Through this Laboratory CRADA Call, DOE BTO seeks to accelerate the development of emerging building technologies and address barriers to their commercialization and acceptance in the marketplace by cost-sharing collaborative research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects. Up to $8.5 million will be made available to national laboratories working on collaborative projects that involve one or more DOE national laboratories and non-lab partners. National laboratories and qualified partners are sought to participate in collaborative projects in one or more of the research areas described in the Laboratory CRADA Call document. Projects must include one or more national laboratories and shall also include partners from one or more of the following: industry; universities; nonprofits; institutes; codes and standards organizations; associations; or other relevant stakeholders. Multiple collaborative research projects are sought under this Lab CRADA call, subject to the availability of funding.
Informational webinar scheduled for April 22, 2021 at 3 PM ET. Access the recording: https://youtu.be/Dnz0DN_66oQ
Notice of Intent to Apply Submission Deadline is April 30, 2021 at 7 PM ET (email bto.crada.call@nrel.gov)
Questions regarding the CRADA Call must be submitted to bto.crada.call@nrel.gov. Answers to the questions will be posted to an FAQs Excel spreadsheet found in the announcement Documents section of the posting. If you are unable to access the FAQs, try using a different web browser or try downloading the document to your computer and removing the “.html” extension added to file name by the web browser (if it is in the file name).
Applicants that experience issues with submission: In the event that an applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the applicant should contact the EERE Exchange helpdesk for assistance (EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov). The EERE Exchange helpdesk and/or the EERE Exchange system administrators will assist applicants in resolving issues.