Department of Energy Grants

Open Department of Energy grants

• DOE Genesis Mission AI for Science and Robotics Awards

  Up to $16MDeadline: Dec 17, 2026open

  DOE Genesis Mission AI for Science and Robotics Awards is sponsored by Department of Energy. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and me...

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• DOE ALCC Leadership Computing Challenge for AI Research

  Up to $10Mopen

  The DOE ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) provides allocations of computing time on the nation's most powerful supercomputers for high-risk, ...

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• DOE Advancements in Artificial Intelligence for Science

  Up to $6.0Mopen

  The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, through the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), announced $68 million in funding...

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• Energy Innovation: Manufacturing

  Up to $3.0Mopen

  Energy Innovation: Manufacturing is sponsored by Department of Energy. Advances manufacturing technologies for clean energy applications, including ad...

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• DOE SBIR/STTR for AI and Clean Energy Technologies

  Up to $2.1Mopen

  The Department of Energy SBIR/STTR program provides non-dilutive funding to small businesses developing innovative technologies aligned with DOE's mis...

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• DOE State Manufacturing Leadership Program for Smart Manufacturing and AI Technology Adoption

  Up to $2.0Mopen

  The DOE State Manufacturing Leadership Program administered by the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains removes barriers preventing small-...

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• CESMII Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute AI Project Calls

  Up to $300Kopen

  The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), funded by DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advanced Manufactur...

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• Global Material Security

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  Global Material Security is sponsored by Department of Energy. The objective of the Global Material Security Program is to enhance global security by ...

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• Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies

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  Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies is sponsored by Department of Energy. For Title XVII Loan Guarantee program under Section 1...

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• Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research

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  Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research is a grant from the Department of Energy that funds research and education programs supporting nuclear secur...

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• Transmission Facilitation Program

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  Transmission Facilitation Program is a grant from the Department of Energy that provides federal support through a revolving fund to overcome financia...

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• Smart Grid Investment Grant Program

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  Smart Grid Investment Grant Program is a grant from the Department of Energy that funds smart grid technologies to increase the flexibility, efficienc...

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• Glovebox Manufacturing Expansion Initiative

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  Glovebox Manufacturing Expansion Initiative is sponsored by Department of Energy.

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• DOE SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 FY 2026

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  DOE SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 FY 2026 is a grant from the Department of Energy that funds U.S. small businesses conducting research and development ...

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• SBIR/STTR for AI and Clean Energy Technologies

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  SBIR/STTR for AI and Clean Energy Technologies is sponsored by Department of Energy. The Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR/STTR program provides non-dil...

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• Molybdenum-99 Program

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  Molybdenum-99 Program is sponsored by Department of Energy.

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• Catalysis Related Research (SBIR/STTR Phase I)

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  Catalysis Related Research (SBIR/STTR Phase I) is sponsored by Department of Energy. Small Business programs for catalysis research that can involve u...

  clean_energyenergy_efficiencysmall_businesscatalysiscatalytic technologies

• National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program

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  National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program is sponsored by Department of Energy.

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• Energy Innovation: Manufacturing

  open

  Energy Innovation: Manufacturing is sponsored by Department of Energy. Advances manufacturing technologies for clean energy applications, including ad...

  clean_energyenergy_efficiencymanufacturingai_manufacturingmaterials_science

• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Release 2

  open

  Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Release 2 is sponsored by Department of Energy. Suppor...

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