
Office: Carbon Management
FOA number: DE-FOA-0002614
Download the full FOA: FedConnect
FOA Amount: $17.5 million
Background Information
On September 21, 2023, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced up to $17.5 million in funding to advance technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial facilities and power plants and convert those CO2 emissions into valuable products. Advancing the development of these technologies will help establish the foundation for a successful carbon capture and carbon conversion industry in the United States and will help meet the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious climate goals of achieving a carbon neutral power sector by 2035 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The deadline to submit applications for this funding opportunity has closed.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include individuals, educational institutions, for- and non-profit entities, state, local, and tribal governments.
Areas of Interest
This funding opportunity announcement has two areas of interest:
- Biological Pathways Utilizing Algae to Convert Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Products
- Decarbonization of Industrial Processes Using Oxygen-Based (Oxy-combustion and Chemical Looping) Approaches
Funding
DOE expects to make up to 16 awards between $250,000 and $1 million each with a minimum of a 20% cost-sharing from the awardees.

Key Dates
FOA Issue Date: | 09/21/2023 |
Submission Deadline for Full Applications: | 11/20/2023 at 8:00 PM ET |
Expected Date for Selection Notifications: | April 2024 |
Past Awardees
The first set of four projects (selected under round one of this funding opportunity) will support research and development for technologies that can convert carbon dioxide emissions captured from industrial facilities and power plants into long-lived building materials like concrete, while significantly reducing overall life cycle emissions in the process. The projects will also focus on improving the cost efficiency of these processes.
The second set of 19 research and development projects (selected under round two of this funding opportunity) will support cost-effective processes for ocean-based carbon removal technologies and direct air capture of carbon dioxide coupled with carbon-free hydrogen to create carbon-neutral methanol — a chemical building block for many valuable products such as fuels and plastics.
Awardees include:
Round 1:
- Calcify LLC
- C-Crete Technologies, LLC
- Cornell University
- University of Missouri
Round 2:
- Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc
- AirCapture LLC
- Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Captura Corporation
- E2H2NANO, LLC
- Ebb Carbon, Inc.
- GE Research
- Ocean Energy USA LLC
- Research Technology Institute (RTI)
- Susteon Inc
- TDA Research, Inc
- University of Delaware
- University of Houston
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas at Arlington
- Washington State University
- West Virginia University Research Corporation
A detailed list of the selected projects announced on August 9, 2023 for round 1 and round 2.
A detailed list of the of past selected projects from January 2023 can be found here.
Additional Information
- Download the full funding opportunity on FedConnect.
- All applicants must register and apply on Grants.gov and submit questions through FedConnect
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Last Updated: September 21, 2023