Cleantech Open is the world’s largest cleantech accelerator, providing entrepreneurs and corporate innovators the resources they need to launch and grow successful cleantech businesses. Our one-of-a-kind innovation ecosystem built over the last 10 years of programming spans key cleantech innovation hubs in the U.S., linking labs and universities, service providers, investors, corporations, governments, and other cleantech incubators and accelerators. Through our annual accelerator, we provide between 100-150 companies in the U.S. a rich program of customer discovery, extensive mentoring, training, investor meetings, startup-corporate matching, and showcasing at both the regional and national levels. Since 2005, more than 70% of our reporting U.S. alumni companies are still operating and have collectively raised over $1.2B in external funding. Join this exciting community and be a part of our global network of innovation.

CalSEED is a $24m grant program created by the California Energy Commission to help early stage California clean energy startups bring concepts and prototypes to market. CalSEED provides Concept Award grants of $150,000 each to 20 – 25 projects each year. Additionally, the CalSEED program holds an annual Business Plan Competition for Concept Award winners. Winners of this Prototype Award competition receive an additional $450,000 in funding.

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Leading European utilities are seeking small businesses to apply for deal-focused pilot projects to demonstrate technologies. Participants include EDP (Portugal, Brazil, Spain, USA), American Electric Power (USA), Verbund (Austria), and TurningTables – Grupo Cuerva (Spain). Applicants will also have the opportunity to compete in a pitch competition and win 50,000 EUR.

The Venture Summit will honor a select group of more than 100 Top Innovators from the Technology, CleanTech, Life Sciences, Healthcare, and FinTech sectors. These companies will be chosen to present their breakthrough investment opportunities to an exclusive audience of Venture Capitalists, Private Investors, Investment Bankers, Corporate Investors, and Strategic Partners.

The DOE plans to organize a competition focusing on increasing resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants in order to improve energy efficiency. Applicants would be expected to come up with a novel, systems-based solutions capable of resource recovery at small-to-medium-sized wastewater treatment plants. Inputs to this RFI would be used to set the competition objectives, rules, metrics, and incentives.

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Accelerate at VERGE 23 is a fast-pitch competition featuring entrepreneurs with innovative technologies, products and services in carbon, energy, food, transportation, and buildings. Selected finalists will pitch from the VERGE stage to thousands of businesses, government and thought leaders. Qualifying nominations must include a 60-second video naming the market opportunity your company addresses and why you want to pitch at VERGE 23. These should feature the team member being nominated to deliver the pitch.

The objective of this FOA is to conceive and develop scenarios, approaches, methodologies, tools, techniques and systems that maximize the bi-directional exchange of grid services while optimizing connectivity and information exchange at the grid edge to Internet of Things (IoT) interface that leads to enhanced system resilience and reliability. These advancements must be applicable to the scenario of maintaining energy surety to defense installations, where coordination between defense facilities, the utility, and surrounding Distributed Energy Resources(DER) can extend the functioning of those facilities through abnormal events.

Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is USAID’s open innovation program that tests and scales creative solutions to any global development challenge. Innovative solutions come in many forms – whether a product, technology, service, or application of a creative business and delivery model. DIV is an open door to USAID – anyone, anywhere can apply at any time. USAID provides flexible, tiered grant funding to test new ideas, take strategic risks, build evidence of what works, and advance the best solutions. Proposals are accepted year-round across three stages, from any type of organization, in any country in which USAID operates.

• Stage 1: Proof of Concept (Up to $200,000 – up to 3 years)
• Stage 2: Testing and Positioning for Scale ($200,000 to $1,500,000 – up to 3 years)
• Stage 3: Scaling ($1,500,000 to $5,000,000 – up to 3 years)

 
In addition to tiered funding, DIV provides evidence grants (up to $1,500,000) to support research and evaluations that generate rigorous evidence of an innovation’s impact per dollar and potential for expansion. These applications are evaluated separately from proposals for tiered funding.

The ELECTRI International is soliciting applications from university students interested in developing energy-efficient solutions. The participants are expected to demonstrate their ability to analyze particular electrical construction management “problems” and create a comprehensive plan and budget for an appropriate retrofit. The finalists would present their projects at the annual NECA convention.

USAID’s field-based initiative invites proposals for emerging technology products, services, and scientific applications developed by U.S. small businesses. The areas of interest are Water, Agriculture, Energy, Global Stability, Health, and Mobile Communications. The three mission areas include Cambodia, Liberia, and Zambia. The funding criteria involves technical considerations, importance to agency programs, and fund availability.

The International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) is soliciting proposals for innovation, integration, and transformation of smart grid systems. The five key criteria of selection include potential impact, economic rationale, adaptation rationale, innovation, and other benefits. The winners will be celebrated at the Awards of Excellence Competition-2019

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The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) intends to fund research proposals aimed at improving long-term nuclear energy viability, advanced reactor pipeline, and supply chain infrastructure. The main areas of focus are University-led R&D Projects, National Laboratory or Industry-led R&D Projects and Nuclear Science User Facilities Access Projects.