Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002997 "IEDO FY23 Multi-topic FOA" | DE FOA 0002996

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and on behalf of the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), announced its intent to release a forthcoming funding opportunity announcement (FOA) titled "IEDO FY23 Multi-topic FOA" (Notice of Intent tied to FOA number DE-FOA-0002997; source data also references DE-FOA-0002996). The overall purpose of this planned FOA is to accelerate industrial decarbonization by funding research, development, and prototype or pilot-scale validation and demonstration projects that can cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from U.S. industry while improving energy efficiency and competitiveness. In practical terms, DOE is signaling that it wants to push technologies and solutions that can be adopted by industry, not just studied in a lab, with the end goal of reducing industrial emissions and strengthening domestic manufacturing.

The FOA is designed to advance priorities laid out in DOE's 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap and the Industrial Heat Energy Earthshot. The scope is intentionally broad and "multi-topic," emphasizing both cross-sector decarbonization approaches and targeted work in major emitting industries. Cross-sector topics mentioned include areas like thermal processing (a major source of industrial energy use), utilization of low-carbon fuels, and other exploratory ideas that could apply across multiple industrial segments. At the same time, DOE calls out several high-emitting subsectors as focus areas, including chemicals, iron and steel, food and beverage, cement and concrete, and forest products. This framing suggests applicants could propose either technologies that solve common industrial heat and process challenges across sectors, or solutions tailored to the technical and emissions realities of specific industries that are harder to decarbonize.

A central theme is building and strengthening an "innovation pipeline" for industrial decarbonization, spanning foundational science through applied R&D and on to demonstrations and broader deployment support. DOE describes this FOA as one piece of a larger, coordinated federal strategy that aligns basic and applied research offices, specifically noting coordination among EERE, the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and the Office of Science (SC). The intent is to cover both industry-specific innovations and crosscutting technologies that can deliver deep decarbonization at scale. DOE also positions this R&D and demonstration strategy as complementary to other DOE efforts focused more on deployment and commercialization, including programs led by the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) and Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), as well as financing pathways through the Loan Programs Office (LPO).

From an outcomes standpoint, DOE emphasizes multiple benefits it expects funded projects to support: reducing or eliminating industrial GHG emissions, improving industrial energy efficiency, contributing to a clean and equitable energy economy, strengthening the technological and economic competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, and improving the viability of U.S. industrial technology exports. The inclusion of competitiveness and export viability indicates DOE is not only targeting emissions reductions, but also aiming to ensure that U.S.-developed low-carbon industrial technologies can compete globally as other countries tighten climate policies and create demand for cleaner industrial products.

Administratively, the notice is not the FOA itself; it is a heads-up that the FOA is expected to be issued in or around March 2023 and that all details could change once the full announcement is released. DOE notes that EERE will not respond to questions about the notice of intent, but will provide a formal Q&A mechanism after the FOA is published. Applications, once the FOA is live, will be accepted only through the EERE eXCHANGE portal (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/), and interested applicants are encouraged to register there to receive official updates. The opportunity is listed as a discretionary funding opportunity in the energy category (CFDA 81.086), with eligibility described as "unrestricted," meaning a wide range of applicant types may be able to apply depending on the final FOA rules. The source data also references an original closing date of 2023-03-31, an award ceiling value shown as "2" (as written in the provided data, without further context), and an expected awards field that appears unspecified in the excerpt.

• The Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002997 "IEDO FY23 Multi-topic FOA"" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.086.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-03-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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