Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0003032
DE-FOA-0003032 is not a grant competition and it is not seeking project applications. It is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), to gather public and stakeholder input on how DOE should design and implement a future program called the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for Electrified Vehicles. The RFI is tied to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, specifically section 50143, which authorizes domestic grants intended to support the production of advanced vehicle technologies, including efficient hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in electric drive vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The authority is connected to section 712 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which is referenced as part of the legal framework for this manufacturing conversion concept.
The central purpose of the RFI is to collect feedback on program structure, rules, priorities, and practical implementation considerations before DOE potentially launches an actual funding opportunity later. In other words, DOE is using this document to learn from the field: what manufacturers and other stakeholders see as the biggest barriers to converting or retooling domestic manufacturing for electrified vehicles, what types of projects would have the most impact, how eligibility and selection criteria should be defined, what reporting requirements would be reasonable, and how to ensure the program achieves real outcomes such as increased domestic production capacity, strengthened supply chains, and quality job impacts. Even though the Funding Instrument Type is listed as "Grant" and the Activity Category is "Energy" (CFDA 81.253), the RFI itself does not award funding and does not lead to any immediate awards.
DOE explicitly invites input from a broad range of participants, not just large automakers. The RFI calls out manufacturers, minority-owned businesses, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, state and local officials, labor unions, Tribes, community-based organizations (CBOs), and other stakeholders. The eligibility field is described as "Unrestricted" for purposes of submitting information, meaning any type of entity can respond with comments and recommendations (subject to any details that may have been in the full text of the notice). This broad outreach signals that DOE is interested in perspectives on industrial readiness, workforce considerations, community impacts, and equity and inclusion issues that can arise when domestic plants are modernized or repurposed.
Key administrative details reinforce that this is an information-gathering action rather than a solicitation for proposals. The opportunity was created on April 11, 2023, and the original closing date for responses was May 9, 2023. The listing shows an expected award count of zero, which aligns with DOE's statement that it is not accepting applications for funding under this notice. An "Award Ceiling" value appears in the source data, but it should not be interpreted as a real cap for awards under this RFI because no awards are planned; it is best understood as an artifact of how opportunities are sometimes entered into government databases even when they are purely informational.
Taken together, DE-FOA-0003032 is best understood as a program design listening exercise connected to Inflation Reduction Act manufacturing goals for electrified vehicles. For organizations interested in future funding, the practical takeaway is that this RFI was an early chance to shape how DOE might later run a domestic manufacturing conversion grant program, including how it defines eligible conversion activities, what technologies and production outcomes it prioritizes (hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles), and how it addresses implementation issues like domestic capacity, supply chain constraints, workforce needs, and benefits to communities.Apply for DE FOA 0003032
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "This is a Request for Information only issued as DE-FOA-0003032, for project titled Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants for Electrified Vehicles" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.253.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 09, 2023. (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 $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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