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• For more fleeting or time-sensitive grant programs, click on the category “Grants/Funding” along the right side of each page. 
• Also check the Governnment Resouces page and Funding Opportunities page for federal government grants, loan guarantee programs, etc.

National Science Foundation Energy for Sustainability Grant Program 

The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable.  Most world energy needs are currently met through the combustion of fossil fuels.  With projected increases in global energy needs, more sustainable methods for energy production will need to be developed, and production of greenhouse gases will need to be reduced.  Sources of sustainable energy include: Sunlight, Wind, and Biomass. 

The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years.  The average annual award size for the program is $100,000.  The duration of CAREER awards is five years.  The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year.  Please see the following URL for more information: Proposals for Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements may be submitted at any time, but must be discussed with the program director before submission.  Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) replace the SGER program.  Please note that proposals of these types must be discussed with the program director before submission.  Click Here for more information.

US Department of Agriculture Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

The Rural Energy for America Program (formerly Section 9006 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program), through USDA Rural Development offers grants, guaranteed loans, and combination grant/guaranteed loans to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses purchase and install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements in rural areas.

Grants of up to $500,000 and guaranteed loans of up to $25 million are available.  Click here  for more information.

US Department of Energy:  Energy Innovation Hubs

The Department of Energy has launched three Energy Innovation Hubs.  the Hubs will help advance highly promising areas of energy science and engineering from the early stage of research to the point where the technology can be handed off to the private sector.  In other words, this work will ultimately lead to new clean energy solutions and new jobs for America’s families.

Each Hub will foster unique, cross-disciplinary collaborations by bringing together leading scientists to focus on a high priority technology.  The Hubs will tackle three of the most important energy challenges we face:

1. How can we derive fuels directly from sunlight in an efficient and economical way?
2. How can we design, construct and retrofit commercial and residential buildings that are vastly more energy efficient than today’s buildings?
3. How can we use modeling and simulation technologies to make significant leaps forward in nuclear reactor design and engineering?

Click here for more information.  Click here  for application information.

The Third Frontier Project: Ohio’s High Tech Research Grant Program 

The Third Frontier Project was initiated in February 2002. This project is the state’s largest-ever commitment to expanding Ohio’s high-tech research capabilities and promoting innovation and company formation  that will create high-paying jobs for generations to come. The 10-year, $1.6 billion initiative is designed to:

• Build world-class research capacity
• Support early stage capital formation and the development of new products
• Finance advanced manufacturing technologies to help existing industries become more productive

Through the Third Frontier Project, additional federal and private sector support can boost the total investment to more than $6 billion.  Click here  for more information.

The Iowa Energy Center

The Iowa Energy Center conducts and sponsors research in the areas of alternate energy and energy efficiency. The Energy Center supports research through our competitive grants program.

The Energy Center also awards scholarships to Iowa high school students at the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa for exceptional energy-related projects.

The Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program (AERLP) is managed for the State by the Energy Center. This zero interest financing program encourages the construction of renewable energy production facilities in Iowa.  READ MORE

ecoENERGY for Biofuels

The ecoENERGY for Biofuels program supports the production of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel and encourages the development of a competitive domestic industry for renewable fuels. The program provides an operating incentive to facilities that produce renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel in Canada.   ecoENERGY for Biofuels will invest up to $1.5 billion over nine years in support of biofuel production in Canada. Administered by Natural Resources Canada, the ecoENERGY for Biofuels program runs from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2017. Recipients will be entitled to receive incentives for up to seven consecutive years.  Click here for more information.

Science Opportunities Fund

 The Science Opportunities Fund program was initially launched on April 11, 2008 as a $2M pilot program. SOF is now an on-going program with four intakes planned over approximately two years, and fills a much needed funding gap with an additional investment of $8M, half of which is provided by Genome BC. The program is expected to support modest endeavors typically in the range of $25,000-$200,000. Genome BC will provide no more than $200,000 with one-time funding that cannot be funded in whole or in part, through traditional mechanisms, which will catalyze or seed significant new programs and initiatives of key strategic importance to the British Columbia life sciences community.

This program aims to support BC researchers by:

• Increasing access to emerging technologies in the genome sciences being developed nationally or internationally, in order to maintain their competitiveness;
• Fostering partnerships with national and international stakeholders in the genome sciences; and,
• Facilitating new and innovative means of interactions with industry or other end-users of genome sciences.    READ MORE Round 1     READ MORE  Round 2