Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002369
The Hydrogen Technologies RFI (DE-FOA-0002369) is a Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory request for input meant to guide future federal research, development, and potential demonstration directions related to hydrogen. It is not a grant competition and it is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement, meaning there is no funding available through this notice and DOE is not accepting project applications under this posting. Instead, the purpose is to collect practical, technical, and strategic feedback from the broader community on where hydrogen technologies could improve, what barriers remain, and what research needs are most pressing if hydrogen is to scale and deliver meaningful energy and emissions benefits.
The RFI is broadly aimed at stakeholders across the hydrogen and energy ecosystem, including energy companies, power and industrial plant owners and operators, equipment manufacturers, architect-engineering firms, and academic researchers. The intent is to capture viewpoints from those who design, build, run, and study hydrogen-related systems so the government can better understand real-world constraints and opportunities. In practice, responses to an RFI like this often help DOE refine program priorities, shape the scope of future solicitations, identify high-impact R&D gaps, and stress-test assumptions about cost, performance, safety, and deployment timelines.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as "Other" rather than a traditional grant program, and it falls under the Energy funding activity category with CFDA number 81.089. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any clarifications that may have been included in the full text of the RFI. That open eligibility is consistent with an information-gathering exercise, where DOE generally wants input from as many relevant perspectives as possible rather than restricting participation to specific applicant types.
Key dates show the notice was created on July 22, 2020, with an original closing date of August 24, 2020. Those dates matter because they define the comment window during which stakeholders could submit written feedback. While the listing includes fields such as an award ceiling and expected number of awards, the narrative description makes clear that DOE is not making awards under this RFI. Any numbers shown in those fields should be treated as artifacts of the listing format rather than an indication of actual funding being distributed through this notice.
In terms of substance, the RFI is focused on hydrogen technology opportunities and research needs that could lead to advances in hydrogen technologies. That framing typically covers the full chain from hydrogen production (for example, various pathways to generate hydrogen), to storage and distribution, to end-use applications (such as industrial processes, power generation, transportation, or blending and fueling infrastructure), and cross-cutting issues like materials durability, systems integration, efficiency, lifecycle emissions, safety practices, and cost reduction. DOE is essentially asking stakeholders to point out what is technically feasible, what is commercially realistic, where performance or reliability problems show up in the field, and what kinds of innovations would make the biggest difference over the next several years.
Overall, DE-FOA-0002369 should be read as a market and technical listening exercise by DOE/NETL rather than a funding pipeline. The practical value for stakeholders is the chance to influence how DOE prioritizes hydrogen R&D topics and how future funding opportunities are structured, by providing grounded feedback on the most important technology gaps, deployment challenges, and research directions.Apply for DE FOA 0002369
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hydrogen Technologies RFI-DE-FOA-0002369" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 22, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 24, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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