The Energy Storage Grand Challenge includes funding opportunities from participating offices at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Open Funding Opportunities
| Office | Title | Type | Funding amount | More info | Fed Connect | Closing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Electricity | Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2 | Prize | $300,000 | Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2 | N/A | 4/21/2025 |
Closed Funding Opportunities
| Office | Title | Type | Funding Amount | FOA# | More info | FedConnet | Closing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Electricity | Blue Sky Training Program | FOA | $41.25M | DE-FOA-0003497 | DOE Announces Three Funding Opportunities to Ensure Electricity Grid Resilience, Reliability, and Security | Opportunity: Blue-Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems | 2/2/2025 |
| Office of Electricity | Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) | FOA | $15M | DE-FOA-0003384 | Energy Department Pioneers New Energy Storage Initiatives | Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) | 10/4/2024 |
| Grid Deployment Office | Programa de Comunidades Resilientes | FOA | $365M | DE-FOA-0003348 | Programa de Comunidades Resilientes | Programa de Comunidades Resilientes | 10/22/2024 |
| Office of Electricity | Technical Assistance Voucher Program: Long Duration Energy Storage Technology Acceleration (Recipient) | Voucher | $1M | Energy Department Announces $1M for Storage Vouchers | Voucher Opportunity 7 | 8/28/2024 | |
| Office of Electricity | Technical Assistance Voucher Program: Long Duration Energy Storage Community Development (Recipient) | Voucher | $1M | Energy Department Announces $1M for Storage Vouchers | Voucher Opportunity 8 | 8/28/2024 | |
| Office of Electricity (OE) | Technical Assistance Voucher Program: Long Duration Energy Storage Technology Acceleration (Provider) | Voucher | $1M | Energy Department Announces $1M for Storage Vouchers | Voucher Opportunity 7 | 6/6/2024 | |
| Office of Electricity (OE) | Technical Assistance Voucher Program: Long Duration Energy Storage Community Development (Provider) | Voucher | $1M | Energy Department Announces $1M for Storage Vouchers | Voucher Opportunity 8 | 6/6/2024 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Platform Technologies for Transformative Battery Manufacturing | FOA | $15.7M | DE-FOA-0003236 | AMMTO Releases $15.7 Million Funding Opportunity to Advance Domestic Manufacturing of Next Generation Batteries | Full Applications: 5/7/2024 | |
| Office of Electricity (OE) | Storage Innovations: 2030 Technology Liftoff | FOA | $15M | DE-FOA-0003020 | Storage Innovations 2030: Technology Liftoff | 9/15/2023 | |
| Office of Electricity (OE) | Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation | FOA | $12M | DE-FOA-0003036 | Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation Notice of Intent | Opportunity: Energy Storage Demonstration and Validation | 9/15/2023 |
| Offices of Technology Transitions (OTT), Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Voucher Program | Voucher | $27M | N/A | DOE Announces New $27.5M Voucher Program to Bring Innovative Energy Technologies to Market | 9/26/2023 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | FY2020 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research | FOA | $139M | DE-FOA-0002197 | DOE Announces $139 Million in Funding for 55 Projects to Advance Innovative Vehicle Technologies | EERE eXCHANGE: Funding Opportunities | 4/28/2020 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | FY 2020 H2@Scale New Markets | FOA | $64M | DE-FOA-0002229 | Energy Department Announces Approximately $64M in Funding for 18 Projects to Advance H2@Scale | Fiscal Year 2020 H2@Scale New Markets FOA | 5/4/2020 |
| Office of Fossil Energy | Energy Storage for Fossil Power Generation | FOA | $7.6M | DE-FOA-0002332 | DOE Invests Nearly $7.6 Million to Develop Energy Storage Projects | 8/13/2020 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | FY2020 AMO Critical Materials FOA: Next-Generation Technologies and Field Validation | FOA | $40.5M | DE-FOA-0002322 | Energy Department Selects 15 Projects to Advance Critical Material Innovations | AMO Critical Materials FOA: Next-Generation Technologies and Field Validation | 8/19/2020 |
| Office of Fossil Energy | Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts | FOA | $80M | DE-FOA-0002180 | U.S. Department of Energy Coal FIRST Initiative Invests $80 Million in Net-Zero Carbon Electricity and Hydrogen Plants | Net-Zero Carbon Electricity and Hydrogen Plants | 8/26/2020 |
| Office of Technology Transitions | Energy Program For Innovation Clusters (EPIC) | FOA | $4M | DE-FOA-0002425 | EPIC Program to Support Hardware Development and Testing in Regional Innovation Clusters | Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) | 12/10/2020 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Connected Communities | FOA | $65M | DE-FOA-0002206 | DOE Invests $61 Million for Smart Buildings that Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption and Grid Resilience | Connected Communities | 3/3/2021 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies R&D FY2021 | FOA | $33M | DE-FOA-0002446 | Energy Department Announces $33 Million to Advance Hydrogen and Fuel Cell R&D and the H2@Scale Vision | Energy Department Announces $33 Million to Advance Hydrogen and Fuel Cell R&D and the H2@Scale Vision | 3/8/2021 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | FY2021 Vehicle Technologies Office Research Funding Opportunity Announcement | FOA | $60M | DE-FOA-0002420 | Vehicle Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2021 Research Funding Opportunity | 4/7/2021 | |
| Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development | FOA | $20M | DE-FOA-0001817 | Apply for Funding Opportunity to Advance Technologies Integrating Hydrogen and Nuclear Power | U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development | 5/28/2021 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | DOE Invests $27 Million in Battery Storage Technology and to Increase Storage Access | FOA | $20M | DE-FOA-0002453 | EERE eXCHANGE: Funding Opportunities | 6/30/2021 | |
| Office of Science | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program FY22 Phase 1 Release 2 Topics | FOA | $200k | DE-FOA-0002572 | Small Business Innovation Research D40(SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program FY22 Phase 1 Release 2 Topics | 2/2/2022 | |
| The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Funding Opportunity Announcement | FOA | $2.8B | DE-FOA-0002678 | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing | 7/1/2022 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second-Life Applications | FOA | $60M | DE-FOA-0002680 | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second Life Applications | 7/19/2022 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | FY2022 Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience | FOA | $25M | DE-FOA-0002957 | Funding Notice: Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) | Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) | 7/25/2022 |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) | Electric Vehicles For American Low-Carbon Living (EVS4ALL) | FOA | $45M | DE-FOA-0002760 | DOE Announces $45 Million to Develop More Efficient Electric Vehicle Batteries | 9/19/2022 | |
| Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) | Long Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations Lab Call | Lab call | $30M | DE-LC-000L099 | Long Duration Energy Storage Initiative and Joint Program | Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations Lab Call | 11/2/2022 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41006: Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact | FOA | $28M | DE-FOA-0002731 | Biden-Harris-Administration-Announces-28-Million-Advance-and-Deploy-Hydropower-Technology | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41006. Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth | 12/1/2022 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 40334: Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative | FOA | $28M | DE-FOA-0002802 | Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative | 12/15/2022 | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (Benefit) ? 2022/2023 Topic 3: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) | FOA | $45M | DE-FOA-0002788 | BTO Releases BENEFIT 2022/23 Funding Opportunity for Innovations that Electrify, Optimize, and Decarbonize Building Operations | Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) ? 2022/2023 | 2/7/2023 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41006. Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies To Enable Low Impact Hydropower And Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth | FOA | DE-FOA-0002731 | Funding Notice: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low-Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 41006. Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth | 3/6/2023 | |
| Office of Science | Energy Innovation Hub Program: Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage | FOA | $125M | DE-FOA-0002923 | Department of Energy Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage | Energy Innovation Hub Program: Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage | 3/9/2023 |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) | National Laboratory Call for Proposals Strengthening Domestic Capabilities in Solid-State and Flow Battery Manufacturing | Lab call | $16M | DE-LC-0000027 | Department of Energy Issues $16M Lab Call to Strengthen Domestic Capabilities in Solid-State and Flow Battery Manufacturing | National Laboratory Call for Proposals Strengthening Domestic Capabilities in Solid-State and Flow Battery Manufacturing | 5/12/2023 |