UPDATE 5/19/2021
SUBJECT: Announcement of Selections for Award
The anticipated date for announcement of selections for Awards for this Funding Opportunity Announcement has been changed to the first week of June.
NOTE: The Open Period for submitting Letters of Intent for this FOA ended at 5 PM ET on Friday 12-11-2020.
Letters of Intent can no longer be submitted.
Applicants who submitted a Letter of Intent prior to 5pm ET on 12-11-2020 are eligible to complete and submit a full application for this Funding Opportunity.
To access your previously submitted LOI log into Exchange and click on the "My Submissions" link on the left hand menu of the Exchange Landing Page. Once you have done that you will be taken to the submissions page and can edit and submit the full application.
An Informational Webinar was held for Applicants to this FOA on November 18, 2020 at 1pm ET.
A recording of the November 18th Webinar is available at:
EPIC FOA Webinar Recording
Innovation clusters enhance national energy entrepreneurship and commercialization. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to fund the most creative, comprehensive, and impactful innovation-accelerating organizations that support energy and related hardware technology development and testing in regional innovation clusters—geographic concentrations of specialized skills, industries, and technology sectors. Innovation-accelerating, entrepreneurially-focused organizations (often referred to as accelerators or incubators) are critical to the growth of an innovation economy; these organizations help entrepreneurs accelerate the launch, growth, and scale of their businesses, ultimately resulting in the commercialization of new technologies and business models, and development of jobs in the United States.
Through this FOA, the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) seeks to support the formation and development of regional clusters supporting entrepreneurs and startups by funding innovation-accelerating organizations that demonstrate the ability to advance energy and related technologies in collaboration with and with the support of state, regional, and/or local entities. To accomplish these goals, the EPIC FOA anticipates funding four to eight innovation-accelerating organizations across the United States.
OTT welcomes as applicants organizations that aid in the development of new business ventures, business incubators and accelerators, co-working startup communities, or any other organizations and multi-organizational applicants that self-identify as advocates for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Through this competitive funding opportunity to support the formation and development of energy innovation clusters, the Office of Technology Transitions seeks to fund incubators and accelerators that demonstrate the ability to advance technology in collaboration with and with the support of state, regional, and/or local entities. To accomplish these goals, the Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) anticipates funding approximately four to eight innovation-accelerating organizations across the United States.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FOA?
If you have questions about the content or application process for this FOA Email EPICFOA-OTT@hq.doe.gov
A Q&A Document will be posted on the FOA Landing page Documents Section and updated Weekly.
PROBLEMS WITH OTT EXCHANGE?
Problems with OTT Exchange? Email EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov Include FOA name and number in subject line.