DOE-NETL / Unsolicited Proposals [01750]
Snyopsis: The sponsor considers proposals in all areas of energy and energy-related research and development with an emphasis on long-term, high-risk, high-payoff technologies. Any individual or organization may apply. In most cases the sponsor will fully fund the early phases of basic research and development, but subsequent commercialization phases will require cost sharing or cost participation.
Objectives: The sponsor considers proposals in all areas of energy and energy-related research and development with an emphasis on long-term, high-risk, high-payoff technologies. Areas of interest include: basic energy sciences; high energy and nuclear physics; advanced scientific computing research; fusion energy sciences; energy efficiency and renewable energy; inventions and innovation; fossil energy; nuclear energy; civilian radioactive waste management; and environmental management.

Energy Foundation [05010]
Synopsis: The sponsor provides support for initiatives in the areas of power, buildings, transportation, and climate. Eligible applicants are nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organizations.
Objectives: Support is provided in the following areas:
Power: the sponsor supports work in the following areas: policies that yield large-scale purchases of renewable energy, expanding the size of the industry; policies that yield substantial investments in the utility sector to improve energy efficiency; and policies that remove market and regulatory barriers to renewables, efficiency, and clean distributed generation.
Buildings: the sponsor supports policies to increase the efficiency of U.S. homes and businesses, reducing global-warming emissions and saving consumer dollars. The sponsor is particularly interested in efforts to: establish stringent state and national appliance and equipment standards; and create public policy incentives that pull super-efficient appliances and equipment into the market and result in buildings that surpass model energy codes by thirty to fifty percent.
Transportation: the sponsor makes grants in advanced vehicles to reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions through national policies; promote advanced-technology vehicles and greenhouse gas reduction programs in California, building on California's unique regulatory authority over vehicle emissions; and promote similar state-level policies outside of California. In addition, the sponsor makes grants in biofuels to analyze the potential economic and environmental benefits from advanced biofuels; Develop model policies that expand state, federal, and private research and commercialization efforts around biofuels; build regional networks of farm groups as a new voice for the rural economic development, oil security, and environmental benefits of advanced biofuels; and understand and promote the most sustainable path for large-scale biofuels development.
Climate: the sponsor's policy and education efforts supported by this program are expressly focused on mitigating global warming. Potential areas of work include: atate and regional carbon cap-and-trade programs; state and regional greenhouse gas plans and targets; financial mechanisms like incentives or carbon taxes; and other direct controls to reduce global warming pollution.

DOE/NETL - Cooperative Research and Development Agreements [04397]
Synopsis: The sponsor provides support for partnering opportunities with the private sector and academia to develop and commercialize new energy and environmental technologies.
Objectives: The sponsor provides support for partnering opportunities with those in the private sector and academia, to develop and commercialize new energy and environmental technologies, through Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs).
Funding: Each partner in the CRADA applies whatever resources are agreed to in the performance of its portion of the project. These resources may include personnel, equipment, or facilities. While partner dollars may be used to fund portions of the sponsor's effort, the sponsor may not provide federal funds to the private sector partner. The sponsor offers two types of CRADAs: simplified--with combined contribution not to exceed $150,000; and standard--with combined contribution which exceeds $150,000.