The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) supports funding opportunities on photovoltaics, concentrating solar-thermal power, systems integration, technology to market, and soft costs projects. Following an open, competitive solicitation process, these funding opportunities encourage collaborative partnerships among industry, universities, national laboratories, federal, state, and local governments and non-government agencies and advocacy groups. Solicitations may include financial or technical assistance. Learn more about how to apply for a funding opportunity.
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Open Funding Opportunities
- There are no open funding opportunities at this time.
Closed Funding Opportunities – Applications in Review
- Operation and Planning Tools for Inverter-Based Resource Management and Availability for Future Power Systems (OPTIMA)
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Silicon Solar Manufacturing and Dual-use Photovoltaics Incubator
- Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV)
- Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics
- Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy
- Fiscal Year 2024 Small Innovative Projects in Solar (SIPS): Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power and Photovoltaics
- Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) FY24 Phase 1 Release 2
- Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies 4 (SEEDS 4)
Other Opportunities
- Notice of Intent: Concentrating Solar Flux to Heat and Power
- American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize - Round 1 – Phase 2 Winners announced Apr. 2024
- American-Made Heliostat Prize – Finalists announced Apr. 2024
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 7 – Set! Contest submissions due Apr. 4, 2024
- American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize – Liftoff Contest submissions due Apr. 11, 2024
- Solar District Cup Class of 2024 – Final deliverable packages due Apr. 18, 2024
- American-Made Upskill Prize for the Solar Manufacturing Workforce – Round 1 submissions due May 21, 2024
- American-Made Solar Photo Competition: Hit Me with Your Sun Shot – Photo submissions due May 23, 2024
- American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize - Round 2 – Phase 2 winners announced Summer 2024
- American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize Round 2 – Design Contest and Test Contest open through Apr. 2025
Solicitations
- There are no open solicitations at this time.
New EERE eXCHANGE Log-In Process: To make the sign-in process more secure, the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange (eXCHANGE) has been updated to integrate with Login.gov—a secure service used by the public to sign into participating government agencies. All potential applicants and reviewers must have a Login.gov account to apply to open opportunities. Please read the MFA Quick Guide for more information.
Learn more about related funding opportunities within the U.S. Department of Energy and energy-related financial assistance programs in other government agencies.