Fiscal Year 2024 Vehicle Technologies Office Batteries Funding Opportunity Announcement
Funding Agency:
- Department of Energy
This FOA supports the administration goals laid out above by building a clean and equitable energy economy and addressing the climate crisis as a top priority of the Biden Administration. This anticipated FOA advances the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050 to the benefit of all Americans.” The Department of Energy is committed to pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, catalyzing clean energy jobs through research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D), and ensuring environmental justice and inclusion of underserved communities.
The RDD&D activities to be funded under this FOA support the government-wide approach to the climate crisis by driving the innovation that can lead to the deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical for climate protection. Specifically, this FOA advances RDD&D in several areas critical to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, including: development of innovative battery chemistries and component materials, reduction of cascading battery fires, and battery electrode, cell, and pack manufacturing cost reduction.
This FOA seeks applications for RDD&D projects to address priorities within the following areas: development of innovative battery chemistries and component materials, reduction of cascading battery fires, and battery electrode, cell, and pack manufacturing cost reduction. Detailed technical descriptions of the specific Topic Areas of Interest are provided in the sections that follow.
Award Ceiling: $4,200,000
EERE expects to make a total of approximately $42,950,000 of federal funding available for new awards under this FOA.
Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: 09/09/2024 5:00 p.m. ET
10/30/2024 5:00 p.m. ET
Jennifer M. Funk 3042852001
jennifer.funk@netl.doe.gov