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["FY25 Fall Energy I-Corps Lab Call - Questions and Answers (DE-LC-000L126)"]
["Updated April 10, 2025"]
["#","Date Received","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2025-03-19","Topic 2","Are State Energy Office employees eligible to participate in training cohorts?","Yes. State Energy Office employees may participate as the entrepreneurial lead or industry mentor if they fulfill the eligibility requirements listed on pages 14 & 15 and team structure requirements on pages 16 & 17 of the lab call. Please note that all funding will be provided to the DOE National Laboratory or DOE plant or site as a bill code. Funding will not be transferred to external parties, e.g., directly to individual laboratory staff. "]
[2,"2025-03-25","All Topics","Is the Informational webinar being recorded?","No. The informational webinar was not recorded, but the slides are available in Exchange under the documents section. "]
[3,"2025-03-25","All Topics","Is it encouraged/discouraged to reach out to partner program offices prior to submission?","Applicants should not reach out to partner program offices prior to submission."]
[4,"2025-03-25","All Topics","How competitive are the submissions vs selected?","DOE reviews all applications based on the criteria outlined in this Lab Call. "]
[5,"2025-03-25","Topic 2","Are national laboratory postdocs eligible to be the Principal Investigator or Entrepreneurial Lead? Is a student who is doing PhD in collaboration with a DOE National Lab be a team member?","Yes. Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students are eligible to participate as the principal investigator or entrepreneurial lead if they fulfill the eligibility requirements listed on pages 14 & 15 and team structure requirements on pages 16 & 17 of the lab call. Please note that all funding will be provided to the DOE National Laboratory or DOE plant or site as a bill code. Funding will not be transferred to external parties, e.g., directly to individual laboratory staff. "]
[6,"2025-04-02","Topic 2","A Principal Investigator (PI) has participated in previous EIC programs. Is the  PI allowed to attend and participate in this fall EIC program as well. ","No. To ensure fairness and maximum reach, DOE is restricting applications to DOE National Laboratory and DOE plant and site researchers who have not already gone through the EIC program. Researchers who have already gone through any previous Cohort of EIC Topic 2 successfully are NOT eligible to participate. See Eligibility – Topic 2,Page 14 of lab call."]
[7,"2025-04-09","Topics 1 & 3","Exchange does not allow attachment uploads for Topic 1 & 3 submissions. Is there another way to send the required submission documents?","There was an issue within the Exchange application, which has been addressed. Topic 1 & Topic 3 submissions allow attachment uploads."]
[8,"2025-04-10","Topic 2","Will the submittals for Topic 2, via Microsoft Forms, receive a confirmation email?","Upon successful submission, the following message will be shown: Thank you. We have received your application to Energy I-Corps Cohort 21. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your application, please contact EnergyICorps@hq.doe.gov."]