This one-time funding of approximately $15 million is intended to support grants to public or private entities for capital improvements and technical assistance to support the installation of charging infrastructure for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Oregon DEQ will fund projects that meet criteria as established by the Oregon Legislature and the agency through a competitive, rolling application process. The goal of this grant program is to accelerate Oregon’s transition from older, more polluting vehicles and equipment to new zero-emission trucks, buses and equipment. In addition, DEQ wants to facilitate development of a robust infrastructure to support a diverse range of Oregon fleets and fueling locations. Successful applicants will apply with comprehensive project plans for zero-emission fueling and request funding for the installation of the charging infrastructure and equipment.

For the next five years, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will stand up 60 new DOE programs, including 16 demonstration and 32 deployment programs, and expands funding for 12 existing Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (RDD&D) programs. Check out the Department of Energy’s portal compiling all the different programs.

AMMTO and GTO are jointly issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement of Lithium Extraction and Conversion from Geothermal Brines. This funding opportunity will spur the development of domestic lithium supply and refinement capacity to secure America’s clean energy supply chains and increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness abroad.

Topic Areas: (1) Field Validation of Lithium Hydroxide Production from Geothermal Brines; (2) Applied Research & Development for Direct Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines.

Specifically, DOE’s Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to provide electric power to Tribal Building, which otherwise would be unelectrified, by deploying (1) integrated energy system(s) (Topic Area 1) or (2) energy infrastructure (Topic Area 2).

For purposes of this FOA, “unelectrified” means Tribal Buildings that are not connected to (1) the traditional centralized electric power grid, and not
connected to (2) an integrated energy system(s) operating independent of the traditional centralized electric power grid.

Specifically, DOE’s Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to:
1) Install clean energy generating systems and/or energy efficiency measures for Tribal Buildings (Topic Area 1);
2) Deploy community-scale clean energy generating systems or community energy storage on Tribal Lands (Topic Area 2);
3) Install integrated energy systems for autonomous operation (independent of the
traditional centralized electric power grid) to power a single or multiple essential Tribal Buildings during emergency situations or for tribal community resilience (Topic Area 3).

CEBN has compiled a list of resources for veterans looking to enter the clean energy workforce or discover funding and resources to bolster their cleantech businesses.

The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP), formerly called Faculty and Student Teams (FaST), is designed to provide an opportunity for faculty members from institutions historically marginalized in STEM to enhance research capabilities and strengthen STEM education and learning practices to develop talent to contribute to the Department of Energy (DOE) research areas. VFP accomplishes this mission in two tracks: (1) VFP Research Collaboration Track and (2) VFP Teaching Initiative Track.

As a component of VFP’s Research Collaboration and Teaching Initiative tracks, selected university/college faculty members collaborate with DOE laboratory research staff on a research project of mutual interest. Additionally, faculty member participants may invite up to two students (one of which may be a graduate student) to join the project in the summer terms.

The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) is now open for applications for the 2023 Summer Term. Applications are due January 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET.

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

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.

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.

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 .