesign and editing to develop more productive and resilient crops and novel microbial strains that can efficiently produce valuable chemicals and materials that will advance a sustainable and secure bioeconomy.

The DOE has announced a funding opportunity for up to $24 million for new grants under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR). The grants, to be awarded competitively on the basis of peer review, are aimed to help institutions in EPSCoR-eligible states to conduct research while building capabilities to enable these regions to compete more successfully for other federal R&D funding awards.

On behalf of the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation, I’d like to thank you for your support this year. In 2021, we saw a return to somewhat “normal” with many meetings going back to an in-person format. We also added new resources including Cyndy Buckhaults as our communications consultant to revamp our website, start our newsletter and update our social media, and Stephanie Cooke to provide administrative support.