The Climate Change Investment Initiative (2c2i) is a 10-year, $20 million, joint commitment between Exelon Corporation and its philanthropic arm, Exelon Foundation, to invest in and cultivate innovative start-ups focused on advancing climate change mitigation, adaptation and resiliency efforts, while also promoting
social equality and economic prosperity, in Exelon’s service territories. These service territories include Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Washington D.C.; Atlantic City, NJ and Wilmington, DE.

The first round of funding makes up to $8 million available for projects that address the challenges of decarbonizing industrial process heat and advancing clean hydrogen production and renewable energy integration.

Through the first round, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking applicants comprised of single entities or teams to compete for funding under two technical challenge areas including hydrogen applications to decarbonize industrial process heat and clean hydrogen production and integration with renewable energy. Proposals will be accepted in the following categories: A: Feasibility and Research Studies. B: Product Development. C: Pilot and Demonstration Projects. D: Federal Cost Share Projects

ARPA-E is looking for the next generation of scientists and engineers to help direct the future of American energy innovation. We are looking for creative thinkers to work on the most pressing and exciting challenges in energy. During their two-year tenure at ARPA-E headquarters in Washington D.C., Fellows conduct independent research and analysis into technological whitespaces, contribute to new program development, and engage with innovators in a variety of fields, including academia, industry, start-ups, and government. Fellows play a vital role in furthering ARPA-E’s mission of developing transformational energy technologies.

The E-Team Program, part of the VentureWell Accelerator, supports student ventures as you embark down the path you’re likely to take as an innovator and entrepreneur. We help you advance your invention through a powerful mix of up to $25,000 in grant funding, entrepreneurship training, mentorship by dedicated staff, national recognition, and networking with peers and industry experts.

To accelerate the decarbonization of the maritime transportation industry, Technip Energies is looking to collaborate with innovators from around the world to pilot low-carbon or zero-carbon fuels and emissions measurement and management solutions for large-scale cargo ships, cruise ships, etc. These solutions must enable the total annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deep-sea transportation to reach net zero by 2050, as laid out in the 2023 International Maritime Organization (IMO) GHG Strategy, while also improving efficiency and reducing operating expenses. For additional details on Technip Energies’ energy transition and ESG roadmap, please go to ESG Roadmap | Technip Energies.

This Request for Applications (RFA) is soliciting research to develop and demonstrate nanosensor technology with functionalized catalysts that have the potential to degrade selected contaminants in addition to detecting and monitoring pollutants. Specifically, EPA is seeking proposals that use nanotechnology to detect, monitor, and degrade PFAS in groundwater or surface water that may be used as drinking water sources.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of Energy Office (DOE) of Technology Transitions (OTT) in partnership with FedTech run the DOE Emerging Tech Startup Studio. As energy dependency becomes one of the most significant threats we face, the NNSA and the DOE continue to serve as a catalyst for innovation, investing millions of dollars into national laboratories. Throughout the program, teams of highly talented entrepreneurs are paired with technologies on the forefront of innovation with the objective of commercializing market-defining startups.

On July 21, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new solicitation to connect industry partners with the high performance computing (HPC) resources and expertise at DOE’s National Laboratories to improve material performance and advance manufacturing processes for an equitable clean energy future. Through the HPC4EI initiative, selected teams will harness the raw processing power of our National Labs’ supercomputers to apply advanced modeling, simulation, and data analysis to manufacturing and materials projects.

The NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) seeks to build engineering research capacity across the nation by investing in new academic investigators who have yet to receive research funding from Federal Agencies.  The Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) program will support new investigators as they initiate their research programs and advance in their careers as researchers, educators, and innovators.  This funding opportunity aims to broaden the base of investigators involved in engineering research and therefore is limited to investigators that are not affiliated with “very high research activity” R1 institutions (according to the Carnegie Classification https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/).

To reduce harmful pollutants from millions of wood heaters, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), funded by the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), will oversee a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Call to accelerate wood heater innovation and develop the next generation of efficient and clean wood heaters. Applicant innovators, researchers and manufacturers will work collaboratively with and leverage the unique expertise of BNL or LBNL to develop and validate the performance of their innovative wood heater technology. Applicants are expected to collaborate with BNL or LBNL to develop a scope of work and appropriate budget for advancing their wood heater technology.

This opportunity will fund competitively selected CRADAs between BNL or LBNL and applicant innovators, researchers and manufacturers. All DOE-BETO funding will go directly to the National Laboratories to execute the scope of work for a 12 to 18 month project, with the partnering applicants committing a minimum of 20% cost share to the project.

Through this opportunity, WPTO aims to identify promising, potentially high-impact research ideas from minority-serving colleges and universities, especially new entrants or those who have not recently worked with the WPTO. Eligible researchers could have a wide range of expertise, including water power-related engineering and other technology-specific  expertise , but also expertise in social science,  biological and environmental sciences, local governance processes, energy system integration, community-scale power systems, and other related areas. Researchers whose work has robust and deep ties to their communities and will be able to leverage those ties in their projects are particularly encouraged to apply.

SI Liftoff will build upon the strategic efforts initiated in the other three pillars of SI 2030 Framework, Prize, and Flight Paths, by fostering diverse partnerships of companies to pursue pre-competitive research and development projects. Entities will be awarded up to $5 million for projects (estimated 3 awards) that (a) create research partnership to bring together two or more technology stakeholders, and (b) partner with a research institution to solve one or more pre-competitive R&D technical challenge. Projects must enable a long-duration capable energy storage technology with a pathway to $0.05/ kWh Levelized Cost of Storage by 2030.