| IEDO Announces $1.1 Million in Funding for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs to Advance Industrial Innovation | | | On Dec. 27, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $65 million funding opportunity to support projects through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This investment includes $1.1 million in Phase I/Release 2 proof of concept grants for projects funded by the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Small businesses play a major role in spurring innovation and creating jobs in the U.S. economy. The DOE SBIR and STTR programs have helped thousands of American small businesses and entrepreneurs develop cutting-edge technologies and transform science and technology breakthroughs into viable products and services. Through the SBIR and STTR programs, IEDO supports small businesses that improve energy efficiency, material productivity, and increase the global competitiveness of American manufacturers. | | | IEDO is seeking applications in the following subtopics: - Destruction Technologies for PFAS in Biosolids: PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are a class of emerging contaminants that are difficult to degrade or destroy, resisting most conventional wastewater treatment processes. In this subtopic, IEDO seeks proposals to advance scalable PFAS destruction technologies for biosolids that substantially reduce overall sludge volume.
- Reducing Environmental Impacts of Chemicals Manufacturing: Chemical production is heavily dependent on energy intensive processes and leads to the release of pollutants that can negatively impact public health and the environment. This subtopic is seeking technologies that improve efficiency and mitigate the environmental impacts of chemical manufacturing.
- Thermal Management and On-Site Energy Technologies for Data Centers: Data center operations produce a significant amount of low-grade heat and require the use of cooling equipment that can account for around 40% of a data center's total electricity use. This subtopic seeks technologies that improve energy efficiency of data centers and reduces their reliance on the electric grid.
- Industrial Thermal Performance Efficiency: Nearly half of the energy input in industrial processes is lost as waste heat, emitted through hot exhaust gases, cooling water, and heat dissipation from equipment surfaces and heated products due to operational inefficiencies. This subtopic advances the goals of DOE's Industrial Heat Shot and seeks cost-effective solutions that can improve energy efficiency, reduce reliance on external energy sources, and support carbon reduction.
- Energy Efficient Aqueous Separation Technologies: Thermally driven separations account for 40% of the energy consumption of top industrial chemicals. A collaboration between IEDO and the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), this joint topic advances the goals of DOE's Clean Fuels & Products Shot and seeks technologies that will improve efficiency and/or electrification in separation processes which enable the carbon-efficient conversion of renewable and alternative feedstocks (biogenic sources, municipal solid waste, industrial waste gas, etc.) into value added chemicals.
| | Applications must be responsive to the above subtopics and clearly indicate the subtopic and area of interest. Letters of intent are due Jan. 14, 2025, at 5 p.m. ET. Full applications are due Feb. 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. For more information on the DOE SBIR and STTR programs, visit the Office of Science SBIR website and view the archived topics webinar. | | | |
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