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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to FCTOFOA@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-FOA0002498 - Innovative Methods to Control Hydraulic Properties of Enhanced Geothermal Systems"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2021-04-30","Labs/FFRDCs","On page 32 of the FOA, it states that a Subrecipient Budget Justification is required for each subrecipient that has estimated work that is more than $250K or 25% of the total work.  Does this requirement apply to FFRDC’s as well, or do FFRDC’s only need to provide an FWP for their budget data?","No, this does not apply to FFRDC's. The Field Work Proposal is the sole required budget document for FFRDCs. "]
[2,"2021-05-04","Technical Topics","Are technologies that utilize additives prioritized for funding? ","No, the Geothermal Technologies Office is not prioritizing  based on composition of any materials that may be proposed. "]
[3,"2021-05-04","Technical Topics","On page 12 of the FOA, section I.C., can EERE provide more information regarding the third bullet “Applications focused on zonal isolation devices or diverters that degrade solely with temperature\"? Are there examples?","This refers to any in-well flow control device, technique, or substance including, but not limited to, packer assemblies, bridge plugs, frac plugs, both drillable and dissolvable, in well chokes , as well as any chemical or physical material meant to divert flow, typically by plating off or plugging high flow perforations that degrade solely with temperature. This FOA specifically targets controlling flow further from the wellbore than these devices and materials would be acting."]
[4,"2021-05-11","Technical Topics","On page 11, for formation temperatures it is mentioned that temperatures \"upto 275 deg C\" are of interest. Is there any lower limit for the temperature that needs to be considered as well?","Yes, the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) is targeting formation temperatures from 150 deg C up to 275 deg C. A FOA modification (Mod 0001) will be issued to reflect this update."]
[5,"2021-05-11","Technical Topics","Will proposals related to direct use application temperatures 80-100 deg C be accepted?","No, GTO is targeting temperatures of at least 150 deg C.  See FOA Modification 0001 which states the temperature range of 150 deg C up to 275 deg C."]
[6,"2021-05-11","Application Content/Format","Does each team member resume can be up to five page? And is there no page limit for the resumes file?","There is no page limit on the resume file. "]
[7,"2021-05-11","Application Content/Format","In FOA it is mentioned that SOPO, including the Milestone Table, must not exceed 5 pages, while the template available on EERE Exchange has 5 pages excluding the milestone. So is milestone included in the 5 pages limit or excluded? If excluded, is there a page limit for milestone table?","Yes, the page limit was 5 pages including the milestone table; however, GTO is modifying the FOA to allow 7 pages maximum for the SOPO including the milestone table. The SOPO task descriptions should be concise and only describe the actions of the tasks without background information that can be found in the technical volume. "]
[8,"2021-05-14","Eligibility","Is the PI eligible to submit to it if he/she is a U.S. permanent resident and an Iranian Citizen? ","Yes, U.S. permanent residents are eligible to apply to the FOA.  Per Section VI.B.iii. of the FOA, if a project is selected for funding, the recipient may be required to provide information to DOE in order to satisfy requirements for foreign nationals’ access to DOE sites, information, technologies, equipment, programs or personnel. DOE will let the recipient know when it must provide this information on the project participants and will provide the recipient with reasonable notice to comply."]
[9,"2021-05-18","Cost Sharing","If an FFRDC is the prime and all cost share is to be provided by a sub or a third-party, would III.B.vi has no effect on the contract as the prime does not contribute cost share?","Section III.B.vi of the FOA states “EERE requires prime recipients to contribute the cost share amount incrementally over the life of the award.” This applies to FFRDCs who are prime recipients. A prime recipient may request to meet its cost sharing requirement on a less frequent basis during award negotiations by submitting a request to the DOE Contracting Officer."]
[10,"2021-05-19","Technical Topics","Please advise whether the “Robust” EGS (REGS) hydrofracturing and fracture permeability control technique is responsive for the subject FOA.","Thank you for your interest in the Fiscal Year 2021 Innovative Methods to Control Hydraulic Properties of\nEnhanced Geothermal Systems Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The FOA posted at EERE eXCHANGE is comprehensive and designed to allow prospective applicants to assess their proposed projects versus the requirements and criteria of the FOA.  The Department of Energy 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, applicability, and/or responsiveness of their proposed project to determine whether to submit an application.  "]
[11,"2021-05-21","Technical Topics","Is there a high probability that another FOA would be issued in the near future (next 2 years) for developing in-reservoir flow control for low-temperature geothermal (including DDU) systems, given the adverse impacts of short circuiting are just as important for low-temperature systems as they are for high-temperature systems, but the solutions may differ due to the differences in temperatures and other factors?","GTO cannot comment on future Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).  We would invite you to please to review public planning documents (MYRD&D Plans, GeoVisions, etc) which may provide long, medium, and shorter-term technology goals on which FOAs are based.  Additionally, we encourage all stakeholders to visit www.exchange.gov or www.grants.gov regularly to view available Funding Opportunity Announcements and Requests for Information (RFI) designed for stakeholders to provide feedback and potential ideas for future directions."]
[12,"2021-05-21","Application Content/Format","Is there a specific template for key members resume?","No, there is no specific template for resumes or curriculum vitaes.  "]
[13,"2021-05-24","Cost Sharing","Can you please advise if the cost of a well bore used for field testing/demonstration can be used as cost share?  If so, are there limitations on the amounts that can be used? ","Yes, the cost of a well bore can be used and will be evaluated on a project by project basis. No limitations are set in place."]
[14,"2021-05-24","Application Content/Format","I see that the provided budget justification template only has a budget period 1 calculation. Are we only asked to include budget period 1 in the budget justification workbook and include the complete budget (budget period 1, 2, and 3) in the proposal? Or shall we modify the given template to include all the budget periods?","Please include all the Budget Periods in the Budget justification workbook. Link to Budget Justification and other forms:  https://www.energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-application-and-management-forms "]
[15,"2021-05-25","Technical Topics","Based on this information, does this proposed project fit within the scope of the FOA? More specifically, is it okay to propose a project that doesn’t develop a new technology but robustly tests and demonstrates an existing technology under the conditions specified in the FOA (e.g., technology transfer from the petroleum industry and robust validation)? Will proposals be considered that perform laboratory experiments and modeling at the scale of less than 1 meter?","Proposals that utilize existing technology in new or novel ways that meet the minimum operational requirements as outlined in the FOA, will be considered. However please refer to Section B: Topic Area 1 (of 1): Innovative Methods to Control  Hydraulic Properties of Enhanced Geothermal Systems, paragraph 4, “Small-scale field testing should occur during the life of the proposed project, if TRL level permits. If the technology is not ready for small-scale field testing, applicants will be required to perform scaled lab testing approaches that will demonstrate functionality in a lab environment akin to a field setting.” Given that commercially available technology will be of high TRL, the testing plan should be commensurate with that fact, i.e. it should demonstrate application at larger scales, with primary focus on field conditions."]
[16,"2021-05-25","Application Content/Format","There isn’t a place to upload the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” plan. Should we attach it to the Technical Volume or another file?","Please add the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion plan to the Technical Volume."]
[17,"2021-05-25","Application Content/Format","Regarding the requirement for a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan: \n- Is there a template or example plan available that PIs can reference? \n- Is there an example of an acceptable \"SMART milestone\" for the plan? ","The DEI Plan is a new requirement for EERE funded projects and we encourage creativity in developing a plan. At this time, DOE does not have template or example plan. Applicants may consider the examples of DEI measures listed in the FOA; however, applicants can propose measures that are not included in the examples. \nIt is recommended that there be SMART milestones associated with each proposed DEI measure, similar to how SMART milestones are developed for technical tasks. We do not have an example specific to a DEI measure. "]
[18,"2021-05-25","Application Content/Format","I’m setting up the EERE Exchange submission site and I noticed there isn’t a place to upload the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” plan. Should we attach it to the Technical Volume or another file?","See Q&A #16"]
[19,"2021-05-28","Cost Sharing","Our read of the solicitation indicates that NETL could be either a Prime or subrecipient and also that the cost share be provided by the Prime. As NETL is not an FFRDC but a GOGO, is it acceptable for NETL to be the Prime and have the cost share provided by the partners?","Yes, this would be acceptable. "]
[20,"2021-05-28","Application Content/Format","Should we use this SOPO template? https://www.energy.gov/eere/funding/downloads/statement-project-objectives-eere-303","Yes, this would be acceptable. "]
[21,"2021-05-29","Labs/FFRDCs","If an FFRDC is the lead applicant, will DOE send funding for other FFRDC partners (subs) to the lead FFRDC, or will DOE send funding to FFRDC partners directly? ","DOE will send the Funding directly to the FFRDC partners that are sub-recipients.  "]
[22,"2021-05-29","Labs/FFRDCs","If an FFRDC is the lead applicant, will DOE send funding for university and industry partners to the FFRDC for disbursement to partners?  ","Yes, DOE will send the funding directly to the prime for distribution to the other partners that are not FFRDCs.  "]
[23,"2021-06-01","Application Content/Format","I noticed in EERE exchange for this FOA application, we can only upload one budget file for subrecipient. We have 4 subrecipient with separate budget. How do we upload their budgets? Should we make all pdf and upload one file or share it otherwise","Thank you for this information. EERE Exchange has now been updated to allow the upload of up to ten (10) budget justification files.  Please upload each subrecipient's budget justification as a separate file."]
[24,"2021-06-02","Application Content/Format","I noticed that the required submission (refer to the above FOA) includes \"Open Source Software Distribution Plan\". But I can not find the description of the plan in FOA.","Please refer to the Full Application Content Requirements table on Page 25 of the FOA.  The Open Source Software Distribution plan is not a requirement for this FOA. "]
[25,"2021-06-03","Application Content/Format","I am joining the DE-FOA-0002498 as a subrecipient and was wondering if there is a separate budget workbook for the subrecipient. Should I just use the “contractual” tab format? If so, are we allowed to have more than two SOPOs?","Please refer to question 14: the budget justification workbook template for subrecipients is the same as for primes. Multiple SOPOs are not allowed, only the prime needs to submit a SOPO. "]
[26,"2021-06-06","Application Content/Format","Must the Milestone Summary Table fit within the 5-page limit for the SOPO document EERE_T_540.131_Statement_of_Project_Objectives_(SOPO).docx? Each of the Example Milestone Summary Tables included in that file takes by itself about 5 pages, so our interpretation is that the Milestone Summary Table does not have to fit in the allotted 5 pages.","Please refer to question 7: DOE has modified the FOA request to allow for 7 pages total, inclusive of the milestone table. "]
[27,"2021-06-07","Other","Can you tell me if the University itself should be the submitter or if the Project Director should be the one to register and submit?","The Prime entity is responsible for registering and submitting the application. This can be completed by the Authorized Organizational Representative for the entity.  "]
[28,"2021-06-10","Application Content/Format","We are preparing an application in response to DE-FOA-0002498 which requires a 5 page Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan document. However, the EERE Exchange system doesn’t have a specific spot for uploading it. Can we include it into the Technical Proposal for submission? We wanted to make sure that this would not cause system or proposal rejection.","Please refer to question 16."]
[29,"2021-06-10","Application Content/Format","Does the DE&I plan count as part of the 30 pages allowed for the Tech Volume or is the DE&I plan attached to the Tech Volume after the 30 pages?  So, in short, the combined Tech Volume and the DE&I plan will be 35 pages","The DE&I Plan does not count towards the 30 page limit for the Technical Volume. It is attached to the Tech Volume after the 30 pages. The DE&I Plan has a separate page limit of 5 pages. The combined Tech Volume and the DE&I plan will be 35 pages."]
[30,"2021-06-14","Application Content/Format","I am submitting proposals for three faculty members for this solicitation.  All of the budgets we created are 3 year budgets, but the budget justification workbook only includes one period.  Is this correct?  ","Please include all Budget Periods in the Budget justification workbooks. Link to Budget Justification and other forms:  https://www.energy.gov/eere/funding/eere-funding-application-and-management-forms "]
[31,"2021-06-14","Application Content/Format","Do we fill out the SF 424 with estimated funding for all 3 years or just Year 1?","Please complete the SF424 with estimated funding for all 3 years. "]
[32,"2021-06-14","Application Content/Format","FAQ question 27 (below) indicates the Open Source Software Distribution Plan is not required for this FOA.  However, it is marked as a required document in EERE Exchange.  Do we just upload a page indicating it is Not Applicable to this FOA per Question 27 of the FAQs?","No, you do not need to upload anything. EERE Exchange has been updated."]
[33,"2021-06-14","Application Content/Format","Would you please be able to send me a copy of the budget template for the current open FOA that allows for three budget periods?","Please refer to the link in the response to question 30. This link will take you to the Budget Justification with 3 budget periods. The Budget Justification form has also been updated on EERE Exchange."]

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