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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to i2x-foa@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-FOA-0003246 - Solar and Wind Interconnection for Future Transmission (SWIFTR)"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2024-03-20","Eligibility","Wills LLCs be considered for the grant SWIFTR or do you need to be an S or C corporation?","LLCs along with S and C corporations are all eligible types of For-profit entities. For additional details regarding eligible applicants, please see Section III. A. i., Domestic Entities. \n\nSpecifically, the proposed prime recipient and subrecipient(s) must be domestic entities. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient of this FOA:\n\n1.\tInstitutions of higher education; \n2.\tFor-profit entities;\n3.\tNonprofit entities; and\n4.\tState and local governmental entities and federally recognized Indian Tribes (Indian Tribes).\n\nTo qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States. "]
[2,"2024-03-20","Eligibility","Do you need an assigned UEI number on SAM.gov before the concept paper provision?\n","Each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements under 2 CFR 25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the federal awarding agency under 2 CFR 25.110(d)) is required to: (1) register in the SAM at https://www.sam.gov before submitting an application; (2) provide a valid UEI in the application; and (3) maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a federal awarding agency.  \n\nFor the Concept Paper stage, per the EERE Exchange Applicant Guide: Users are required to input their UEI number or choose ‘N/A’ if they do not have one. \n\nHowever, please note on Page 1 of the FOA, \"DOE may not make a federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable UEI and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time DOE is ready to make a federal award, DOE will determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a federal award to another applicant.\""]
[3,"2024-03-22","Other","We were unable to find the FOA under the pull down in the partner's section. How and where exactly would we submit our information to partner with other companies on the grant? When do you expect to open the teaming partner list for SWIFTR?  It doesn’t show up in the drop-down list at EERE Exchange.","The teaming partner list for DE-FOA0003246 is published on EERE Exchange. Refer to TPL-0000049."]
[4,"2024-04-01","Other","I am looking for the teaming partner list for DE-FOA-0003246, however, I cannot locate one anywhere on the EERE Exchange website. Has this been made available yet for this project call and if so, where can we access?","Teaming Partner List associated with the FOA is TPL-0000049"]
[5,"2024-04-02","Other","When we will the teaming partner list be available for DE-FOA-0003246?\n\n","Teaming Partner List associated with the FOA is TPL-0000049"]
[6,"2024-03-25","Intellectual Property","Please detail the exact document for intellectual property for small business. Does the \"Special Data Statute\" apply? I.e is it GSB-821-US** or GDSB-821-US**, for this Grant?","A cooperative agreement is the most likely instrument under this FOA.  The special data statute is available for this FOA.  For a domestic small business that requests data protection from the special data statute and does not have limited rights data, CDSB-821-US would apply to the award. See Standard Intellectual Property (IP) Provisions for Financial Assistance Awards | Department of Energy"]
[7,"2024-04-11","Concept Paper","The meaning of eligibility within the context of Concept Papers is unclear to us, as used in Sections IV.A. What renders a submission ineligible, as used in Section VI.A.i?","Please see section III. Eligibility Information, especially III. C. Compliance Criteria and III.D. Responsiveness Criteria."]
[8,"2024-04-11","Concept Paper","If we receive the Concept Paper discourage notification, may we still submit a Full Application?","Per section VI.A.ii, Concept Paper Notifications: Applicants may submit a Full Application even if they receive a notification discouraging them from doing so. By discouraging the submission of a Full Application, EERE intends to convey its lack of programmatic interest in the proposed project. Such assessments do not necessarily reflect judgments on the merits of the proposed project. 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."]
[9,"2024-04-11","Concept Paper","Would it be possible to request for a 1-week extension of the submission deadline for the Concept Paper?","The Concept Paper deadline for this FOA will not be extended."]
[10,"2024-03-28","Application Content/Format","The FOA states:\n\nPP 28 “Cost share may be provided by the prime recipient, subrecipients, or third parties (entities that do not have a role in performing the scope of work). Vendors/contractors may not provide cost share. Any partial donation of goods or services is considered a discount and is not allowable.”\npp 44 “Submit letters of commitment from all subrecipient and third-party cost share providers. If applicable, the letter must state that the third party is committed to providing a specific minimum dollar amount or value of in-kind contributions allocated to cost sharing. The following information for each third party contributing to cost sharing should be identified: (1) the name of the organization; (2) the proposed dollar amount to be provided; and (3) the proposed cost sharing type (cash or in-kind contributions). Each letter must not exceed one page….Letters of support or endorsement for the project from entities that do not have a substantive role in the project will not be accepted.”\nWhat type of letter should be submitted by a vendor or other third party that makes subnational contribution to the project but cannot or does not want to claim it as in-kind costs share, and DOES NOT have a role in performing the scope of work? Is FOA differentiating their letters as Support/endorsement letters where they specify their contribution vs Commitment letters where the cost share is specified? Or should both types of partners write a Commitment letter except one specifies the significant contribution as a cost-share while the other does not.","Section I.B.iii Applicant Teaming Expectations requires Letters of Support, therefore, both Letters of Commitment and Letters of Support should be represented in a single file “ControlNumber_LeadOrganization_LOCs"]
[11,"2024-06-03","Cost Sharing","Can you confirm whether a demonstration phase is expected as part of the projects under this FOA? If so, will a 50% cost share requirement apply to those activities?","The projects should not include any demonstration type activities. The projects should be related to software development and R&D tasks. Once the software is developed, award recipients will validate/verify the software. These are planning tools that are being developed. Historical data will be used to validate/verify the software, not live operational data. \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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[12,"2024-05-31","Eligibility","1. Does the DOE require an LLC or Corp or can the business form be a Business Certificate filed with the County Clerk's Office (our local government)? 2. If the startup is a subrecipient of the grant, what information will be needed in the full proposal stage? 3. If a proposal is awarded, could we add the startup as a subrecipient during the negotiation stage? ","Please note on Page 26, \"To qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States\"; Please note on Page 1 of the FOA, \"DOE may not make a federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable UEI and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time DOE is ready to make a federal award, DOE will determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive a federal award and use that determination as a basis for making a federal award to another applicant.\""]
[13,"2024-05-31","Eligibility","We are a group of energy professionals, AI/ML experts, and business transformation consultants - who are focusing on the interconnection problems from multiple angles. We are deeply interested in applying for the SWIFTR funding opportunity as a Teaming Partner, but looks like the deadline for concept paper is over already. Is there any way to engage with the funding round or shall we consider it closed? Are there other such analytical tools based funding opportunities that you would want us to look into?","No, the deadline to submit a concept paper has passed.  Applicants must submit a Concept Paper by 5 p.m. ET on the due date listed above to be eligible to submit a Full Application."]
[14,"2024-05-31","Foreign Entities/Work","Being an Australian, can I apply for the grant?","III. Eligibility Information, ii. Foreign Entities, Appendix C lists the information that must be included in a foreign entity waiver request. See page 26-27, 99-101."]
[15,"2024-05-21","Other","I am an Associate Professor from the Electrical Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines. I submitted two concept papers to the FOA (one for each topic area) as the PI with two different teams.  I am very pleased to learn that both are encouraged.  To better prepare the two full proposals, we wanted to change the project PI within a team if possible.  Could you please help confirm if this is allowed by the FOA?","Yes, the project principal investigator can be changed when submitting the full application. "]
[16,"2024-05-21","Cost Sharing","Are software licenses to be used for the project an acceptable form of cost share under this FOA? There is nothing excluding them in the FOA document itself, however, we know that SETO historically does not allow them. It is important that we understand what the requirement is up front, so that we can plan our budget accordingly","Use of software already owned or developed by the Recipient or Subrecipient cannot  be used as cost share"]
[17,"2024-08-27","Other","I'm writing to find out about any updates on the timing for reviews on DE-FOA-0003246. The deadline for response to review comments was moved to August 16, and then to August 25, but I still have not seen any comments. ","The i2x team is currently reviewing applications and will be reaching out to selected applicants in the coming weeks. "]
[18,"2024-10-07","Other","Could you kindly provide an update on the status of our application? ","The i2x team is currently reviewing applications and will be reaching out to selected applicants in the coming weeks. "]

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["Cost Sharing"]
["Due Dates"]
["Application Content/Format"]
["Intellectual Property"]
["Data Management"]
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