Solicitations for Business, Industry, and Universities

The majority of Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) financial opportunities are for business, industry, and universities.

To explore current EERE financial assistance solicitations and solicitation-related requests, click on the titles in the table below. If you are searching for listings in a particular technology area, be sure to also look at those labeled "crosscutting." These apply to more than one technology area.

Technology	Solicitation Title	Open Date	Close Date
Hydrogen	Research and Development for On Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage	04/24/2008	05/23/2008
Biomass	Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Oil (Bio-oil) Stabilization	04/16/2008	05/29/2008
Biomass	University Research in Biomass Technologies: Applied Research in Conversion of Biomass to Advance Fuels	03/31/2008	06/02/2008
Hydrogen	Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence	02/27/2008	06/04/2008
Buildings	Solid-State Lighting Core Technologies - Round 5	05/05/2008	06/19/2008
Hydrogen	Administration of H-Prize for Hydrogen Storage	05/15/2008	06/25/2008
Buildings	Solid State Lighting Product Development Funding Opportunity Round V	05/12/2008	06/27/2008
Buildings	Production Engineering and Commercialization of Residential R-5 Highly Insulating Windows	04/22/2008	07/08/2008
Solar	Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Thermal Storage Concepts for Concentrating Solar Power Generation	04/30/2008	07/10/2008
Industry	Fuel/Feedstock Flexibility and Combined Heat and Power	05/14/2008	07/14/2008

For more information about obtaining funding for the opportunities listed above, see How to Apply.

In addition, EERE participates in DOE small business programs. To learn more about these programs, see the Web site of the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Another potential source of funding for businesses is EERE's Inventions and Innovation Program.

Outside of EERE, some federal laboratories offer subcontract opportunities to business, industry, and university groups. See the laboratory subcontract section for more information. In addition, other government agencies frequently offer opportunities relevant to EERE technologies. For more information, see related solicitations.