Recovery Act Cooley Alert

FOA - Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology

KEY ATTORNEY CONTACTS

Elias Blawie 650/843-5060

Tom Coll 858/550-6013

Alison Freeman-Gleason
206/452-8755

Jim Fulton 650/843-5103

Gordon Ho 650/843-5190

Craig Jacoby 415/693-2147

James Linfield 720/566-4010

Andrew Lustig 703/456-8134

Patrick Mitchell 617/937-2315

Kevin Mullen 202/842-7882

Ryan Naftulin 202/842-7822

John Robertson 206/452-8763

Joseph Scherer 415/693-2017

Application Deadline

The application is due on July 21, 2009 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Please note: Important information re registration and other pre-submission requirements are included in the funding opportunity announcement (FOA). Please refer to the FOA for details.

Anticipated Notice of Selection: October 2009
Anticipated Award Date: December 2009
Total Funding Available: $50,000,000
Award Instrument: Grants
Anticipated Number of Awards: 5-15

Eligibility Requirements

All domestic entities are eligible to apply, except other federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center Contractors and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995.

Program Description

Through this FOA the Department of Energy seeks to develop new technologies to dramatically improve energy efficiency in information, communications technology, with an emphasis on new technologies that can be commercialized within the next three to five years, and to demonstrate through field testing highly energy efficient, emerging technologies that are ready for, or are in the initial stage of, commercial introduction.

There are three broad areas of interest. Each proposal may address only one of these areas of interest and must be a standalone proposal. The areas of interest are (i) Concept Definition Studies for Energy Efficient Information and Communications Technology; (ii) Information and Communications R&D For Energy Efficiency; and (iii) Demonstration and Field Testing of Highly Energy Efficient and Emerging Technologies for Data Center or Telecommunications Use.

Cost Sharing

• Topic Area 1 (Concept Definition Studies): The DOE is seeking recipient cost share of at least 20% of the total allowable costs for all recipients and must come from non-federal sources, unless otherwise allowed by law. However, they will consider a cost share as low as 10%.
• Topic Area 2 (Information and Communications Technologies R&D): The DOE is seeking recipient cost share of at least 20% of the total allowable costs for all recipients and must come from non-federal sources, unless otherwise allowed by law. However, they will consider a cost share as low as 10%.
• Topic Area 3 (Demonstration and Field Testing): The DOE is seeking recipient cost share of at least 50% of the total allowable costs for the project (i.e., the sum of the Government share and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable costs of the project) and must come from non-federal sources, unless otherwise allowed by law. However, they will consider a cost share as low as 25%.

Topic Areas