Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002866
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and administered by the Golden Field Office, released this restricted-eligibility funding opportunity to stand up a small number of regional Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Centers of Excellence. The basic idea is to designate up to five existing IACs as regional hubs that can coordinate with, advise, and strengthen the work of other IACs operating in their surrounding regions. These hubs are meant to help the IAC Program modernize, reach more manufacturers, and better connect the program to regional and national partners that influence technology adoption, energy efficiency, and workforce development.
Funding is planned at up to $18.75 million total for three to five awards, depending on appropriations and DOE selections, with DOE explicitly noting it may make one award, multiple awards, or none. Individual projects are expected to receive between $2.5 million and $3.75 million over a five-year period. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means DOE expects substantial involvement during the project, such as active technical oversight, coordinated planning, and structured reporting. Funding for these awards comes in whole or in part from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The opportunity is listed under CFDA 81.117, and the eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education, both public/state-controlled and private, consistent with the IAC program being university-based.
The Centers of Excellence are intended to do more than simply manage regional communications. A major focus is helping IACs stay current with emerging and high-impact technologies, tools, and practices that matter to manufacturers in their region, and then translating those advances into practical assessment methods. That includes identifying priority technologies and supporting the development of new assessment tools or expanding existing tools so IAC assessment teams can incorporate new approaches into their recommendations. Another core responsibility is acting as a connector across the regional manufacturing ecosystem by coordinating with stakeholders such as other DOE offices, national laboratories, the Manufacturing USA network, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership organizations, state, tribal, regional, and local entities, utilities and energy service providers, economic and workforce development organizations, educational partners, and private industry. In practice, the hub role is meant to reduce fragmentation and make it easier for manufacturers and IAC teams to navigate resources, technical expertise, and complementary programs.
The FOA also emphasizes strengthening knowledge-sharing through the IAC Program National Clearinghouse by developing materials and resources that reflect regional needs. Alongside that, the Centers of Excellence are expected to lead coordinated outreach to small- and medium-sized manufacturers, with specific attention to manufacturers located in disadvantaged communities. This outreach is framed as both a way to broaden awareness of IAC services and opportunities and a mechanism to encourage adoption of priority technologies and practices. It is also meant to function as a feedback loop so the national program stays informed about shifting regional manufacturing needs, constraints, and capabilities.
Another major piece is capacity building within the IAC network itself. The Centers of Excellence are expected to mentor IAC directors and staff across their regions, provide training on best practices for conducting assessments, and help other centers handle unusually complex or time-intensive assessments. The FOA also highlights the expansion of assessment delivery methods, including virtual assessment models that can reduce or eliminate travel burdens and extend the program to more facilities, which is particularly relevant for rural manufacturers or those with limited ability to host multi-day on-site teams. In addition, the hubs are expected to support student-focused efforts, such as building stronger pipelines between graduates and industry, running or supporting student research competitions, hosting regional events, recognizing student and alumni achievements, and encouraging networking among students and alumni to strengthen career pathways connected to energy efficiency and clean manufacturing.
Workforce development is woven throughout the goals, not treated as a side activity. The Centers of Excellence are tasked with forging relationships and articulation agreements with labor unions, registered apprenticeship programs, and other joint labor-management training partnerships. They are also expected to contribute to broader regional and national clean-energy workforce development, potentially including the development and implementation of new degree programs, credentials, and certifications aligned with industry demand and the evolving clean energy and advanced manufacturing landscape. Taken together, these requirements position the Centers of Excellence as regional anchors for both technical modernization of assessments and the talent pipeline needed to implement recommended improvements.
From an application logistics standpoint, submissions are handled through DOE’s EERE eXCHANGE system, which enforces hard deadlines by disabling submission functions at the cutoff time. The FOA outlines a strict but defined process for technical submission issues: applicants are expected to contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov) for support, and late submissions are only considered when the lateness is caused by technical problems beyond the applicant’s control, the applicant contacted the helpdesk for assistance, and the application is submitted through eXCHANGE within 24 hours after the posted deadline with DOE’s helpdesk/system administrators coordinating resolution as needed.
Key identifiers for the opportunity include Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0002866, category Discretionary, activity area Energy, and an original closing date of February 17, 2023 (with the FOA originally created December 6, 2022). The award ceiling is $3.75 million, and DOE anticipated up to five awards. Overall, this opportunity is designed to scale the impact of the IAC Program by creating a small set of well-resourced regional leaders that can spread best practices, modernize tools and delivery methods, deepen manufacturer outreach (especially in disadvantaged communities), and build stronger workforce and stakeholder partnerships that help manufacturers adopt energy-saving and clean-energy-aligned improvements.Apply for DE FOA 0002866
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Industrial Assessment Center Program - Centers of Excellence" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.117.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 06, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 17, 2023. (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 $3,750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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