Solar and Wind Interconnection for Future Transmission (SWIFTR)
ID: DE-FOA-0003246 • Type: Posted
Overview
Category of Funding
Energy
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 3/19/24 Golden Field Office posted grant opportunity DE-FOA-0003246 for Solar and Wind Interconnection for Future Transmission (SWIFTR) with funding of $10.0 million.
The grant will be issued under grant program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development.
It is expected that 10 total grants will be made
worth between $1.0 million and $2.5 million.
Timing
Posted Date
March 19, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 11, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
June 3, 2024, 4:27 p.m. EDT
Version
2
Archive Date
Aug. 10, 2024
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Info
Domestic Entities
The proposed prime recipient and subrecipient(s) must be domestic entities. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient of this FOA:
1.
Institutions of higher education;
2.
For-profit entities;
3.
Nonprofit entities; and
4.
State and local governmental entities and federally recognized Indian Tribes (Indian Tribes).
To qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States.
DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.
Entities banned from doing business with the United States government such as entities debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in federal programs are not eligible.
Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995, are not eligible to apply for funding.
Award Sizing
Ceiling
$2,500,000
Floor
$1,000,000
Estimated Program Funding
$10,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
10
Contacts
Contact
Golden Field Office
Contact Email
Email Description
Click to email contact
Contact Phone
(202) 287-1878
Additional Information
EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange
Additional Information Site