The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) partners with industry, academia, and research facilities to further the development of geothermal energy technologies through funding and support of geothermal projects. Competitive solicitations issued as Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) are the principal mechanism used to contract for cost-shared research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects. Other types of funding announcements include Notices of Technical Assistance, Notices of Intent, Prizes and Competitions, and Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs.
Current geothermal-related funding opportunities are listed below. Although GTO maintains current information on these solicitations, the official source for funding information is the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange, also called the EERE Exchange.
To make the sign-in process more secure, EERE 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 will need to have a login.gov account to access EERE Exchange and apply to open opportunities. For more important information about this change, please read the Multi-Factor Authentication Quick Guide.
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Open Opportunities
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Pilot Demonstrations (DE-FOA-0002826)
View the Funding Notice and the Quick Guide for more information. Full applications are due by June 16, 2023, at 5 p.m. ET.
Fall 2023 Geothermal Collegiate Competition
This year's competition will feature two tracks: Technical and Policy. Cash prizes of $10,000 for first place teams and $6,000 for second place teams will be awarded in each track. Registration opens August 1, and final deliverables will be due December 2023, with an optional progress submission due in October 2023.
Read the Fall 2023 Geothermal Collegiate Competition Rules for more details, and follow the challenge on HeroX to be notified when registration opens.
This prize was launched on April 18, 2022, and is currently in Phase 2. Visit Geothermal Geophone Prize to learn more and apply.
Closed Opportunities
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Name |
Open Date |
Close Date |
Funding Number |
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FY22 AMMTO-GTO Joint FOA: Lithium Extraction and Conversion From Geothermal Brines |
Nov. 9, 2022 |
Jan. 31, 2023 |
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Aug. 15, 2022 |
Jan. 10, 2023 |
N/A |
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Geothermal energy from Oil and Gas Demonstrated Engineering (GEODE) |
July 28, 2022 |
Oct. 28, 2022 |
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| May 10, 2022 | Jan. 26, 2023 | N/A | |
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Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design and Deployment Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) |
May 3, 2022 |
Oct. 11, 2022 |
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)-2022 Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Pilot Demonstrations Request for Information |
April 19, 2022 |
May 13, 2022 |
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Geothermal Drilling Technology Demonstration Campaign Funding Opportunity Announcement |
Feb. 4, 2022 |
June 3,2022 |
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FY 2022 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding Opportunities |
Dec. 13, 2021 |
Feb. 22, 2022 |
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Direct Air Capture Combined with Dedicated Long-Term Carbon Storage, Coupled to Existing Low-Carbon Energy |
Oct. 26, 2021 |
Dec. 22, 2021 |
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Geothermal Collegiate Competition – Class of 2022 (Winners were announced in May 2022) |
June 16, 2021 |
Nov. 18, 2021 |
N/A |
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Wells of Opportunity (WOO): Amplify II and Reamplify |
June 10, 2021 |
Aug. 16, 2021 |
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Innovative Methods to Control Hydraulic Properties of Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
April 30, 2021 |
June 15, 2021 |
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Opportunities to Improve Geothermal Technology Cost and Performance Modeling |
April 28, 2021 |
May 28, 2021 |
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Wells of Opportunity (WOO): Pilot and Amplify |
Feb. 4, 2020 |
April 24, 2020 |
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Hydrothermal and Low Temperature Geothermal Research |
Feb. 4, 2020 |
May 4, 2020 |
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Jan. 29, 2020 |
Aug. 29, 2022 |
N/A |
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Subsurface Stress and Loss Circulation in Geothermal Drilling |
March 28, 2019 |
June 7, 2019 |
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Call for Proposals to Advance Geothermal Research and Development |
Jan. 3, 2019 |
Jan. 31, 2020 |
N/A |
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Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy |
July 19, 2018 |
Nov. 13, 2018 |
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Zonal Isolation for Manmade Geothermal Reservoirs |
June 25, 2018 |
July 25, 2018 |
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Efficient Drilling for Geothermal Energy (EDGE) |
April 23, 2018 |
July 16, 2018 |
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Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies |
Nov. 15, 2016 |
Feb. 22, 2017 |
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Mineral Recovery Phase II: Geothermal Concepts and Approaches to Validate Extraction Technologies |
Dec. 1, 2015 |
Feb. 29, 2016 |
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Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) |
July 17, 2014 |
Nov. 12, 2014 |
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Integrated Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Research and Development |
Feb. 21, 2014 |
April 30, 2014 |
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Low Temperature Geothermal Mineral Recovery Program |
Feb. 4, 2014 |
May 2, 2014 |
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Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis |
Jan. 24, 2014 |
April 11, 2014 |
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