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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to pvrd@ee.doe.gov."]
[2,"All questions pertaining to EERE Exchange should be emailed to EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov. Include FOA name and number in subject line."]
[3,"All questions and answers pertaining to this FOA will be posted on EERE Exchange within this spreadsheet."]
[4,"DOE will attempt to respond to a question within 3 business days, unless a similar question and answer has already been posted in this spreadsheet. "]
[5,"All questions should be submitted not later than 3 business days prior to the application due date. Questions submitted after this date will not be answered."]
[6,"Questions are assigned a number in accordance with when they are reviewed by DOE.  "]
[7,"Questions are assigned a topic area by DOE when reviewed."]
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["TIPS"]
[1,"Applicants may sort questions and answers in the question tabs of this spreadhseet by selecting the drop-down box arrow on the column headers and selecting any of the listed attributes."]
[2,"Applicants may search for questions and/or keywords by holding CTRL+F on the keyboard and typing in a phrase or keyword."]

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["ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER LOG"]
["DE-FOA0001387 -  PVRD"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2015-09-28","Webinar","I am writing to you about attending the upcoming Webinar. Do I need to register, and if so can you provide the hyperlink to do so.","Please visit EERE Exchange for information pertaining to the webinar in question."]
[2,"2015-09-28","Webinar","I haven't found any details about tomorrow's PVRD webinar on the SunShot \nsite. Can you please point to where I can find the information necessary \nto join? ","Please visit EERE Exchange for information pertaining to the webinar in question."]
[3,"2015-09-28","Technical Topics","Are proposals related to improving CdTe and CIGS excluded from Topic Area 2: Proving Next Generation PV Concepts?","Please see Section III.G of the FOA. Applicants should be certain to consider the topic area descriptions provided in Section I.B of the FOA in order to ensure that their specific proposal is appropriate for submission to their intended topic area.  "]
[4,"2015-09-29","Application Content/Format","An LOI required, but why isn't the Encourage/Discourage notification not used at this time?","Letters of Intent are useful for determining the topic that one may wish to have funded, but are not included in the Merit Review process. Encourage/Discourage notifications are only provided for application materials that have been peer-reviewed."]
[5,"2015-09-29","Application Content/Format","For SIPS, will development of entirely new solar materials (new absorbers) be considered, if the LCOE targets can be achieved?","DOE will make determinations of what technologies are within its programmatic interest during the Concept Paper and Full Application reviews. Further information can be found in section I.B of the FOA."]
[6,"2015-09-29","Technical Topics","Is there any funding for the power conversion side, inverters, microinverters…?","Please see section I.B of the FOA for details regarding the Topic Areas of Interest."]
[7,"2015-09-29","Technical Topics","Is there an archive of the awardees previously and their project summary? The FAQ does not mention about summary for public release.","Please see the SunShot website for summary information regarding previous PV awards: http://energy.gov/eere/sunshot/photovoltaics-competitive-awards"]
[8,"2015-10-01","Application Content/Format","The FAQ link does not seem to be working.  I have verified this with another colleague, who had the same issue.","The FAQ's have been posted to a spreadsheet.  When clicking the FOA FAQ's link a user should be prompted to open the document."]
[9,"2015-10-01","Application Content/Format","Page 35 of the FOA defines proposal components and page limits for the Concept Paper and Topics 2 and 3.  I believe there is a typo re:  the page limit for “Team Description.”  Please confirm the page limit for this section. ","As noted in Section IV.D.1 of the FOA: Cover Page 1 Page Max, Project Description 3 pages max, and Team Description 2 pages max for a total of 6 pages."]
[10,"2015-10-01","Application Content/Format","A researcher with our institution will submit a letter of intent and full application to the above-referenced announcement. We are collaborating with another institution. As our subcontractor, is this collaborative entity required to submit all the same documents to us that we are to submit in response to the announcement?","Please see Section IV.E.1 of the FOA regarding Full Application Requirements."]
[11,"2015-10-03","Webinar","Is there an archive or recording of the 9/29 webinar available somewhere?","The slides and script for the webinar have been posted below the FOA and FAQ links."]
[12,"2015-10-05","Cost Sharing","I’m sending this information in hopes to obtain clarification regarding the “anticipated maximum federal funding” amounts listed for each topic area (page 9 of the FOA).  Can you please clarify if the Maximum Federal Funds is the total amount we can request from DOE and then the institutional cost share would be in addition to this amount? \n\nIs it Maximum Federal Funding + Cost Share = Total Project Costs \nor \nIs it  DOE Funding + Cost Share = Maximum Federal Funding?  \n","Maximum Federal Funding = Federal share of the award, therefore, Maximum Federal Funding  (Federal share) + Cost share = Total Project Costs."]
[13,"2015-10-05","Cost Sharing","Universities are eligible for 10% cost sharing. How do we know for sure if our university is eligible of this?","Please see Section III.B of the FOA regarding cost share and eligibility for the waiver."]
[14,"2015-10-02","Application Content/Format","This question is about Topic Area 2 proposals for PVRD funding opportunity. Is the preferred length of proposals for 2 years or 4 years? The FOA document says there will be a down-selection after 2 years and the webinar states the 2-year projects will be awarded and a limited number of projects will be provided continuation funds for the second 2 years. ","Four-year project periods are preferred, but applicants to Topic Area 2 should propose the project period (up to four years) that is needed to conduct the proposed work. Awards to Topic Area 2 will be down-selected after the second year and if an applicant wants to be considered for funding in years 3 and 4, the proposed workplan must include the description of the work that would be conducted in years 3-4. Federal funding for the first 2 years cannot exceed $450,000."]
[15,"2015-10-03","Application Content/Format","According to the CFDA Number:  81.087, I need to upload the Concept Paper (SIPS application) that includes several documents.  However, I could not find the following documents on the EERE website. Could advise where I can get these documents? Thanks.\n\n1.      SIPS Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) for 1-year period. The website has those for 3- or 5-year period. \nAnd \n2.      Budget Justification (EERE 335).  \n","The SF 424 and EERE 335 documents posted to EERE Exchage may be used for either SIPS or Full Applications."]
[16,"2015-10-06","Registration Requirements","The lead organization is performing 100% of effort, but we have two team members.  I am not clear how to indicate this on the LOI form online, in which it seems I have the option to list team members from different institutions, but not from the same institution.  ","Exchange provides both Techincal Point of Contact as well as Business Point of Contact.  It is up to the Applicant to choose who the list in these fields.  Please see bullet point 5 on page 1 of the FOA regarding designated points of contact."]
[17,"2015-10-06","Cost Sharing","I found DOE offers Special cost share waiver to a domestic institutions of higher education.\nI wonder that means that I do not have to include any cost share for my budget.","Please see Section III.B of the FOA regarding cost share and eligibility for the waiver."]
[18,"2015-10-06","Application Content/Format","I would like to know if I can just submit the concept paper, letter of intent and the SIPS for preliminary review, should those and the related solution be accepted then fill out the rest of it.","Please see Section III.G of the FOA. Applicants should be certain to consider the topic area descriptions provided in Section I.B of the FOA in order to ensure that their specific proposal is appropriate for submission to their intended topic area.  "]
[19,"2015-10-06","Cost Sharing","Is the cost share for Topic 1, SIPS, 20%?","Please see Section III.B of the FOA regarding cost share."]
[20,"2015-10-06","Application Content/Format","Please clarify whether the length limit for the PVRD Letter of Intent Abstract is 200 words (per page 25 of DE-FOA-0001387), or 4000 characters per the EERE submission website?","Please refer to Section IV.B.1 of the FOA for content and from of the LOI."]
[21,"2015-10-06","Technical Topics","For the 1 year SIPS project, if we are developing an entirely new technology,  are we allowed to focus solely on the material, showing its potential, or are we expected to demonstrate a prototype with certain efficiency? ","Please see Section III.G of the FOA. Applicants should be certain to consider the topic area descriptions provided in Section I.B of the FOA in order to ensure that their specific proposal is appropriate for submission to their intended topic area.  "]
[22,"2015-10-06","Application Content/Format","Are changes in the structure of the team, including the lead organization, permissible between the letter of intent submission and full application (for Topic 1) dates?   We have a partnership of three organizations and are still discussing which makes the most sense as lead.  So, can we identify a different lead (from among the named partners) in the Full Appl. vs. the LOI?","Applicants must have a team, with a designated prime established by the submission deadline for Concept Papers/SIPs Applications."]
[23,"2015-10-07","Labs/FFRDCs","If an FFRDC is a partner on a proposal but does not directly receive funds is the FFRDC authorization required or is a letter of support sufficient?","Please see Section II.B.2 regarding FFRDC participation.  In addition please reference Section III.E for FFRDC participation.  For supporting documents pertaining to FFRDC's please see Sections IV.E.8 & 9."]
[24,"2015-10-09","Application Content/Format","I am trying to fill out the budget justification form.  Which form do we use?","The Budget Justification form to be used is posted to the Required Application Documents section on EERE Exchange."]
[25,"2015-10-09","Application Content/Format","I am writing to inquire about the Foreign Entity Participation.  Is there any way I can do some works in the group?","Please see Appendix C of the FOA."]
[26,"2015-10-13","Cost Sharing","In the concept paper and SIPS application, is the “ Proposed Budget” Federal Funds or Total including cost share?","The Budget Justification should include Total Project costs (Federal + Cost Share)."]
[27,"2015-10-13","Application Content/Format","I would like to change the title of the Concept Paper so it is slightly different from that of the Letter of Intent, under the same application control number. Is that allowed?","Applicants must have project/application established by the submission deadline for Concept Papers/SIPs Applications."]
[28,"2015-10-13","Application Content/Format","Are you able to tell me for Topic Area 2 submissions if 48 months is a required project period or if we can do a 24 month project period? ","Please see Section II.A.2 of the FOA."]
[29,"2015-10-13","Application Content/Format","Regarding topic area 1- If a letter of intent was submitted for an idea as topic 2, but we decide it fits better under topic 1, can we change our submission to topic 1 due October 19th, and still remain compliant? ","Applicants must have project/application established by the submission deadline for Concept Papers/SIPs Applications."]
[30,"2015-10-13","Application Content/Format","I’m putting together a Concept Paper (and already have submitted the LOI) for the PVRD Topic 2 call due next Monday.  On p. 35 of the FOA, it says explicitly that the Concept Paper requires a 3-page maximum Project Description and a 2-page maximum Team Description.  On the EERE web site, however, I do not see any place to upload the Team Description.  Should I simply submit a 5-page Concept Paper with both parts (actually more than 5 pages with the references)?  Or should the Team Description go under “Additional Documents?”","Please see the Concept Paper Template under Required Application Documents."]
[31,"2015-10-14","Application Content/Format","Please advise if budget details are needed for small subcontractor (e.g., $25K for a $200K  SIPS proposal).","Please see Section IV.D.7 of the FOA."]
[32,"2015-10-14","Application Content/Format","Is there a specific template for the Cover page of a SIPS proposal?","No"]
[33,"2015-10-14","Application Content/Format","On the SF424, 13. Competition Identification Number – where can I find this number or can I leave this blank?","Please refernce the FOA #."]
[34,"2015-10-14","Application Content/Format","Should we include the application control number, which was generated when LOI was submitted, anywhere in the proposal?","Please see Section IV.A of the FOA."]
[35,"2015-10-14","Cost Sharing","3) Cost Share – Since we will be the Prime Recipient and is a domestic institution of higher education we qualify for the 10% cost share? Also we will have a subaward but I am not sure yet if we will perform more than 50% of the project work. Can our subaward’s cost share be 10% as well?","Please see Section IV.B of the FOA regarding the 10% Cost Share Waiver."]
[36,"2015-12-08","Application Content/Format","Are we allowed to add additional organizations that were not included in the concept paper to the full application?","Teams should be finalized as part final application package to be submitted to DOE."]
[37,"2015-12-08","Labs/FFRDCs","Should the FFRDC portion of the funding be directly sent from DOE to the FFRDC thus bypassing the university? Or should the total funding be sent first from DOE to the prime recipient university, and then sent from the university to the FFRDC?","Recpients will receive all funds related to an award, and will be responsible for monitoring a lab which participates as part of an award. "]
[38,"2015-12-08","Application Reviews","Will reviewers of the full application be informed our Concept was Discouraged?","No"]
[39,"2015-12-08","Application Content/Format","Some of the personnel listed on the concept paper has changed.  Is this a problem for the full proposal? ","No"]
[40,"2015-12-08","Application Content/Format","For Topic 2, the proposal will be submitted as a 4-year proposal or with tasks for 2-years?","Please submit any Topic 2 proposals with a workplan that includes tasks and milestones for a 4 year period."]
[41,"2015-12-08","Webinar","What percentage of awards or number of awards are considered to be funded?","As stated in the Funding Opportunity Announcement, it is expected that 30-35 awards will be made for the PVRD FOA, across all 3 topic areas.  No information is available regarding the number of submissions."]
[42,"2015-12-08","Webinar","Specifically, how many pre-proposals did you deem compliant and how many full applications do you plan to fund?","DOE does not provide infrmation regarding the number of applications those application which were encouraged or discouraged."]
[43,"2015-12-08","Webinar","Will we be able to download this presentation after we are done?","Yes, the presentation slides and script will be available on the EERE eXCHANGE webpage for the PVRD FOA soon."]
[44,"2015-12-08","Application Content/Format","What are the chances that a full application will be accepted?","All Full Applications are assessed by a Merit Review Panel and Federal Consensus Board and will be judged based upon the evaluation criteria given in section V.A.3 of the FOA."]
[45,"2015-12-09","Application Content/Format","We will propose a work plan that spans 4 years. However, it is not clear if we should send a budget for the first 2 years only, or for all 4 years.","Please see Section I.B of the FOA for details regarding the Topic Areas of Interest.  The Project Down Scope secition under Topics 2 & 3 address the possiblity for work in years 3 and 4."]
[46,"2015-12-21","Application Content/Format","My concept paper proposed a two-year project. Can we change our full application to a three-year project with modified budget?","Application packages for Topics 2 & 3 must be flnalized by the Application deadline listed on page 1 of the FOA."]
[47,"2015-12-23","Application Content/Format","I noticed an inconsistency between the application portal and the FOA instructions for this project. The FOA instructs us to upload FFRDC budgets as FWPs in a single PDF document (FOA pg. 44), but the portal only allows for Excel files to be uploaded for the FFRDC budget (see screenshot below).  How should we proceed? ","Both .xls/.xlsx and .pdf version are acceptable."]

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["Pick List"]
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["Registration Requirements"]
["Webinar"]
["Eligibility"]
["Labs/FFRDCs"]
["Foreign Entities/Work"]
["Cost Sharing"]
["Due Dates"]
["Application Content/Format"]
["Intellectual Property"]
["Data Management"]
["U.S. Manufacturing Plan"]
["Application Reviews"]
["Technical Topics"]