Assistance program
Renewable Energy Research and Development
$3.6 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Energy, Department of, Energy, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
- CFDA number
- 81.087
- What it does
- The goal of this program is to conduct balanced research and development efforts in the following energy technologies: solar, biomass, hydrogen and fuel cells, wind, hydropower, and geothermal. Grants and cooperative agreements will be offered to develop and transfer to the nonfederal sector various renewable energy technologies on a competitive basis. Submission deadlines will be published in specific Notices of Funding Opportunities on EERE Exchange at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/. Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) are also posted at the grants.gov website at http://www.grants.gov.
- Who benefits
- For-profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, intrastate, interstate, State and local agencies and universities will benefit.
- Who applies
- For-profit organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, intrastate, interstate, and local agencies and universities may apply.
- Authorized by
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Department of Energy Act of 1978 Public
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
- Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS)
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
- Energy Policy Act 2005 (EPACT)
- Energy Policy Act of 1992
- Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977
- Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Program site
- http://www.eere.doe.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$3.6B
100%
Top recipients
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- Committed through this program
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Direct payments