[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28165-28166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13200]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[DE-PS36-99GO10426]
Golden Field Office; Solicitation for Financial Assistance
Applications; Inventions and Innovation Program
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Financial Assistance Applications
Number DE-PS36-99GO10426.
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SUMMARY: The DOE's Office of Industrial Technologies (DOE) is funding a
competitive grant program entitled the Inventions and Innovation (I&I)
Program. The goal of the I&I Program is to improve energy efficiency
through the promotion of innovative ideas and inventions that have a
significant potential energy impact and a potential future commercial
market.
DATES: DOE expects to issue the solicitation on or about May 13, 1999,
with a closing date of July 30, 1999.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the solicitation, eligible parties may
download the document from the I&I website at www.oit.doe.gov/
inventions. If internet access is not available, information may be
obtained by writing the U.S. Department of Energy Golden Field Office,
Inventions and Innovation Program, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
Colorado 80401. For convenience, requests may also be faxed to Jennifer
Squire at 303-275-4788.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The I&I Program is a U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) grant program
which provides financial and technical assistance to encourage the
innovation and commercialization of energy-related inventions. Projects
that have a significant potential energy savings and a future
commercial market are chosen
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for financial and technical support through this competitive
solicitation process. Additionally, DOE will provide awardees with non-
financial support by assisting them with business development and
commercialization planning through a network of national and regional
resource providers.
This grant program is managed by the DOE Golden Field Office in
support of OIT. The following OIT focus industries, dominant energy
users and waste generators in the U.S. manufacturing sector, are of
particular interest to this program: Agriculture, Aluminum, Chemicals,
Forest Products, Glass, Metalcasting, Mining, Petroleum, and Steel.
Emphasis will be placed on funding inventions consistent with OIT focus
industries' visions and roadmap documents. Please visit the OIT website
at www.oit.doe.gov for the vision/roadmap of each focus industry. While
emphasis will be given to industrial manufacturing technologies with a
focus on the target sectors identified previously, applications that
are within the overall Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
transportation, buildings and power missions and areas of concern will
also be considered for award. Please refer to www.eren.doe.gov for
additional information on each EERE sector.
DOE will provide financial assistance for two categories of
projects. The first category (Category 1) will fund up to $40,000 per
award for applications which fall within the first two stages of
development (conceptual and technical feasibility). United States
individual inventors, small businesses (profit or not-for-profit with
less than 500 employees), universities, and not for profit research
institutes may apply for Category 1 Applications. The second category
(Category 2) will fund up to $200,000 per award for applications which
fall within the last two stages of development (development and
commercial validation or demonstration). U.S. individual inventors and
small businesses (profit or not-for-profit with less than 500
employees) may apply for Category 2 Applications. A ``U.S. individual
inventor'' is an inventor who retains U.S. citizenship. A ``U.S.
business'' is either (i) a corporation that is incorporated in the U.S.
and whose parent company (if applicable) is not of foreign origin; or
(ii) a business entity, other than a corporation, that is owned
substantially by U.S. citizens. Individual inventors and very small
businesses (15 or fewer employees) are especially encouraged to
participate. DOE laboratories are not eligible to receive DOE funding
as an awardee or subawardee in this program.
The awards will be made through a competitive process. Each award
may cover a project period of up to two (2) years for Category 1
Applications and three (3) years for Category 2 Applications. DOE
reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or none of
the proposals submitted in response to this notice.
Issued in Golden, Colorado, on May 14, 1999.
Beth H. Peterman,
Acting Chief, Procurement, Golden Field.
[FR Doc. 99-13200 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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