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Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters (RECOVER)
$4,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Aug 28, 2025

Date Added

Jul 31, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support for innovative projects that develop technologies to extract valuable energy materials from wastewater, targeting a diverse range of applicants including businesses, universities, and government entities.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters SBIR/STTR (RECOVER SBIR/STTR)
$4,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Aug 28, 2025

Date Added

Jul 30, 2025

This funding opportunity is designed to support small businesses in developing innovative technologies to efficiently recover valuable energy-related materials from wastewater, helping to enhance energy security and reduce environmental impact.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Research Grant Program
$2,000,000
HoU.S.ing & Urban Development (Department of HoU.S.ing and Urban Development)
Federal

Application Deadline

Jul 24, 2025

Date Added

Jun 25, 2025

This program provides funding for research that explores the causes of housing affordability issues in the U.S. and helps shape effective policy solutions.

Housing
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Basic Center Program
$350,000
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (Administration for Children ; Families - ACYF/FYSB)
Federal

Application Deadline

Jul 28, 2025

Date Added

Jun 7, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations that offer emergency shelter and services for youth under 18 who are homeless or have run away from home, helping them stabilize their situations and work towards family reunification.

Income Security and Social Services
Nonprofits
Plant Engineering To Revolutionize Sustainable Energy Production And Heighten Opportunities For Novel Efficiency Sbir/STTR (Persephone Sbir/STTR)
$4,505,859
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Mar 4, 2025

Date Added

Jan 21, 2025

This grant provides funding to small businesses developing innovative tools for bioenergy crop engineering to enhance sustainable energy production and reduce carbon emissions.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Plant Engineering To Revolutionize Sustainable Energy Production And Heighten Opportunities For Novel Efficiency (Persephone)
$4,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Mar 4, 2025

Date Added

Jan 21, 2025

This grant provides funding to U.S.-based organizations, including universities and companies, to develop innovative technologies that enhance plant engineering for sustainable energy and bioenergy production.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Private institutions of higher education
Request for Information (RFI) on Nuclear Heat for Modular Process Intensification in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
Contact for amount
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 12, 2025

Date Added

Jan 21, 2025

This initiative seeks input from researchers and industry stakeholders on innovative technologies to replace traditional heating systems in refineries and petrochemical plants with efficient nuclear heat solutions, aiming to significantly reduce emissions and improve process efficiency.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT)
$10,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 19, 2025

Date Added

Jan 17, 2025

This grant provides funding to small businesses, academic institutions, and other eligible organizations to develop innovative technologies for generating electricity from extremely hot geothermal energy sources.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies SBIR/STTR (SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR)
$4,505,859
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 19, 2025

Date Added

Jan 17, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support for small businesses to develop innovative technologies for harnessing geothermal energy from extremely hot rock formations, promoting sustainable electricity production.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Harnessing Autonomy For Energy Joint Ventures Offshore (HAEJO)
$10,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 13, 2025

Date Added

Jan 15, 2025

This funding opportunity supports collaborative research partnerships among academic institutions, nonprofits, and small businesses in the U.S. to advance scientific innovation and address critical health challenges, particularly for underserved populations.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Grid Reliability With Automatic Damping And Inertia For Electrical Networks And Transmission Systems (GRADIENTS)
$5,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 14, 2025

Date Added

Jan 15, 2025

This program provides $30 million in funding to U.S.-based educational institutions, nonprofits, and for-profit companies to develop innovative technologies that improve the stability and reliability of electrical grids as more renewable energy sources are integrated.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Harnessing Autonomy For Energy Joint Ventures Offshore Sbir/STTR (Haejo Sbir/STTR)
$4,505,859
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 13, 2025

Date Added

Jan 15, 2025

This grant provides funding to small businesses in the U.S. to develop innovative technologies that address critical national needs, particularly in health and technology, while promoting collaboration with research institutions.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Grid Reliability With Automatic Damping And Inertia For Electrical Networks And Transmission Systems Sbir/STTR (Gradients Sbir/STTR)
$4,505,859
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 14, 2025

Date Added

Jan 15, 2025

This funding opportunity supports small businesses developing innovative technologies to improve the stability and reliability of electrical grids as renewable energy sources become more prevalent.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry SBIR/STTR (QC3 SBIR/STTR)
$4,398,504
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Feb 6, 2025

Date Added

Dec 30, 2024

This funding opportunity is designed to support U.S.-based small businesses in developing innovative quantum computing solutions for complex energy-related challenges in computational chemistry and materials science.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Catalytic Application Testing For Accelerated Learning Chemistries Via High-Throughput Experimentation And Modeling Efficiently (Catalchem-E)
$3,500,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Dec 17, 2024

Date Added

Nov 15, 2024

This grant provides funding to a variety of organizations to accelerate the development of advanced catalysts that can help reduce carbon emissions and support the transition to sustainable energy sources.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Catalytic Application Testing For Accelerated Learning Chemistries Via High-Throughput Experimentation And Modeling Efficiently Sbir/STTR (Catalchem-E Sbir/STTR)
$3,500,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Dec 17, 2024

Date Added

Nov 15, 2024

This grant provides funding to small businesses to accelerate the development of advanced catalytic technologies that support the transition to sustainable energy and reduce carbon emissions.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
Disruptive DC Converters For Grid Resilient Infrastructure To Deliver Sustainable Energy (DC-Grids)
$10,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Mar 3, 2025

Date Added

Nov 8, 2024

This funding opportunity supports innovative projects that develop advanced high-voltage direct current technologies to enhance the resilience and sustainability of the U.S. energy grid, targeting domestic entities and collaborations focused on improving power transmission systems.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Disruptive DC Converters For Grid Resilient Infrastructure To Deliver Sustainable Energy Sbir/STTR (Dc-Grids Sbir/STTR)
$4,505,859
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Mar 3, 2025

Date Added

Nov 8, 2024

This funding opportunity provides financial support for small businesses and research institutions in the U.S. to develop innovative high-voltage direct current technologies that improve grid resilience and facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Small businesses
RFI on Geologic Hydrogen Resource Exploration
Contact for amount
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Dec 2, 2024

Date Added

Nov 5, 2024

This grant seeks innovative ideas from researchers, companies, and academic institutions to explore and develop environmentally sustainable methods for discovering and assessing natural hydrogen resources underground.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Unrestricted
Galvanizing Leaps in Advanced Super INsulating Glass (GLASING)
$3,000,000
U.S. Department of Energy (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy )
Federal

Application Deadline

Nov 26, 2024

Date Added

Oct 30, 2024

This grant provides funding to U.S.-based organizations and institutions to develop advanced insulating glass technologies that significantly improve energy efficiency in buildings.

Opportunity Zone Benefits
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education