Past Water Power Funding Opportunities | Department of Energy

This page provides a brief summary of past funding opportunities that were released by the Water Power Technologies Office.

For information about current opportunities, see the Current Opportunities page.

FY2021

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Marine Energy	FOA	SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement	12/14/20	1/4/21
Marine Energy	FOA	Operation and Maintenance of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI 2.0)	10/28/20	12/28/20

FY2020

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Hydropower	SEC 242	Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program	5/12/2020	7/13/2020
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine Energy Foundational Research and Testing Infrastructure	3/31/2020	5/11/2020
Hydropower	RFI	WPTO Hydropower Lab Seedling Program Request for Innovation	3/20/2020	5/1/2020

FY2019

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Marine Energy	Prize	Marine Energy Collegiate Competition	8/15/2019	11/1/2019
Marine Energy	RFI	Marine Energy Laboratory Seedling Program Request for Innovation	8/21/2019	9/27/2019
Hydropower; Marine Energy	FOA	Water Power Technologies Office 2019 Research Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002080	4/1/2019	7/9/2019
Marine Energy; Hydropower	TCF	2019 Technology Commercialization Fund
Hydropower	SEC 242	Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program	5/21/2019	6/20/2019
Hydropower; Marine Energy	FOA	DE-FOA-0002012: Network Director for the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program	3/22/2019	6/7/2019
Hydropower; Marine Energy	SBIR/ STTR	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs	8/17/2018	2/25/2019
Hydropower	Prize	Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time Commissioning for Pumped Storage Hydropower Prize	4/1/2019	6/7/2019
Hydropower	Prize	Improving Fish Exclusion from Water Diversions and Intakes Prize	3/6/2019	5/6/2019

FY2018

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Hydropower	FOA	Innovative Design Concepts for Standard Modular Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower	8/8/2018	11/30/2018
Marine Energy; Hydropower	TCF	2018 Technology Commercialization Fund		9/10/2018
Hydropower	SEC 242	Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program	6/20/2018	7/20/2018
Hydropower	NOTA	Techno-Economic Studies of Pumped Storage Hydropower	4/25/2018	7/12/2018
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Advancement and Data Dissemination	4/30/2018	5/21/2018
Hydropower	SBIR/ STTR	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs	10/16/2017	2/26/2018

FY2017

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Hydropower	FOA	Innovative Solutions for Fish Passage at Hydropower Dams	9/21/2017	12/7/2017
Marine Energy; Hydropower	TCF	2017 Technology Commercialization Fund
Hydropower	GMLC	Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium Funding
Hydropower	SEC 242	Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program	8/7/2017	9/6/2017
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Development and Advancement	12/15/2016	3/1/2017
Hydropower; Marine Energy	SBIR/ STTR	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs	8/15/2016	2/7/2017

FY2016

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Hydropower	FOA	HydroNEXT FOA: Innovative Technologies to Advance Non‐Powered Dam and Pumped‐Storage Hydropower Development	7/26/2016	10/7/2016
Marine Energy	FOA	Funding Opportunity Announcement: Wave Energy Test Facility	8/16/2016	9/20/2016
Marine Energy; Hydropower	TCF	2016 Technology Commercialization Fund
Hydropower	SEC 242	2016 Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Incentive Payments	4/25/2016	5/31/2016
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion and Environmental Monitoring Technology Advancement	3/1/2016	5/26/2016
Hydropower	SEC 242	Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Incentive Payments through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 242 Program	12/16/2015	2/1/2016
Hydropower; Marine Energy	SBIR/ STTR	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

FY2015

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Closed Date
Hydropower	SBIR	Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs	11/30/2015	12/21/2015
Hydropower	SEC 242	Energy Policy Act of 2005 Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
		Small Business Vouchers Pilot	9/23/2015	10/23/2015
Marine Energy	FOA	Next Generation Marine Energy Systems	4/27/2015	7/1/2015
Hydropower	FOA	Research and Development of Innovative Technologies for Low-Impact Hydropower Development	4/9/2015	6/15/2015
Marine Energy; Hydropower	FOA	U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center: Energy and Water	3/4/2015	5/4/2015
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic Systems Performance Advancement II (SPA II): Component Metric Validation	1/9/2015	3/26/2015

FY2014

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Closed Date
Hydropower	FOA	Water Power Manufacturing	4/10/2014	7/31/2014
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Demonstrations at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS)	4/25/2014	6/11/2014

FY2013

Technology Area	Type of Funding	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Closed Date
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic System Performance Advancement	4/22/2013	6/3/2013
Marine Energy	FOA	Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Environmental Effects Assessment and Monitoring	3/19/2013	5/16/2013