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["Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Technology Commercialization Fund: Carbon Dioxide Removal Measurement, Reporting, and Verification Best Practices and Capabilities Lab Call\nDE-LC-000L100 - Questions/Answers\nUpdated: March 14, 2023"]
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["#","Date Asked","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2022-12-13","Eligibility","Can I submit a proposal as a small business?","See Section II.A.i for eligibility requirements. Only DOE national laboratories and facilities are eligible to apply to this lab call. Project partners can be any nonfederal entity, including private companies, state or local governments (or entities created by a state or local government), colleges, universities, tribal entities, or nonprofit organizations.  A small business would have to partner with a national lab to participate in work funded under this opportunity.  "]
[2,"2022-12-13","Partners","How can I access the Teaming Partner List? How can I add my organization to the list?","See Section I.C for details about how to access the Teaming Partner List (TPL-0000005) in Exchange and how to submit your organization to be included on the list"]
[3,"2022-12-20","Topic","Is DOE primarily interested in (close to) shovel-ready CDR technologies, rather than early-stage technologies or R&D to develop technologies? ","This lab call is explicitly focused on developing MRV best practices and capabilities rather than research, development, demonstration, and/or deployment of specific carbon dioxide removal technologies.  This lab call is not interested in any type of construction activities.  ","Amishi Claros"]
[4,"2022-12-20","Topic","Does the scope of the lab call include MRV for soils? There has been some information that there will be another call focused on soils.","See Section I.D for the topic area description. Per the lab call language, there is an emphasis on technological CDR solutions, including Direct Air Capture. Through this lab call, DOE is aiming to advance the overall state of MRV which includes harmonization of approaches, technologies, and best practices across a variety of CDR solutions. This lab call focuses on DAC solutions but does not exclude other approaches.","Amishi Claros"]
[5,"2022-12-20","Topic","For the Measuring carbon objective, is DOE only interested in the measurement of CO2 gas in carbon fluxes? or also sequestrated carbon in the solid products to confirm the CO2 is not returned back to the air?","DOE is interested in MRV technologies for quantification of durable carbon dioxide removal through understanding carbon fluxes as well as understanding the durability and residence of carbon in the intended end phase. See Section I.D for full program objectives.","Amishi Claros"]
[6,"2022-12-20","Topic","Is this Lab Call looking for MRVs for specific CDR technologies? For example, CDR for geologic sequestration will be different than terrestrial or oceanic C sequestration. It will be helpful to know whether the soil or terrestrial C sequestration is within the scope of this call?","See Section I.D for the topic area description. Per the lab call language, there is an emphasis on technological CDR solutions, including Direct Air Capture. That said, the scope is relatively open and other solutions may be considered with a strong justification for why the solution is relevant given the commercialization focus of this lab call.  This lab call focuses on DAC solutions but does not exclude other approaches.","Kyle Fricker"]
[7,"2022-12-20","Partners","Are outside lab partners eligible to receive any portion of the requested federal funding?","External, non-lab partners usually bring cost share to National Lab commercialization projects, but it is possible for National Labs to propose allocating a portion of the requested federal funds to external, non-lab partners. ","Kyle Fricker"]
[8,"2022-12-20","Partners","Who qualifies as an external partner?","Please see Section II.A.i on Partners. Partners can be any nonfederal entity, including private companies, state or local governments (or entities created by a state or local government), colleges, universities, tribal entities, or nonprofit organizations."]
[9,"2023-01-09","Topic","Will projects looking exclusively at non-engineered, nature-based solutions within the scope of this lab call?","No -- this lab call is focused on technological CDR solutions, including DAC. Applicant’s should justify how their project will advance MRV for technological (engineered) solutions. See Section I.D for more details on the topic area description. "]
[10,"2023-01-09","Partners","Do you would have any requirement on private companies (e.g., what stage the private company needs to be, can a startup company be the nonfederal entity applying with a DOE national lab?).","No -- Please see Section II.A.i on Partners. Partners can be any nonfederal entity, including private companies, state or local governments (or entities created by a state or local government), colleges, universities, tribal entities, or nonprofit organizations. ​"]
[11,"2023-01-09","Partners","We are also interested a three party collaboration, would that be a problem? ","No -- there is no limit on the numbers of partners"]
[12,"2023-01-09","Concept Paper","Is project budget information required in the concept paper? The EERE Exchange system is requiring high-level budget numbers for each partner involved; however, the guidance in the solicitation for what to include in the concept paper does not require budget information. ","Detailed budget information is not required at the concept paper stage. Use best estimates for high-level budget information required by Exchange. If encouraged you can update budget details at the full application phase. Please see Section II.A.ii on concept paper requirements "]
[13,"2023-01-09","Concept Paper","Do all the partners involved in the project need to be finalized at the concept stage? Or can they be changed/added at the full proposal stage? ","Project partners do not need to be finalized at the concept paper stage and can be changed/added at the full application phase stage."]
[14,"2023-01-12","Topic","Does Topic 1 include tools to assess carbon fluxes from natural and working lands associated with disturbances (e.g hurricanes and wildfires)? The LBNL/ORNL/LANL have developed the tools and models to quantify these fluxes.\n","This lab call is focused on technological CDR solutions, including DAC. Applicant’s cannot solely provide applications centered on nature-based CDR MRV solutions. See Section I.D for more details on the topic area description."]
[15,"2023-01-17","Concept Paper","The EERE Exchange system has a number of tabs for populating information into fields. \n\nIs it only the fields with asterisks next to them that are required for submission of the concept papers? For example, the Project Impacts tab contains fields for questions such as Audience/Customer Use and Communications/Outreach Strategy that are not required for the Concept Paper itself. \n","Fields in the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange website forms marked with a red asterisk are mandatory."]
[16,"2023-02-10","General","If awarded, would funding to a collaborating National Lab come directly from DOE through a FWP (field work proposal), or through a subaward from the prime National Lab applicant?  Will National Labs be required to provide a FFRDC Authorization Letter and Field Work Proposal for DOE-direct funding?","National Lab subawards would come directly from DOE. For selected projects, any necessary subaward documentation will be handled during negotiations."]
[17,"2023-02-13","Cost Share","For subtopic 1a for DE-LC-000L100, would it be possible to spread the 50% cost share requirement for the second budget period evenly between the first and second budget periods (e.g., for a second budget period funding request of $1.8M, our cost share for the first and second budget periods would be $900K each)? ","The application would be considered in subtopic 1b since less than 50% cost share is provided for budget period 2. Cost share is not required for budget period 1, but applicants can choose to provide cost share for that period. Note that the review criteria reflect that cost share is a \nconsideration for selection."]
[18,"2023-02-14","General","Is there a specific budget template you would like us to use?","No, there is not a budget template."]
[19,"2023-02-15","Full Application","Section \"10.0 References and Letters of Support\" mentions single-page letters of support can be included. Are these letters of support meant to come from the funded National Lab project participants, or unfunded partners not providing cost-share and not affiliated with the project, but who support the idea being pursued in the proposal?","Letters of support can come from project partners (including National Lab partners) or other relevant stakeholders."]
[20,"2023-02-16","Eligibility","Could I still apply for the full application if we did not submit a concept paper","No, to be eligible to submit a full application, applicants must have submitted a concept paper. Please see Section II.A for more details on the process and submission requirements. "]
[21,"2023-02-17","Full Application","Can you provide an example/template of what is needed for the work plan section and clarify what you mean by “A detailed work breakdown structure is requested separately","There is not a work plan template. This section should include key tasks and milestones for the project. Please see Section II.A.iii for more details on the work plan requirements. If selected for negotiations, a more detailed work plan would be developed."]
[22,"2023-02-17","Full Application","Can you confirm if each of the national labs can have their own, separate budget? When submitting proposals through EERE Exchange is there a way to submit multiple budget files. ","The prime applicant should submit the budget proposal as one comprehensive Excel spreadsheet. If other labs are listed as partners then they should also be included in the overall budget proposal. The Exchange system will only allow for one budget file to be submitted. Please see Section II.A.iii for more details on the proposed base budget & options requirements  "]
[23,"2023-02-23","Timeline","[multiple requests for timeline extension]","DOE extended the submission deadline for full applications by two weeks to March 17, 2023, 3 p.m. (ET). "]
[24,"2023-02-24","Cost Share","If we propose a minimum base budget of $5M federal share (the max award size), can we interpret the call to mean that the additional options, if granted by DOE, would allow the total federal share for the project to exceed $5M?","Yes, applicants can include \"options to increase the recommended budget and project scope as well as decrease the budget and project scope\" for DOE consideration."]
[25,"2023-02-26","Cost Share","Does the cost sharing table described in Section 8 of  needs to be counted in the 15pg page limit of the proposal","Yes, the cost share table is counted towards the 15 page proposal limit"]
[26,"2023-03-01","Partners","Can teams add partners during the negotiation if the proposal is selected for award","Partner letters of support/commitment will not be accepted beyond the full application deadline. However it is possible to add project partners during negotiations or during the award, if it were to be selected. "]
[27,"2023-03-02","Full Application","May we add a reference list (containing cited literature) as an appendix to the proposal","Yes, while a reference list in not a requirement for this Lab Call, applicants may still include one as an appendix and it will not count towards the 15- page limit. "]
[28,"2023-03-14","Full Application","To submit the full application for the CDR MRV Lab Call in EERE Exchange, are only the fields with red asterisk marks required to be completed? For example, the Project Plan tab does not have red asterisk marks next to the Project Tasks or Milestones sections. Does this mean these fields are not necessary to complete to submit the concept paper? \n","Yes, only fields in the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange website forms marked with a red asterisk are mandatory. Please see Section II.A.iii for more details on the the full application requirements."]

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["Question","Answer","Who answered"]
["Is DOE primarily interested in (close to) shovel-ready CDR technologies, rather than early-stage technologies or R&D to develop technologies? ","See section This lab call is explicitly investing in MRV technologies rather than development and/or deployment of the specific carbon dioxide removal technologies.","Amishi Claros"]
["Does the scope of the lab call include MRV for soils? There has been some information that there will be another call focused on soils.","See section I.D. for the topic area description. Through this lab call, we're aiming to advance the overall state of MRV which includes harmonization of approaches, technologies, and best practices. Per the lab call language, there is an emphasis on Direct Air Capture technologies as the initial pathway for reference","Amishi Claros"]
["For the Measuring carbon objective, is DOE only interested in the measurement of CO2 gas in carbon fluxes? or also sequestrated carbon in the solid products to confirm the CO2 is not returned back to the air?","For the measurement objective, we are interested in MRV technologies for quantification of durable carbon dioxide removal through understanding carbon fluxes as well as understanding the durability and residence of carbon in the intended end phase.","Amishi Claros"]
["Is this Lab Call looking for MRVs for specific CDR technologies. For example, CDR for geologic sequestration will be different than terrestial or oceanic C sequestration. It will be helpful to know whether the soil or terrestrial C sequestration is within the scope of this call?"]
["Are outside lab partners eligible to receive any portion of the requested federal funding?","External, non-lab partners usually bring cost share to National Lab commercialization projects, but it is possible for National Labs to propose allocating a portion of the requested federal funds to external, non-lab partners\n ","Kyle"]