Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001340
The Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and its Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), released a Notice of Intent (NOI) signaling that it planned to issue a forthcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for an Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Technical Field Manager. The intended FOA is described as supporting AMO technical assistance efforts tied to the long-running IAC program, a university-based initiative housed in engineering departments across the country. IACs provide on-site assessments for small manufacturers and deliver practical, site-specific recommendations to cut energy use, reduce waste, and improve productivity, while also giving engineering students hands-on training in energy engineering and energy management.
The core purpose of the planned award is to fund a single organization to serve as the IAC Technical Field Manager, a central coordination and quality-assurance role for the national IAC network (noted as 28 IACs plus associated satellite centers). The Technical Field Manager is positioned as the main liaison between the AMO Technology Manager at DOE and the individual IAC centers, with responsibility for keeping center performance consistently high and ensuring the program is aligned with AMO priorities and outcomes. In practical terms, the role is meant to help standardize operations, raise the quality of assessments and reporting, and strengthen outreach so the IAC program more directly supports DOE manufacturing and energy-efficiency goals.
The NOI lays out a detailed set of expected responsibilities for the Technical Field Manager. These include providing technical assistance to the centers for quality control in day-to-day operations, assessment execution, and outreach activities; conducting technical reviews of IAC assessment reports and giving feedback to improve rigor and usefulness; and integrating DOE priority practices and technologies into how IACs operate and what they recommend. The role also includes training and technical assistance for IAC staff and students as well as for external stakeholders, along with maintaining and upgrading IAC websites and databases that support the program. In addition, the Technical Field Manager is expected to develop technical and informational resources that can be used by IAC clients and by small and medium-sized manufacturers nationwide, support the broader adoption of an accredited energy efficiency engineering degree concept, and help extend IAC program impacts beyond the manufacturers and students who are directly reached by assessments.
Beyond those baseline duties, DOE also flags that it wants an applicant capable of responding to new priorities and program innovations as they emerge. Examples of possible new or expanded work include training IACs to address cybersecurity improvements, conducting or supporting assessments relevant to the water sector, expanding use of energy management systems, and incorporating smart manufacturing concepts. Other potential expansions include coordinating IAC student and alumni engagement (including social media) to showcase career pathways and achievements, shifting assessment reporting toward online systems, and creating more accessible tools and resources for manufacturers that do not receive direct IAC assessments. DOE also highlights interest in online best-practice resources tailored to specific industrial sectors, focused on energy savings and productivity improvements.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, EERE indicated it anticipated making one award, using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. The estimated period of performance was stated as five years, and the source data associated with the notice lists an award ceiling of up to $5,000,000 with one expected award. The opportunity is categorized under Energy (CFDA 81.117), and eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, plus other entities as clarified in the FOA materials. The issuing office is listed as DOE’s Golden Field Office.
Finally, it is important that this document is only a Notice of Intent, not the FOA itself. DOE explicitly states that no applications will be accepted through the NOI, and it instructs parties not to submit questions or responses to the notice. The NOI exists to alert potential applicants so they can begin preparing, building partnerships, refining technical approaches, and gathering relevant data ahead of the FOA release. At the time of the notice, DOE anticipated posting the FOA to EERE Exchange in December 2016, and it notes that applicants must register and create an account on the EERE Exchange platform to access and apply once the FOA is released. The notice also emphasizes that all details are subject to change, including the possibility that DOE could issue a different FOA than described or choose not to issue one at all.Apply for DE FOA 0001340
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement: Industrial Assessment Centers Technical Field Manager" 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 Nov 21, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Not Applicable. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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