OCED Funding Opportunities

Below are the current and open OCED requests for information (RFI), notices of intent (NOI), notices of funding opportunities (NOFO), and funding opportunities announcements (FOA), to issue a funding opportunity, which includes funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Visit OCED eXCHANGE for more details and to view past opportunities.

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Funding, Prize, and Competition Opportunities - Open

OCED PROGRAMANNOUNCEMENT TYPEANNOUNCEMENT DATERESPONSE DUEPRESS RELEASEAPPLY NOW
Direct Air Capture ProgramRFI10/29/202412/17/2024Press ReleaseOPEN
Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor ProgramSolicitation10/16/20241/17/2025Press ReleaseOPEN
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote AreasNOFO10/3/20242/27/2025Press ReleaseOPEN
Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Programs, Carbon Capture Demonstrations Projects Program NOI9/27/2024N/APress ReleaseN/A
Regional Direct Air Capture HubsNOI9/20/2024N/APress ReleaseN/A
Long-Duration Energy Storage Pilot ProgramNOFO9/5/202410/16/2024Press ReleaseOPEN
Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote AreasNOI8/22/2024N/APress ReleaseN/A
Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor ProgramNOI6/17/2024N/APress ReleaseN/A

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Funding, Prize, and Competition Opportunities - Closed

OCED PROGRAMANNOUNCEMENT TYPEANNOUNCEMENT DATERESPONSE DUEPRESS RELEASEAPPLY NOW
Distributed Energy Systems Demonstrations ProgramFOA9/26/20234/15/2024Press ReleaseCLOSED
MAKE IT - Strategies Track (Round 2)Prize7/20/20232/15/2024Press ReleaseCLOSED
MAKE IT - Facilities Track (Secondary Timeline)Prize7/20/20232/1/2024Press ReleaseCLOSED
Clean Hydrogen Demand-side InitiativeRFP9/14/202311/2/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote AreasFOA5/11/202310/26/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
MAKE IT - Strategies Track (Round 1)Prize7/20/202310/18/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
MAKE IT - Facilities Track (Primary Timeline)Prize7/20/202310/18/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Voucher Program Opportunity 1 - Pre-Demonstration Commercialization SupportVoucher8/29/20239/26/2023N/ACLOSED
Voucher Program Opportunity 2 - Performance Validation, Modeling, and Certification SupportVoucher8/30/20239/26/2023N/ACLOSED
Voucher Program Opportunity 3 – Clean Energy Demonstration Project Siting/Permitting SupportVoucher8/30/20239/26/2023N/ACLOSED
Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former Mine LandFOA4/4/20238/31/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Industrial Demonstrations ProgramFOA3/8/20238/11/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote AreasFOA3/1/20238/2/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Carbon Capture Large Scale Pilot ProgramsFOA2/23/20237/7/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Carbon Capture Demonstrations Projects ProgramFOA2/23/20235/23/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote AreasEnergizing Rural Communities Prize1/17/20234/24/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Regional Clean Hydrogen HubsFOA9/22/20224/7/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Regional Direct Air Capture HubsFOA12/13/20223/13/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Long-Duration Energy Storage DemonstrationsFOA11/14/20223/3/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Advanced Reactor Demonstrations Projects 12/22/2022N/APress ReleaseCLOSED
Collaborative Alignment for Critical Technology Industries (CACTI) Lab CallLab Call9/7/20226/27/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
CO2 Removal Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Lab CallLab Call12/13/20223/17/2023Press ReleaseCLOSED
Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former Mine LandRFIN/AN/AN/ACLOSED
Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote AreasRFIN/AN/AN/ACLOSED
Industrial Demonstrations ProgramRFIN/AN/AN/ACLOSED
Long-Duration Energy Storage DemonstrationsRFIN/AN/AN/ACLOSED
Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Implementation StrategyRFIN/AN/AN/ACLOSED