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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to energyshed@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-FOA0002565 - Energyshed: Exploring Place-Based Generation"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2022-06-07","Technical Topics","I noticed that projects relating to water, solar, geothermal, and wind energy were considered for this FOA. However, I wasn’t sure if biogas from organic food waste could be considered for this scope of work. Would we be able to have a biogas plant as part of this application?","The listed resources are intended to be examples and not exhaustive; hydrogen can be included in the scope. "]
[2,"2022-06-09","Other","Is there a recording to the \"From Watershed to Energyshed\" workshop available for viewing? I am inquiring pursuant to the information provided at this site: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscOmuqDsrHZfxby06VrlfBcStTB6Enu0 ","No, a recording is not available"]
[3,"2022-06-14","Other","I'm curious if there will be a teaming partner list for this FOA opportunity. If so, I'd love to add a specific entity.","There is not a teaming partner list for this FOA."]
[4,"2022-06-14","Application Content/Format","I am having problems opening some of the posted FOA documents in Exchange","DOE is aware of users experiencing issues opening the SF424 Application for Federal Assistance document. The document was updated to reflect a change from requiring a Duns and Bradstreet (DUNS) number to a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). If you see an error message when clicking the link, you need to take the following steps:"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1. Click the link and save a copy of the .pdf to your desktop. It will save even though there is an error message."]
[{"$nulls":4},"2. Open Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader on your computer."]
[{"$nulls":4},"3. In Adobe, Click File, Open and select the SF-424 Application form on your desktop."]
[5,"2022-06-15","Application Reviews","Please provide any similar submissions or link for review as expected sample.  Specifically we would like to read sample submissions which were not rejected of others which provide for tools and other processes to help stakeholders in other areas of interest.  The tech side of course will be different.  ","A number of relevant projects have been conducted under the DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative (https://www.energy.gov/downloads/gmi-peer-review-report-2018Grid) and by DOE’s Modernization Lab Consortium (https://gmlc.doe.gov/resources). "]
[6,"2022-06-15","Technical Topics","What technologies will be necessary to support local grid resilience and responsiveness -- to manage and control energy demand, to support agile load balancing within the local grid and connecting to other grid infrastructure, and to do so most efficiently to reduce total economic cost, social cost, and GHG emissions?  What are the missing links?  What consumer/occupant behavior changes are needed?  How can we build in transparency necessary for trust?","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing a proposal. "]
[7,"2022-06-15","Eligibility","Is it only individuals that are allowed to submit applications or can private LLCs be involved as well?","See FOA Section III.A Eligibility. "]
[8,"2022-06-15","Eligibility","Is this opportunity open to microgrid project developers and vendors?"]
[{"$nulls":4},"See Section III. A.  Eligibility for description of eligible entities. Further, note Section I.C. Applications Specifically Not of Interest would exclude  “Applications proposing methods of operational control, protection or communication for the broader electrical grid.”"]
[9,"2022-06-15","Eligibility","What are the limits on who can be supported under this project? Specifically,  can we include funding to a law school professor who is an expert on energy policy?","Specific personnel, subrecipient and vendor support can be negotiated after selections. From the limited information provided in this question, it appears that the energy policy law school professor would be allowable. See FOA Sections III.A.Eligibility."]
[10,"2022-06-15","Eligibility","Will this grant be available to companies without professional online grant writers?","Yes. See FOA Section III.A Eligibility. "]
[11,"2022-06-16","Eligibility","Can you please clarify what types of individuals you intend might apply to this FOA and how they are different from a domestic or foreign entity?","Yes. See FOA Section III.A.i. Eligibility for the definition of individuals. "]
[12,"2022-06-18","Other","Will a workshop recording be available for viewing after June 22?","Yes, it will be posted on the EERE Exchange Website. "]
[13,"2022-06-20","Application Content/Format","I am requesting confirmation on the requirements of the \"Full Application\"... What is the list of all required documents \"Full Application\" for this project? I am curious if it got reduced or not?","In Exchange, the \"Full Application\" dcoument section you are referring to provides templates for some of the required documents. Some documents do not have templates, and are therefore not listed there. To see a complete list of required Full Application documents, see FOA Section  IV.C.i. \"Full Application Content Requirements\"."]
[14,"2022-06-21","Technical Topics","Would this FOA be appropriate for [this] type of project?","This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is comprehensive and designed to allow prospective applicants to assess their proposed projects versus the requirements and criteria of the FOA.  We cannot predetermine the suitability or viability of a proposal in advance of the merit review process.  It is up to prospective applicants to review the requirements of the FOA and assess the merits of their proposed project to determine whether to submit an application.  "]
[15,"2022-06-22","Technical Topics","Is hydrogen generation and deployment included in the scope of this FOA?","The listed resources are intended to be examples and not exhaustive; hydrogen used for energy storage and electric energy generation can be included in the scope of the project, so long as the hydrogen is produced without carbon emissions. See https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/ for more information. "]
[16,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","Page 12 of the FOA establishes \"Energyshed requirements\" indicating that \"The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters\" Does this mean that the community or communities that the proposal will work with needs to identify and assess the energyshed in which it is situated? Given that energyshed determination is a specialized topic that we have not yet learned, how should we then verify to DOE-EERE that our proposed community's energyshed complies with the above requirement?","The requirements for selection of an energyshed are broadly written without quantitative limits. Applicants should describe how the selected energyshed is compliant with these conditions. "]
[17,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","The FOA indicates, in several places, that the project must assess the trade-offs of developing locally-derived generation. What is the reference to established these trade-offs? Is this supposed to compare benefits and costs of utility scale vs locally-derived generation? Or are the trade-offs based on, for example, community vs utility based perspectives?","Answers to these and similar questions are generally included in Section I.A (Background and Purpose) of this FOA, specifically in Section I and I.B. (Topic Description). Applicants are encouraged to review and consider these issues in developing a proposal."]
[18,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","The concept of \"management of an energyshed\" is also mentioned several times in the FOA. Could you clarify if by \"management\" you refer to the operational aspects of the energyshed or also the investment decisions that occur within the energyshed? What is being managed?","As noted in Section I.B, this work is to further management of the energyshed in the context of “…understanding of the current energy mix and to support decision-making in both near-term and strategic energy choices.”   Proposals focused on operational control of the electrical grid are specifically noted in Section I.C. as Not of Interest. "]
[19,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","The FOA requires that the tools and processes developed by the proposal helps a \"broad set of stakeholders, including utilities, local governments, and community-based organizations\" (p.8). Does this mean that the tradeoffs, cost, and benefits should be assessed from the perspective of each one of these entities? For example, should a utility be able to track the cost and benefits for its bottom line, revenue recovery, ROE, etc.? And the equivalent for a community would be billing impacts and payback time for DER investments? Should we assess the same objectives from each entities' perspective (e.g. reliability would require some customer-level definition to apply to communities; SAIDI and SAIFI can be used for a utility)","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing a proposal.  "]
[20,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","When thinking about scenarios, what kinds of variables do you intend that they reflect? In particular, what variables, if any, should come from an optimization exercise (e.g. levels of placed-based resources deployment by a community) vs simulation exercises in which the characteristics of the energyshed are chosen exogenously?","Applicants should carefully review Section I.B. (Topic Description) and prepare a proposal appropriate in the judgement of the applicant.   "]
[21,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","Collecting some data will require close connection with existing entities, such as utilities or cities. Should the proposal demonstrate that those relationships exist when applying, or can the applicant provide a plan to create those relationships as part of the project, if awarded?","Applicants should describe the  relevant relationships among project team members and other entities, and if necessary relationships are not already in place, applicants should describe a plan for expanding those relationships. "]
[22,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","In p.13 the FOA indicates 'Applicants should be careful in assessing what data might be considered Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII) as part of the process\". Why should applicants be careful about this? Is it because the data may not be accessible? If so, should the applicant demonstrate a way to produce equivalent data that can be made public? Or just acknowledge that the data is not accessible?","As explained in resources such as https://www.energy.gov/oe/critical-electric-infrastructure-information , CEII is a very particular classification of data and information. Applicants should not propose to utilize CEII in development and deployment of the requested tools.  "]
[23,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","The FOA emphasizes the idea of the analytical tools developed to enable stakeholders to make informed decisions. Should the tools ensure that these decisions are mutually complementary and coordinated? Or is it fine if the tools provide decisions that suit each stakeholder's perspectives and objectives, but are perhaps contradictory? For example, the models could advise a utility develop larger utility scale renewable resources to improve their bottom line and system efficiency, but models could at the same time indicate that communities should deploy local generation to enhance bill reduction and resilience. Should the analytical tools settle these differences, or just show them transparently to inform a separate coordinated decision making process?","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing a proposal"]
[24,"2022-06-23","Technical Topics","Two questions: The Energyshed requirements are stated on page 12 as: The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters.  1. Can you please clarify if a successful application is intended to be restricted to a single discrete geographic area or could it cover multiple discrete geographic areas? 2. Is the energy in this FOA restricted to electricity generation or are there other forms of energy like liquid fuels or district heating and cooling that would be considered?","In regard to these particular questions, and as described in Section I.B Topic of the FOA; 1] the focus of this work should be on a single discrete geographic area. Multiple areas that overlap (that otherwise meet the requirements) could be studied, in that the area of overlap would also be considered as a discrete geographic area; and 2] this FOA is focused on electric energy, so liquid fuels, thermal energy storage and other energy resources may be included only if they are a direct replacement for electric energy or power demands. "]
[25,"2022-07-01","Labs/FFRDCs","Does EERE have an anticipated timeframe with regards to executing a CRADA between the FFRDC and Prime Recipient? The following excerpt is on p. 26 of the FOA:","The CRADA must be executed before the FFRDC can begin work on project, so the timeline is dependent on parties involved and the circumstances of the project. "]
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[null,null,null,"Requirement for DOE/NNSA FFRDCs to Use a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Prime Recipient"]
[null,null,null,"DOE/NNSA FFRDC project team members funded directly by DOE must work with their fellow project team members under a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA), unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer, to ensure accountability for project work and appropriate management of intellectual property (IP), e.g., data protection and background IP."]
[26,"2022-07-01","Technical Topics","The Energyshed FOA includes the following statement: “Each Full Application shall be limited to a single concept or technology. Unrelated concepts and technologies shall not be consolidated in a single Full Application.”","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing a proposal. Applying one concept to two discrete energysheds is inclusive of applying it to one discrete energyshed, so long as at least one area meets the other requirements as described in Section I.B (Topic) of the FOA."]
[null,null,null,"Would using one concept in two discrete locations in one state be an eligible application?  Based on our understanding of the program, this is the way we are interpreting the situation and believe the answer is “yes.”  "]
[27,"2022-07-06","Technical Topics","The Energyshed requirements are stated on page 12 as: The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters.  Can you please clarify if a successful application is intended to be restricted to a single discrete geographic area or could it cover multiple discrete geographic areas?","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing a proposal. As described in Section I.B Topic of the FOA; 1] the focus of this work should be on a single discrete geographic area. Multiple areas that overlap (that otherwise meet the requirements) could be studied, in that the area of overlap would also be considered as a discrete geographic area. "]
[28,"2022-07-06","Technical Topics","I read the energyshed requirements on P.12 of the FOA, and have a couple additional questions related to selecting an energyshed for this project:","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing an interesting and differentiated proposal. "]
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[null,null,null,"- What is the target geographic size range?  For example, Los Angeles or all of Southern California?"]
[null,null,null,"- What population size and energy demand size is preferred?  For example, would a relatively larger city such as Los Angeles be preferred over a relatively smaller city such as San Diego?"]
[null,null,null,"- Would multiple smaller energysheds be preferred over a single larger energhshed?"]
[null,null,null,"- What additional criteria would make an energyshed interesting for this project?"]
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[29,"2022-06-25","Other","\"How does this requirement of the Energyshed FOA conform to Justice 40 requirements to deploy federal investment in disadvantaged communities?\n\n“The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters.”\n\nMost of Alaska is considered disadvantaged under J40, but most of Alaska would not meet this Energyshed criteria for that same reason. The criteria appear exclusionary to the principle of disadvantaged communities.\n\nCan you provide justification for how the criteria conforms to J40?\n\"","Thank you for your question. On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.  Section 223 of that EO establishes the Justice40 Initiative, which directs 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities (DACs). The progress toward achieving the Justice40 goals is measured holistically across the Justice40 covered programs, not within each individual program or project. Some programs and projects will exceed the 40 percent goal and other programs and projects should contribute to the goal, but the contribution may not reach 40 percent. \n\nPlease see Justice40 Initiative | Department of Energy for more information on DOE’s implementation of the Justice40 Initiative: https://www.energy.gov/diversity/justice40-initiative"]
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[30,"2022-06-28","Labs/FFRDCs","Our Organization is preparing an application against the above-referenced FOA due August 1st.","The deadline of August 1, 2022, still applies. We recommend working with partners that are able to meet the deadline. "]
[null,null,null,"Two National Labs will be included and we have requested their respective application packages."]
[null,null,null,"One of them already indicated that it will be impossible for them to obtain the formal FFRDC authorization document by the submission due date."]
[null,null,null,"What are our options if this mandatory document cannot be submitted in the application as required?"]
[31,"2022-07-06","Technical Topics","The FOA states: “The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters.” We have 4  clarifying questions about this:","The requirements for selection of the energyshed are described in a qualitative manner so that proposals can be reviewed in context of the objectives of the FOA. Applicants are encouraged to review Section I.A. (Background and Context) and Section I.B. (Topic Area) to make an assessment of the appropriateness of any particular energyshed for their proposal."]
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[null,null,null," 1)  How  does DOE define a “discrete geographic area”? is there a size limit? "]
[null,null,null,"2) How does DOE define a  “large portion” of renewable energy?"]
[null,null,null,"3) Does the proportion of curtailment matter? And"]
[null,null,null,"4)  what constitutes “substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters”? "]
[32,"2022-07-07","Foreign Entities/Work","It is stated that \"Foreign entities eligible to apply, can waive requirement to have US-addressed subsidiary if we can prove our proposal is in the economic interests of the US\", and I would like to ask directly how we as an interested foreign entity should prove this and/or best meet this requirement? How have foreign entities in the past tailored their projects thusly (if others have successfully applied to DOE FOAs in the past)?","Appendix B lists the necessary information that must be included in a request to waive this requirement."]
[33,"2022-07-07","Technical Topics","Could you help clarify the energyshed requirements?  Suppose I’m developing a decision support tool that helps plan for DER in distribution networks.  Would this tool be disqualified if the distribution networks don’t currently get most of their energy from renewables and currently face grid constraints?  This seems like a very strict definition for energyshed.  "," The requirements for selection of the energyshed are described in a qualitative manner so that proposals can be reviewed in context of the objectives of the FOA. Applicants are encouraged to review Section I.A. (Background and Context) and Section I.B. (Topic Area) to make an assessment of the appropriateness of any particular energyshed for their proposal. "]
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[null,null,null,"From the FOA:"]
[null,null,null,"Energyshed Requirements: The energyshed proposed for investigation must conform to a discrete geographic area in which renewable sources currently provide a large portion of electric energy needs, where grid capacity constraints result in curtailment of renewable generation, and with substantial existing deployment of interactive smart meters."]
[34,"2022-07-07","Application Content/Format","Our team is writing the DOE Energyshed proposal in the Overleaf (a cloud-based editor).","Yes, that font is acceptable."]
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[null,null,null,"I noticed that the FOA requires Calibri typeface (front), which isn't usually licensed for use outside Windows Softwares (so Overleaf cannot utilize the Calibri font style)."]
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[null,null,null,"Carlito font is metric compatible with Calibri and available in Overleaf."]
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[null,null,null,"Is the Carlito font acceptable to use when typesetting on non-Windows systems?"]
[35,"2022-07-11","Other","The plan is that our institution will act as a prime recipient if DOE is to fund the research study. The subcontract of the grant is another higher education institution, for which, the PI is a brother of the PI at our institution. Will this relationship create a conflict of interest?","If an entity's internal written policies allow for this type of collaboration and selection of a subrecipient it would be allowable."]
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[null,null,null,"Will this relationship need to be disclosed to DOE in the proposal?","This relationship would need to be disclosed in the FOA Full Application. "]
[36,"2022-07-08","Application Content/Format","In the budget justification template that is provided it states that \"A Recipient cannot claim \"unrecovered indirect costs\" as a Cost Share contribution, without prior approval\" in the cost share tab. Can you please clarify who would provide that approval for us and if there is any documentation that we would need to provide?"," This approval comes from the Contracting Officer. A request and documentation of the unrecovered funds would be required. Note - this process only occurs once the award is in place. It is not applicable during the application phase. "]
[37,"2022-07-12","Application Content/Format","I have a quick question on the Lobbing Activities form for the Energy Shed Application. (Applicant for the Energyshed grant) is a discrete component unit of a (city ), a legal separate entity that can be sued.   On the lobbying activities form do we need to include those activities if there are any of the (city) or solely report on  (applicant for the Energyshed grant)","A SF-LLL Lobbying Activities form is required for the Prime Applicant and Sub Recipients, if applicable. If selected for negotiations towards an award, it can then be decided if the (city) would need to submit a form once we have more information on the legal relationship. "]
[38,"2022-07-13","Technical Topics","To aid in determining if our project is a good fit we would like to clarify the type of projects the RFP is intended for. Is the intention for projects to be focused solely on technical modeling? Are social science projects acceptable? What type of balance between technical and social research is being sought?","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the purpose of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing an interesting and differentiated proposal.  "]
[39,"2022-07-13","Due Dates","Is there a chance that the deadline will be extended for submitting the proposal?","The deadline for applications remains August 1, 2022."]
[40,"2022-07-15","Labs/FFRDCs","We are am FFRDC and the work proposal we are preparing requires us to list a funding office. What Funding office should be put on the form?","If you are referring to the field labeled, “10. Field Organization Office”, that would be the Golden Field Office. "]
[41,"2022-07-21","Application Content/Format","Can you please clarify what list certifications need to be attached to SF 424 field 21. ","The list of certifications and assurances can be found at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html, under Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B). By signing field 21, your organization agrees to these assurances. "]
[42,"2022-07-21","Application Content/Format","Should the budget justification doc be provided separately for each team member, or combined into a single document? ","The Prime Applicant should prepare a single budget justification that contains all project costs (aka lists their partners: subrecipients, FFRDC's and cost share providers). If the subrecipient's budgets are over $250,000 or 25% of total project costs, a separate subrecipient budget justification is required. FFRDC's do not need to provide a budget justification, but do need to provide a Field Work Proposal and FFRDC Authorization. See FOA Section IV. Application and Submission Information for full instrucations and requirements. "]
[43,"2022-07-21","Application Content/Format","Is the SF-424 required, and if so should this be from (the prime applicant) or (a federal contractor)?","The SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance is required for the Prime Applicant only. See See FOA Section IV. Application and Submission Information for full instrucations and requirements. "]
[44,"2022-07-21","Application Content/Format","Is there a template for the authorization from a cognizant FFRDC contracting officer?","The FFRDC you are partnering with should have the required FFRDC forms to prepare and provide you for the Full Application. "]
[45,"2022-07-21","Application Content/Format","Is the SOPO required prior to award? It states on the FOA doc that it is, but the template itself appears to be written for post-award purposes.","Yes, the Statement of Project Objectives is required during for the Full Application. It will be further negotatied with the DOE team if selected for negotations towards an award. See FOA Section IV. Application and Submission Information for full instrucations and requirements. "]
[46,"2022-07-21","Application Reviews","Will there be an opportunity to negotiate on budget before final selection (or EERE selects our proposal provisionally but desires a change to the budget)?","Budgets during the application stage must be decided based on the Applicant's own knoweldge of their proposal and resources. If selected for negotiations towards an award, the budget MAY be adjusted. "]
[47,"2022-07-21","Technical Topics","Are there expectations for the portion of the proposal budget which may be allocated to software/hardware versus effort?","Answers to these and similar questions are included in the description of this FOA, and applicants are encouraged to consider these issues in developing an interesting and differentiated proposal."]
[48,"2022-07-19","Application Content/Format","I am reaching to obtain clarification on the minimum allowable federal funding request on proposals submitted in response to this FOA. It is indicated on page 18 of the FOA that EERE anticipates making approximately 2 to 5 awards and that individual awards may vary between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.  Would your agency entertain a proposal with a budget below $2,000,000 in federal funds?  ","Applications with a projected budget less than $2,000,000 may be considered."]
[49,"2022-07-25","Application Content/Format","Do FFRDC’s have to complete the SF-424A Budget Justification if their funding is over $250K or 25% of the project, or do they just need to provide an FWP?","No, FFRDCs do not need to submit a Budget Justification Workbook, regardless of the size of the budget. See Section IV.C. xi and xii for requirements for FFRDCs."]

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