The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to focus on applied research for technology development, with particular emphasis on meeting efficiency, performance, and cost targets. Specific emphasis shall be on achieving the performance and cost goals stated in the 2011 Multi-Year Program Plan (http:/apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/ssl_mypp2011_web.pdf) for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development. This document can also be found as an attachment to this Announcement. Successful approaches shall demonstrate a technology path that moves beyond the current performance levels detailed in the 2011 MYPP towards the future performance targets identified for the respective priority metric.
There will be four areas of interest to which an application may be submitted under this FOA:
Area of Interest 1: (Light Emitting Diode) Emitter Materials Research
Area of Interest 2: (Light Emitting Diode) Down-converters
Area of Interest 3: Novel Organic Light Emitting Diodes Materials and Structures
Area of Interest 4: (Organic Light Emitting Diode) Light Extraction Approaches