Funding: Up to $5,000,000, subject to appropriations
Open Date: December 14, 2016
Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Funding Number: DE-FOA-0001679
SUMMARY
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Industrial Assessment Centers Technical Field Manager.”
The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program is a resource conservation and workforce development initiative of AMO based in the engineering departments of universities nationwide. IACs conduct no-cost assessments and provide site-specific recommendations to small manufacturers on opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy.
Through the FOA referenced above, EERE intends to fund the activities for an IAC Field Manager. The Field Manager is a liaison between the AMO Technology Manager and the individual IACs, and provides technical assistance and outreach to individual centers, and is the principle mechanism for ensuring the 28 individual IACs and their associated satellite centers perform at the highest possible level and that their activities support the achievement of AMO goals. The Field Manager’s core responsibilities include the following:
- Providing technical assistance for quality control of Center operations, assessments, and outreach activities;
- Providing technical reviews and feedback on all of the IAC assessment reports;
- Integrating DOE priorities around practices and technologies into IAC operations;
- Providing training and technical assistance to the IAC staff and students and external stakeholders;
- Maintaining and upgrading the IAC websites and databases;
- Developing technical and informational resources for IAC clients and small and medium-sized manufacturers nationwide;
- Advancing the deployment of an accredited energy engineering degree; and
- Extending IAC program impacts beyond manufacturers and students immediately engaged by the Centers.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Informational Webinar: December 20, 2017
- Submission Deadline for Letter of Intent: January 10, 2017
- Submission Deadline for Full Applications: February 15, 2017
For more information, see the full solicitation.