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
- Increasing Utilization and Reliability of Electric Infrastructure with Grid-Enhancing Technologies – Full applications due May 9, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET
Closed Funding Opportunities – Applications in Review
- Fiscal Year 2022 Solar Manufacturing Incubator
- Fiscal Year 2022 Photovoltaics Research and Development (PVRD)
- Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstration
- Advancing Equity Through Workforce Partnerships
- Fiscal Year 2023 SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 2
- Fiscal Year 2023 Technology Commercialization Fund
Other Opportunities
- American-Made Net Load Forecasting Prize – Registration materials due Mar. 27, 2023
- American-Made EnergyTech University Prize – Final presentations due from winners Mar. 30, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
- American-Made Challenges: Community Power Accelerator Prize – Winners announced Apr. 2023
- American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize – Countdown Contest winners announced Apr. 2023
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 6 – Final submissions due Apr. 27, 2023
- American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize Round 2 – Design Contest and Test Contest open through Apr. 2025
Solicitations
- Request for Information: Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrating Solar-thermal Energy – Responses due by 5:00 p.m. ET on Apr. 14, 2023
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.