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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to DDUFOA1601@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-FOA0001601 - Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2016-11-18","Cost Sharing","For topic area 2 is the funding $350,000 for 3 years of operation, or $350,000 annually?","As detailed in Section II.A of the FOA, award amounts are for the full Period of Performance for each topic area."]
[2,"2016-11-21","Webinar","I am interested in attending the informational webinar on Nov 22nd in regards to this FOA. May I have a link?","Please register to attend this webinar at the following link:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/287416016612647428"]
[3,"2016-11-21","Technical Topics","FOA Section I.A. indicates that a goal is to extend geothermal geographically beyond the Western US, but it also encourages utilizing play fairway analysis results; most of the play fairway activities were in the Western US.  This seems somewhat contradictory; can you clarify?","Extending the reach of geothermal beyond the Western U.S. is a priority of this Funding Opportunity Announcement.  Applicants are encouraged to leverage existing work wherever possible, be it the Department of Energy Play Fairway Analysis or United States Geological Survey studies.  Please note, however, that neither consideration is mandatory and applicants should use their best judgement in proposing potential sites with the highest likelihood of success."]
[4,"2016-11-22","Technical Topics","For Topic Area 1: DDU Feasibility Studies, can the geothermal heat source be supplemented with another heat source for direct-use applications?","Yes, hybridization of the geothermal heat source with other systems is allowed for deep direct-use applications. "]
[5,"2016-11-22","Technical Topics","For Topic Area 1: DDU Feasibility Studies, can the geothermal source temperature be elevated using heat pump technology in a simultaneous heating and cooling application?","Yes, hybridization of the geothermal heat source with other systems is allowed for deep direct-use applications. "]
[6,"2016-11-23","Technical Topics","Question on the statement \"...applications extend the reach of geothermal into geologically distinct parts of the country beyond the western U. S.\"  Would a project be considered if it were located in the western U.S. but could show the geological similarity to eastern deep geothermal potential systems?","Sites in the Western United States are not precluded from consideration, regardless of geology. While extending the reach of geothermal beyond the Western U.S. is a priority of this Funding Opportunity Announcement, a potential site selection beyond the Western U.S. is not mandatory, and applicants should use their best judgement in proposing potential sites with the highest likelihood of success based on the FOA criteria for Topic 1. Applicants are encouraged to focus their efforts on geographical regions containing areas with high population density and/or high thermal energy demand that are also geographically coincident with known or anticipated elevated subsurface temperatures."]
[7,"2016-11-29","Technical Topics","Are there restrictions for the project location for FOA 1601?","Please see answers to Questions 3 and 6 above."]
[8,"2016-11-29","Technical Topics","Can staff that participate in a Topic area 1 project also participate in a Topic area 2 project?  ","Yes."]
[9,"2016-11-30","Technical Topics","The only direct method of testing a large-scale low-temperature deep-well geothermal system is to drill into the resource to measure temperature and permeability.  Is drilling a permitted cost in the DDU FOA or cost sharing application, and/or would drilling be included in the assessment of the application if funded from a separate source?","No, drilling is not a permitted activity or cost in this FOA, nor would it be included in the application if funded from a separate source. For additional information, please see Topic 1, Area 1) of the FOA “Plan for assessing the potential geothermal resource for selected site or sites”."]
[10,"2016-12-01","Application Reviews","In the Application Review Section, the statement is made that the Selection Official MAY consider program policy factors; this seems consistent with other FOAs.  However, in the Topic Area 1 description section there are several places where it is stated that preference WILL be given through a program policy factor.  Can you clarify?","Section V.C.i. identifies Program Policy Factors that may be considered for any Topic Area.  Section I.B. identifies specific Program Policy Factors applicable (if any) to each Topic Area. No program policy factors are mandatory to apply; application of program policy factors is at the discretion of the Selection Official."]
[11,"2016-12-01","Technical Topics","The Topic 1 description makes extensive references to coordination with the COPA established under Topic 2.  Will the COPA and/or DOE have any veto authority over processes, methods, metrics, etc. that are selected by successful Topic 1 applicants?","Per Section I.B. of the FOA, \"Awardees in Topic Area 1 will be expected to provide input to the Community of Practice Administrator (COPA) regarding aspects of their DOE funded project that the COPA is tasked with obtaining under Topic Area 2.  Selection of an appropriate subsurface model, input criteria, desired output criteria and model assumptions will be done in consultation with the COPA to ensure uniformity and best practices are established and utilized by all Topic Area 1 awardees.\""]
[12,"2016-12-01","Technical Topics","There is no mention of a follow-on phase in the general description sections of the FOA, but there are some implied references to follow-on work – for example, there is a reference to Budget Period 2 engineering design, site planning, and permitting on page 52.  Is there any  promise of future work here?","Funding under this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to be provided only as specified in Section II.A.i."]
[13,"2016-12-07","Application Content/Format","Based on Section IV.C.i (page 26) in FOA, the budget information is unnecessary for concept paper.  However, the \"fund and cost\" information is required on the \"EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange\" online submission site.  More instruction on budget information for concept paper will be very helpful.","EERE Exchange requires that you estimate the funding needed for your proposed project. This information is understood to be a broad estimate. It is not binding and is not expected to match the EERE 335 Budget Justification that will be required with a Full Application submission."]
[14,"2016-12-07","Application Content/Format","The submission site requires to identify the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) but the link for more detailed description of TRLs is invalid.","The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) designation is not required for this FOA.  The EERE Exchange posting has been corrected to remove this requirement."]
[15,"2016-12-11","Technical Topics","We understand that the call supports limited technology development, but would like to know if including a novel coaxial heat exchanger to increase the temperature of extraction is of interest for the call.","Please see FOA Section III.G. \"EERE will not make eligibility determinations for potential applicants prior to the date on which applications to this FOA must be submitted. The decision whether to submit an application in response to this FOA lies solely with the applicant.\" Every potential applicant should carefully review the FOA to determine whether its project is responsive to the objectives of the FOA. Note that Sections I.B. and C contain information on Technical Areas of Interest and Applications Specifically Not of Interest. "]
[16,"2016-12-12","Application Content/Format","FOA DE-FOA-0001601 (Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Studies) provides extensive details on the required content of a concept paper.  However, it does not address the need for a budget estimate.  Can you please clarify if budget information is needed in the concept paper?","Please see the answer to question 13 above regarding budget information in concept papers."]
[17,"2016-12-13","Application Content/Format","Is the list of references counted toward the Addendum page limit or it can be listed on separate page?","See FOA Section IV.C. Content and Form of the Concept Paper for Concept Paper Requirements.  \"Applicants are required to describe succintly the qualifications, experience and capabilities of the proposed Project Team.\"  Any pages beyond the maximum number of pages may be disregarded during Concept Paper Review."]
[18,"2016-12-13","Cost Sharing","Regarding the 10% reduced cost share qualification:  If the prime qualifies for reduced cost share along with all of the other participants, but the prime does not perform 50%, would that still qualify for the reduction?","FOA Section III. B. Cost Sharing states in part, “Specifically, recipient cost share requirement for applied research and development activities projects is reduced from 20% to 10% where:  1. The Prime Recipient is a domestic institution of higher education; domestic nonprofit entity; FFRDC; or U.S. State, local, or tribal government entity; and  2. The Prime Recipient performs more than 50% of the project work, as measured by the Total Project Cost.”  [Emphasis added.]"]
[19,"2016-12-14","Application Reviews","The evaluation criteria seem very appropriate for Topic 1 but difficult to apply to Topic 2.  For example, the first criteria listed for concept papers “ …describes the proposed technology, describes how the technology is unique and innovative, and how the technology will advance the current state-of-the-art “ .  Topic 2 does not deal with a ‘technology’, and as such there is no ‘state of the art’ to advance.  Could you please provide more specific criteria language relevant to topic 2?","The \"technology\" for Topic Area 2 is the Community of Practice. We understand that there may not necessarily be a state-of-the-art for this \"technology.\" Please describe the \"technology\" to the best of your ability.  "]
[20,"2016-12-14","Cost Sharing","I see on page 3 of the FOA that individual awards may vary between $240,000 and $900,000. Is this total project cost, including the 80% DOE and 20% cost share funding?  Or only DOE funding portion (80%)?","This amount only reflects the anticipated DOE funding portion of the award."]
[21,"2017-01-04","Eligibility","I recently read about this funding opportunity, and have an interest in participating. However, since I missed the Concept Paper submission deadline of 12/15/16, does that mean I am excluded from an Application Submission on 2/22/17?","Per the FOA, you must have submitted a Concept Paper by the stated deadline in order to be eligible to submit a full application. Please continue to monitor the EERE Exchange website for opportunities you may be interested in and eligible to apply for."]
[22,"2017-01-11","Technical Topics","For Topic Area 1, DDU feasibility studies, On page 52 under merit criterion 1 last point there is a mention about Budget Period 2 engineering design, site planning, and permitting. Also on Page 53 under criterion 3 last point it is mentioned about subsequent budget periods should the project be down selected to continue in future budget periods.\n\nDoes Topic Area 1 has more than 1 budget period?\nAnd does it also include engineering design, and field testing along with feasibility studies?","Please see Modification 0001 of this FOA posted to the EERE Exchange site, which removed the language referenced on Section V.A (page 52).  There will not be multiple budget periods under Topic Area 1."]
[23,"2017-01-26","Application Content/Format","We have been encouraged by DOE to submit a proposal for conducting a Deep-Direct Use geothermal feasibility study for a particular location.  We would like to inquire if there have been previous DOE funded investigations on the geothermal potential of this location.  If so, can you provide any references to executive summaries or abstracts?","DOE may not provide assistance to applicants on their potential applications to a FOA.   Please see the Office of Scientific and Technical Information page for information about DOE projects.  https://www.osti.gov/"]
[24,"2017-01-26","Application Content/Format","Our Concept Paper has been encouraged. Is it possible to submit a proposal that includes additional locations (i.e. Airport, School, Hospital, etc.) beside the initial site location that has been proposed in our Concept Paper.  These locations would be within the same geological basin and we would include an initial task for site screening to determine the location with the greatest potential to move towards commercialization (including preferable geothermal potential, geology, levelized cost, and low political/regulation barriers).","Yes, applicants may add information to their proposal beyond that included in their concept paper.  Per the FOA, \"The purpose of the Concept Paper phase is to save applicants the considerable time and expense of preparing a Full Application that is unlikely to be selected for award negotiations.\"  "]
[25,"2017-01-26","Technical Topics","Is the acquisition/collection of new geological/geothermal data allowed in the feasibility study, in order to conduct a geothermal resource assessment? For example: fluid geochemistry analyses for geothermometry estimates; temperature logging of existing wells, geophysical surveys etc. ?","No, projects funded under Topic 1 are limited to information gathering, data analysis and document preparation. The applicant's plan for assessing the potential geothermal resource for selected site or sites would reference relevant existing data sources upon which the proposed resource assessment would be based.  While the assessment of the resource, at the end of the project, can include geological modeling showing the available thermal energy based on modeled flow rates and temperatures, field work such as temperature logging of existing wells and geophysical surveys is beyond the scope of the feasibility study."]
[26,"2017-01-30","Application Content/Format"," I am preparing the full application for  DE-FOA-0001601-DeepDirect-Use (DDU) Feasibility Studies project. But I did not find the Summary Slide template to use. Could you tell me where to download it? Or you can send me the exact template I can use.","There is not a template for this document.  Applicants must prepare the slide in accordance with the directions in the FOA.  Please see section I.V.D.vii of the FOA. "]
[27,"2017-02-01","Application Content/Format","I received a discouraged response on EERE’s website for our concept paper application. This was the overall summary:  “It is unclear how the proposed work would clearly meet the objectives as stated in the FOA. The concept paper makes little mention of how geothermal energy would be used directly as requested in the FOA” Although, I will like to submit a full application. I kindly want to ask how I can improve the way I approach submitting a full application.","DOE personnel are not allowed to communicate directly with Applicants or to provide advice on the preparation of Concept Papers or Full Applications. General questions can be submitted to DDUFOA1601@ee.doe.gov mailbox and responses will be posted publicly in the FAQ on EERE-Exchange."]
[28,"2017-02-06","Application Content/Format","For the summary slide, the directions in FOA mentions about the required information but nothing about the size of the slide. Does it have to be in standard (4:3)  size?","The “slide” should be submitted as a one-page PowerPoint document. See section IV. D. of the FOA, including the table of required documents in IV. D. i., which contains specific information on the format and naming convention for application documents."]
[29,"2017-02-07","Application Content/Format","Would you be so kind as to provide to whom the CO letter be addressed?","A generic title; e.g., Contracting Officer, or DOE Contracting Officer, is sufficient."]
[30,"2017-02-14","Application Content/Format","Does this project involve a Kick-Off meeting or Go/No-Go meeting that the PI has to travel to attend?  If so, where will the meetings be held so that we may include travel costs in our budget?","Recipients are not required to travel for kick-off meetings or for Go/No-Go reviews. Kick-Off meetings between a Recipient and DOE, regular project meetings with DOE, and Go/No-Go Review meetings with DOE may be conducted using Go-To-Meeting or other means of video conferencing available to both DOE and the Recipient."]
[31,"2017-02-14","Technical Topics","Throughout pages 3 to 7, technology(s), site(s), and application(s) are used to emphasize more than one of each is acceptable.  P. 28 clearly states only one technology can be included. Are two different types of direct use equipment (e.g. evaporative chiller and adsorptive chiller) considered different technologies such that according to p.28 should not be proposed together. If yes, can you provide any clarity on how these terms can be encouraged in the plural, and be compliant with p. 28?","The “Full Application Content Requirement” section does limit each full application to a single concept or technology in a broad sense.  This means that the applicant would not propose two completely different technology concepts in his or her application.  More specifically, “Topic 1 DDU Feasibility” does not limit the applicant to proposing only one site or Deep Direct-Use (DDU) technology since A DDU technology may include surface technology or technologies that depend on the geothermal waters produced by the DDU system. This concept is also referred to as \"cascaded surface technologies\" on the “Description/Background” section on page 1 of the FOA. Topic 1 encourages technological innovation within the proposed concept while the broader statement contained in the Full Application Content Requirement section is intended to prevent applicants from proposing unrelated concepts.  For example, the applicant would not be precluded from  proposing various sub-components of a DDU system or a number of DDU systems if part of single concept."]
[32,"2017-02-15","Application Content/Format","Can you please clarify regarding the differentiation of some of the terminology: As I interpret it Team Members refers to organizations who will participate in the study; whereas Key Members / Key Participants refers to individuals within those organizations who will participate.  Finally, the term Principal Investigator (PI) can refer to either an organization or an individual. Am I correct?","Generally, \"Team Members' refers to organizations while \"Key Participant\" refers to individuals.  The Principal Investigator(s) must be an individual."]
[33,"2017-02-15","Application Content/Format","Can you please provide clarification regarding submission of resumes of Key Participants with the Full Application.  We are instructed on page 76 to exclude any Personal Identifiable Information (PII) including names.  Is it then acceptable to simply state the individual’s position within the organization?","Names are acceptable for resumes, but as stated in Section VIII.P of the FOA \"Applicants must screen resumes to ensure that they do not contain PII such as personal addresses, phone/cell numbers, personal emails and/or SSNs.\""]
[34,"2017-02-16","Application Content/Format","The Technical Volume does not call for an Executive Summary.  Is one recommended or not permitted for this FOA?","The Technical Volume must conform to the content and form requirements, including maximum page lengths, detailed in Section IV.D.ii of the FOA."]
[35,"2017-02-16","Application Content/Format","The cover page of the subject FOA states that expected timeframe for award negotiations would be May-June 2017.  Do you anticipate projects to be awarded in FY 2017?  Specifically, should we prepare our budget over 3 fiscal years FY17 (July 1- Sep 30, 2017), FY18, and FY19 (ending June 30, 2019).  Or anticipate, if awarded the funding would be for FY18 and FY19? October 1 2017 – September 30, 2019.","The expected timeframe is as stated on the FOA cover page with projects funded in FY17. Topic Area 1 projects would include budgets covering 3 years beginning FY17 through FY19."]

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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"]