Competition/Prize

NACCHO Climate and Health Demonstration Sites

NACCHO supports local efforts to track, prevent, and mitigate the health effects of climate change, including: the incorporation of adaptation planning into land use, housing, and transportation design; preparing communities for extreme and unusual environmental events; and coordinating with local governments on all-hazards disaster planning. NACCHO, with support from the Climate and Health Program at the CDC, intends to award up to four entities for up to $20,000 each to support climate change and health adaptation initiatives at local organizations. Apply by Monday, December 12.

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Equinor Offshore Wind Ecosystem Fund (NYC)

The Fund is designed to provide historically marginalized and environmental justice areas and populations in New York City with opportunities to benefit from the emerging offshore wind industry. Throughout the development of this Solicitation, Equinor has worked closely with members of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Sunset Park Task Force to determine priority areas that will maximize the impact of the Fund by identifying and supporting stakeholders and geographies with critical needs. This includes supporting applications that make the offshore wind industry more accessible by furthering workforce development initiatives, creating obtainable career pathways, and/or elevating local businesses’ and individuals’ participation in the industry.

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Alberta Innovates Program Database (Canada)

Alberta Innovates offers a full-spectrum of supports for every stage of your innovation journey. We would be happy to connect with you to evaluate your project and determine where we can offer our assistance.

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Veterans Business Battle 2023

Each year, the event gives invited military veterans an opportunity to pitch business ideas to investors and lenders for a chance to raise capital. During the competition, finalists attend workshops geared toward businesses in early stages of development, have the opportunity to perfect their pitch and receive feedback from professionals, network with potential investors and learn from other entrepreneurial success stories. The competition also attracts a variety of investors, including groups that have earmarked capital specifically for this event.

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High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation

The program seeks industry partners interested in leveraging HPC resources to make advancements in the following areas:

For HPC4Mfg:

  • Improvements in manufacturing processes which result in significant national carbon emissions reduction and energy savings.
  • Improvements in semiconductor technologies that will result in operational energy efficiency improvements.
  • Carbon emissions reduction and efficiency improvements in energy conversion and storage technologies.
  • Reductions in CO2 or CO2-equivalent emissions.

For HPC4Mtls:

  • Advanced Materials for Carbon Conversion Applications
  • Advanced Structural Materials for Hydrogen Applications
  • Advanced Functional Materials for Hydrogen Applications
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Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Smart Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and  the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute  (CESMII) are inviting proposals on projects that will demonstrate the application of integrated smart manufacturing (SM) technologies to improve energy productivity and operational efficiencies in the exemplar, end-to-end manufacturing supply chains that include several contributing small and mid-sized manufacturers (SMMs).  The supply chains may cover energy-intensive industries and/or industry verticals with a broad reach across the US.

Projects must support the development of a CESMII SM Playbook for manufacturers.  The playbook is intended to turn project outcomes into broadly-applicable guidelines for SMMs in identifying opportunities to leverage SM technology towards achieving higher levels of productivity and capacity, implementing those solutions, and training their workforce to leverage the solutions in their manufacturing jobs.

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Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Environmental System Science

The DOE program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) is accepting applications for research in Environmental System Science (ESS). The goal of the ESS program in BER is to advance an integrated, robust, and scale-aware predictive understanding of terrestrial systems and their interdependent microbial, biogeochemical, ecological, hydrological, and physical processes.

This FOA will encompass three Science Research Areas: 1) improved understanding of hot spots and hot moments of biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces; 2) investigations of cold-region ecosystem and watershed process responses to changing cold season climate drivers; and 3) synthesis studies using existing data that address testing of ESS relevant hypotheses and development of transferable insights across ecosystems, watersheds, and regions.

Pre-applications must be submitted by December 1, 2022 at 5:00pm ET.

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Research Opportunity in High Energy Physics (HEP)

The Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Science has released a funding solicitation for research in high energy physics. A total of $100 million will be used to support awards in this funding opportunity, with an annual range of $20,000 to $5,000,000 for awardees. 10 to 100 awards will be given, for an expected average award period of 3 years.

The HEP programs focuses on the energy frontier, the intensity frontier, and the cosmic frontier. In addition, research is also conducted in theoretical high energy physics, accelerator science and technology R&D, and detector R&D.

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The Better Project and Better Practice awards

The Better Project and Better Practice awards recognize partners for innovative and industry leading accomplishments in implementing decarbonization, energy and water efficiency, or waste reduction projects/practices.

Better Buildings Initiative partners can nominate their organization by downloading and completing the application form and emailing it to betterbuildings@ee.doe.gov. Nominations must be received no later than January 23, 2023.

Successful applications will address: Innovative ways to improve energy or water efficiency, waste reduction, or decreases in greenhouse gas emissions; significant savings and practices that can be replicated in other buildings or industrial facilities; and overcoming barriers .

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Offshore Wind Startup Alley

As the offshore wind industry continues its rapid growth along U.S. coastlines, there is a need for innovative businesses in the supply chain to help reduce costs and ensure sustainable development. It is often difficult, however, for startups to find their foothold in this growing and changing industry. Startup Alley gives your business the opportunity to showcase your innovations and directly connect with industry leaders and stakeholders. Applications are due January 10, 2023.

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BNEF Pioneers 2023

In 2023, the program will focus on three global net-zero challenges and will award the Pioneers prize to innovators with scalable, impactful and equitable solutions to these challenges: accelerating the deployment of clean hydrogen; sustainable metals and materials for an electrified future; building a net-zero food production system.

BNEF will also select one or more wildcard winners, unrelated to the chosen challenges. These wildcard applicants can address any issue that helps the world address climate change and we encourage submissions for all climate-tech solutions that lie outside of the three challenges outlined below.

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Keeling Curve Prize 2023

The Keeling Curve Prize is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. We’ve developed five categories, each one addressing a specific sector of climate innovation: Carbon Sinks, Energy, Finance, Social & Cultural Pathways, Transport & Mobility.

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