U.S. Wave Energy Open Water Testing

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

A. Eligible Applicants i. Domestic Entities For-profit entities and nonprofit entities that are organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of the United States or a 22 FFRDCs are public-private partnerships that conduct research for the U.S. government. particular state or territory of the United States and have a physical location for business operations in the United States are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Institutions of higher education are eligible to participate as a subrecipient of this FOA but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. State and local governmental entities and Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient or subrecipient. DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as described below: DOE/NNSA FFRDCs/National Laboratories (except NREL, Sandia, and PNNL) may apply as prime recipients or subrecipients. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Entities banned from doing business with the U.S. government such as entities debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in federal programs are not eligible. Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995, are not eligible to apply for funding. ii. Foreign Entities A foreign entity is eligible to apply for funding as a prime recipient if it designates in the Full Application a subsidiary or affiliate incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a state or territory of the United States to be the prime recipient. The Full Application must state the nature of the corporate relationship between the foreign entity and domestic subsidiary or affiliate. Foreign entities may request a waiver of the requirement to designate a subsidiary in the United States as the prime recipient in the Full Application (i.e., a foreign entity may request that it be the prime recipient). To do so, the applicant must submit an explicit written waiver request in the Full Application. Appendix B lists the information that must be included in a request to waive this requirement. The applicant does not have the right to appeal DOE’s decision concerning a waiver request.

Geographic Eligibility

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