Advanced Natural Gas Infrastructure Technology Development | DE FOA 0002006

Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002006

The Advanced Natural Gas Infrastructure Technology Development opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0002006) is a U.S. Department of Energy program administered through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) that seeks cost-shared research and development projects aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of the nation's natural gas infrastructure. The focus is broad across the natural gas value chain, covering production, gathering, storage, and transmission systems. In practical terms, the government is looking for new or improved tools, methods, and technologies that can be deployed in the field to reduce risk, improve operational performance, and do so in a cost-effective way rather than as high-cost, one-off demonstrations.

This is a discretionary funding opportunity, and awards are expected to be made through cooperative agreements. A cooperative agreement generally means DOE anticipates being substantially involved during the project, such as through technical collaboration, milestone reviews, and active project management, rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. The announcement is positioned within the broad activity areas of energy and applied research and development, including environment, natural resources, and science and technology-related work.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a wide range of applicant types, subject to any additional eligibility conditions that may appear in the full announcement text. That typically allows participation from private companies, universities, nonprofits, and other organizations, including potential teaming arrangements, provided they meet the solicitation requirements. A key feature is that applications must be cost shared, which indicates applicants are expected to contribute a portion of total project costs from non-federal sources. Cost share requirements vary by program and project type, but the intent is to ensure the applicant has meaningful investment in the work and that federal dollars are leveraged.

Financially, the award ceiling is $3,000,000 per award, and DOE anticipated making about 18 awards under this announcement. The original posting (creation) date was April 15, 2019, with an original closing date of July 19, 2019. The program is associated with CFDA number 81.089, which is commonly used for DOE research and development assistance listings and can help applicants track the program within federal assistance catalogs and internal grants systems.

Overall, this FOA is best understood as a competitive R&D call to strengthen the reliability and safety posture of natural gas infrastructure through practical innovations. The projects DOE is trying to stimulate are the kind that can meaningfully improve how infrastructure is monitored, maintained, inspected, and operated across production through transmission, with an emphasis on approaches that can be adopted at scale and that deliver measurable improvements without excessive cost.

• The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy, environment, natural resources, regional development, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advanced Natural Gas Infrastructure Technology Development" 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 Apr 15, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 19, 2019. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 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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