[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55852-55857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27979]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Restricted Eligibility in Support of Advanced Coal
Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities
AGENCY: Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC), Pittsburgh, Department
of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Issuance of financial assistance solicitation.
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SUMMARY: The FETC announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 600.8(a)(2), and in
support of advanced coal research to U.S. colleges and universities, it
intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award
financial assistance grants to qualified recipients. Proposals will be
subjected to a comparative merit review by a Peer Review/DOE technical
panel, and awards will be made to a limited number of proposers on the
basis of the scientific merit of the proposals, application of relevant
program policy factors, and the availability of funds.
DATES: The Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release by
October 14, 1998. Applications must be prepared and submitted in
accordance with the instructions and forms in the Program Solicitation
and must be received by the DOE by November 25, 1998. Prior to
submitting your application to the solicitation, check for any changes
(i.e. closing date of solicitation) and/or amendments, if any.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Debra A. Duncan, U.S. Department
of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 10940 (MS 921-
143), Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940; (Telephone: 412-892-5700; Facsimile:
412-892-6216; E-Mail: [email protected]).
ADDRESSES: The solicitation will be posted on the internet at FETC's
Home Page (http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business). The solicitation will
also be available, upon request, in Wordperfect 6.1 format on 3.5''
double-sided/high-density disk. Requests can be made via letter,
facsimile, or by E-mail. Telephone Requests will not be Accepted for
any format version of the solicitation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through Program Solicitation DE-PS26-
99FT40479, the DOE is interested in applications from U.S. colleges and
universities (and university-affiliated research centers submitting
applications through their respective universities). Applications will
be selected to complement and enhance research being conducted in
related Fossil Energy programs. Applications may be submitted
individually (i.e., by only one college/university) or jointly (i.e.,
by ``teams'' made up of: (1) three or more colleges/universities, or
(2) two or more colleges/universities and at least one industrial
partner. Collaboration, in the form of joint proposals, is encouraged
but not required.
Eligibility. Applications submitted in response to this
solicitation must address coal research in one of the solicitation key
focus areas in the Core Program or as outlined in the Innovative
Concepts Program.
Background. The current landscape of the U.S. energy industry, not
unlike that in other parts of the world, is undergoing a transformation
driven by changes such as deregulation of power generation, more
stringent environmental standards and regulations, climate change
concerns, and other market forces. With these changes come new players
and a refocusing of existing players in providing energy services and
products. The traditional settings of how energy (both electricity and
fuel) is generated, transported, and utilized are likely to be very
different in the coming decades. As market, policy and regulatory
forces evolve and shape the energy industry both domestically and
globally, the opportunity exists for university, government, and
industry partnerships to invest in advanced fossil energy technologies
that can return public and economic benefits many times over. One means
of achieving these benefits is through the development of advanced coal
technologies to better use domestic fossil resources in an
environmentally responsible manner.
Energy from coal-fired powerplants will continue to play a dominant
role as an energy source, and therefore, it is prudent to use this
resource wisely and ensure it's a part of the sustainable energy
solution. In that regard, our focus is on a relatively new concept we
call Vision 21. Vision 21 is a pathway to clean, affordable energy
achieved through a combination of technology evolution and innovation
aimed at creating the most advanced fleet of flexible, clean and
efficient power and energy plants (an ``energy-plex'') for the 21st
century. Clean, efficient, competitively priced coal-derived products,
and low cost environmental compliance and energy systems remain key to
our continuing prosperity and our commitment to environmental
challenges including climate change. It is envisioned that these
energy-plexes can produce competitively low cost electricity at
efficiencies more than 60% on coal. The class of facilities will be a
near ``zero discharge'' energy complex--virtually no emissions will
escape into the environment. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
pollutants would be removed and converted into environmentally benign
substances, perhaps fertilizers or other commercial products. Carbon
dioxide could be concentrated and either recycled or disposed of in a
geologically permanent manner or perhaps converted into industrially
useful products or by creating offsetting natural sinks for
CO2, that is, the ability to achieve closure of the carbon
fuel cycle.
Clean coal-fired power plants remain the major source of
electricity for the world while distributed generation, including
renewables, will assume a growing share of the energy market.
Technological advances finding their way into future markets could
result in advanced co-production and co-processing facilities around
the world, based upon Vision 21 technologies developed through
universities, government, and industry partnerships.
This ``Vision 21 Energy-plex Fleet'' concept, in many ways is the
culmination of decades of power and fuels research and development.
Within the Energy-plex, the full energy potential of coal can be tapped
through efficiency boosting combinations of state-of-the-art energy
systems: coal gasifiers or advanced combustors, high-temperature
cleanup systems, future-generation fuel cells and turbines, innovative
carbon capture devices, and perhaps technologies that are just
appearing on today's engineering drawing boards. Energy modules in the
complex will be reconfigurable, allowing the systems to be customized
to meet geographical and market requirements. These ``built to order''
modules can be integrated into any system configuration and sized to
meet a range of market applications. They will have the capability of
producing an array of products such as high value chemicals, high
quality steam, liquid fuels, and hydrogen at competitive prices.
Vision 21 is the ultimate in the fossil fuel cycles--it allows
fossil energy to achieve its full potential by being an integral part
of enhancing the global environment while meeting the growing energy
needs and sustaining economic prosperity. Vision 21 is the successful
culmination of the advanced fossil-based power, environmental and fuels
portfolio of technologies strategically integrated into an R&D roadmap
for clean energy. The destination of this roadmap is the creation of
opportunities for long-term, clean and efficient use of our nation's
abundant coal resource to meet ever growing energy demands while
meeting the climate change challenges. To accomplish the program
objective, applications will be accepted in two subprogram areas: (1)
the Core Program and (2) the Innovative Concepts Program.
University Coal Research (UCR) Core Program
To develop and sustain a national program of university research in
fundamental coal studies, the DOE is
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interested in innovative and fundamental research pertinent to coal
conversion and utilization limited to the following six (6) focus areas
under the UCR Core Program and six (6) technical topics under the
Innovative Concepts Program. The focus areas under the UCR Core Program
are listed numerically in descending order of programmatic priority.
The DOE anticipates funding at least one proposal in each focus area;
however, high quality proposals in a higher ranked focus area may be
given more consideration during the selection process. The areas sought
in the focus areas and the technical topics are not intended to be all-
encompassing, and it is specifically emphasized that other subjects for
coal research that fall within their scope will receive the same
evaluation and consideration for support as the examples cited.
Focus Areas
1. Improved Hot Gas Contaminant and Particulate Removal Techniques
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles plants currently rely on
sorbents beds for gas cleanup, and barrier filters for particulate
control. Both technologies have shortcomings and overall plant
efficiencies are limited by restrictions placed on the peak operating
temperatures of sorbents and filters. The DOE is interested in
developing new approaches to hot gas cleanup and particulate removal
and is not interested in fostering incremental improvements to current
methods.
Grant applications are being sought for fundamentally-oriented
studies seeking to explore new techniques for removing gaseous
contaminants and/or particulate from gasifier exhaust streams having
temperatures greater than 1500 deg. F. Proposals must discuss these
techniques and suggest ways in which they might be used as the nucleus
of an industrial process and subsequently reduced to practice.
Techniques that rely on one or more basic methodologies such as
agglomeration, acoustics, electrostatics, electrochemistry, membrane
technologies, phoresis, novel reaction chemistry, etc. are of interest.
2. Ambient PM2.5 Sampling and Speciation
The measurement of the concentration, chemical composition, and
physical characteristics of ambient, fine particles smaller than 2.5
microns [PM2.5], is a necessary component of a national
strategy to better understand linkages between emissions, receptors,
and human-health and ecological impacts. It should be noted that
``ambient PM2.5'' does not refer to particles of a single
chemical composition, but to particles, either liquids or solids, that
may be in a delicate equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere and
that consists of hundreds of chemical compounds. Slight changes in
temperature or humidity that may occur during collection and sampling
can significantly alter the characteristics, composition, and mass of
the various species. This characteristic greatly confounds the
collection and analysis of these components and makes cause-and-effect
relationships difficult to understand.
Grant applications are being sought for the development and
evaluation of new methods and technologies to accurately sample,
measure, and analyze ambient PM2.5 while maintaining
original compositions. Research is especially needed in the following
areas:
A. Improved technologies such as denuders, particle concentrators
and post-filter media for capturing volatile and semi-volatile
organics.
B. Improved methods to characterize the organic component of
ambient aerosols.
C. Alternative collection methods and protocols that can prevent
loss of volatile materials from the collection devices and their
comparison with existing methods.
D. Research related to source sampling methodologies such as the
development and evaluation of in-stack methods for direct measurement
of PM2.5 and dilution-type sampling systems that are
representative of PM2.5 formation that can occur at the stack exit.
3. Production of Premium Carbon Products From Coal
The U.S. and global market for carbon and carbon products is
increasing significantly. It is economically and strategically
desirable to find processes that use coal, a low cost, abundant
feedstock, for their production. Proposals are sought that would
investigate methods that could produce premium carbon products from any
of our domestic coals (anthracite, bituminous, sub-bituminous and other
low-rank coals) as well as carbon derived from waste coals and waste
carbonaceous products from coal combustion and gasification.
Examples of potential technologies that would be responsive to this
topic area include, but are not limited to, technologies that produce
premium carbon and graphite products from coal (including structural
materials), catalytic graphitization, gas and liquid sorbents for
emission control or separation technologies, hydrogen storage and
separation applications, new coke production methods, electrical
battery components, fuel cell applications, chemically tailored carbon
molecular sieves, adsorption for water pollution control, and heat-
resistant materials.
4. Advanced Diagnostics and Modeling Techniques for Three-Phase Slurry
Reactors (Bubble Columns)
Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis reaction represents an important
route to convert coal derived synthesis gas to hydrocarbon fuels.
Slurry phase F-T processing is considered a potentially economic method
to convert synthesis gas into liquid fuels, largely due to its
relatively simple reactor design, improved thermal efficiency, and
ability to process CO-rich synthesis gas. The application of three-
phase slurry reactor system for coal liquefaction processing and
chemical industries has recently received considerable attention. To
design/scale-up and efficiently operate the three-phase slurry
reactors, the hydrodynamic parameters, the chemistry of the F-T
reaction, and a reliable model must be fully understood. Hydrodynamics
includes the rate of mass transfer between the gas and the liquid, gas
bubble size, gas, liquid and solids holdups, and their axial and
radical distributions, velocity distributions and flow regimes.
Measurement of these parameters must be made under reaction conditions,
such as high temperature and pressure, and with the presence of
reaction liquid medium and high gas and solids holdup. Therefore, the
advanced diagnostic techniques are required to conduct the measurements
under the reaction conditions. A reliable model must encompass all
reaction engineering, hydrodynamic parameters and reaction kinetics (F-
T). The model must be able to predict the phases holdup (gas, liquid,
and solids), temperature and pressure profiles, and concentration
profiles for individual reactants and products. The model is needed for
better understanding of the design/scale-up of the three-phase slurry
reactor.
Grant applications are sought for investigations of the advanced
diagnostic techniques for the measurement of hydrodynamic parameters
under F-T reaction conditions. Novelty and innovation coupled with the
likely prospect of providing new insight on these long standing
problems must be demonstrated in the successful application. Proposals
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extensions of traditional methods or past results are strongly
discouraged.
Grant applications are sought for investigations of the development
of models for three-phase slurry reactor. The model must incorporate
the hydrodynamic parameters and reaction kinetics. Novelty and
innovation coupled with the likely prospect of providing new insight on
these long standing problems must be demonstrated in the successful
application.
5. Advanced Hydrogen Separation Technologies
Production and purification of hydrogen are an important part of
the Vision 21 co-production concept. All proposed Vision 21 plant
configurations produce hydrogen either as a product, for power
production in a fuel cell, or as a reactant to produce fuels and
chemicals. Better hydrogen separation technologies can significantly
affect the economics of the plant and reduce downtime due to
maintenance and failures. A gasifier using coal or coal-biomass
feedstocks would produce a complex gas mixture that could contain
CO2, SO2, COS, NH3, and
CH4, in addition to CO and H2.
Grant applications are sought to develop advanced hydrogen
separation techniques that have the potential for substantial
reductions in capital and operating costs compared to present
separation technologies and that would result in improved overall
process efficiencies. A process that would produce hydrogen of
sufficient purity for use in solid oxide fuel cells would be looked on
favorably. The proposed technologies should address the robustness of
the process and its resistance to disruption by other gases present.
Such technologies are not further defined but could include advanced
molecular sieve membranes, advanced absorption technologies, or
transport membranes. The proposed concept need not be a stand alone
technology and those that require integration into specific processes
to achieve the desired cost and efficiency improvements are acceptable.
6. Water Gas Shift with Integrated H2/CO2
Separation Process
Options currently under study to obtain deep reduction in
CO2 from power stations are mainly directed to removing
CO2 from power station's flue gases, i.e., post-combustion
decarbonization. Pre-combustion decarbonization is an alternative
approach to reducing green house gases from power generation. In this
approach, a fossil fuel such as coal is gasified and the product gas is
converted to a clean gaseous fuel with a minimal carbon content, e.g.,
hydrogen or hydrogen-rich gas mixtures.
Augmenting the water-gas shift reaction (WGS) via hydrogen
separation technology offers the promise of making hydrogen from coal
with zero pollution for fuel cell and other applications. One of the
methods to circumvent thermodynamic equilibrium limitations is to move
the equilibrium displacement to the product side. From the energy-
efficiency viewpoint, this should be achieved by continuous removal of
one of the product components directly at its place of formation.
A promising approach to reach the above is to demonstrate the
feasibility of driving the WGS reaction toward higher levels of
hydrogen production by removal of hydrogen from the product stream.
This means that the WGS reaction must be driven far to the right, and
that the hydrogen produced must be separated from the remaining gases
at elevated temperatures and pressures. In order to achieve the goals
of the concept, it is assumed that a hydrogen separation device is used
to obtain a pure hydrogen product stream as well as to drive the shift
reaction toward further hydrogen production.
The hydrogen separation device could be a catalytic membrane
reactor, in which the WGS reaction is combined with hydrogen separation
from the reaction mixture in one reactor, using membranes selectively
permeable to hydrogen. Alternatively, capture or removal of
CO2 from the product gas following WGS, sorption/desorption,
or other promising technology could be a viable option.
Grant applications are invited that addresses scientific issues
emerging from the above concept as stated below:
A. There is a need to perform WGS studies, both experimental and
theoretical, to ascertain that the driving force can be maintained
without very high steam addition levels. In other words, will the shift
reaction realistically and practically keep the H2 partial
pressure at the stated level, and correspondingly, a high H2
product flux and H2 product purity? Grant applications
should propose research that would answer these questions.
B. The H2-separation device or the CO2-
capture device should be capable of withstanding temperatures above
500 deg. C. For example, some membranes are subject to pore coarsening,
especially in the presence of steam. Grant applications should propose
research addressing the stability of the device under the operating
conditions while maintaining the selectivity of the device.
UCR Innovative Concepts Program
The goal of the Innovative Concepts program is to develop unique
approaches for addressing fossil energy related issues. These
approaches should represent significant departures from existing
approaches not, simply, incremental improvements. The Innovative
Concepts Program seeks ``out-of-the-box'' thinking, therefore, well-
developed ideas, past the conceptual stage, are not eligible.
Applications under the Innovative Concepts Program are invited from
individual college/university researchers. Joint applications (as
described under the Core Program) will also be accepted, although, no
additional funds will be made available for joint versus individual
applications. Unlike the Core Program, student participation in the
proposed research project is strongly encouraged, however, not a
requirement of the Innovative Concepts Program.
As the twenty-first century approaches, the challenges facing coal
and the electric utility industry continue to grow. Environmental
issues such as pollutant control, both criteria and trace, waste
minimization, and the co-firing of coal with biomass, waste, or
alternative fuels will remain important. The need for increased
efficiency, improved reliability, and lower costs will be felt as an
aging utility industry faces deregulation. Advanced power systems, such
as a Vision 21 plant, and environmental systems will come into play as
older plants are retired and utilities explore new ways to meet the
growing demand for electricity.
Innovative research in the coal conversion and utilization areas
will be required if coal is to continue to play a dominant role in the
generation of electric power. Topics, like the ones that follow, will
need to be answered.
Innovative Concepts Technical Topics
Novel CO2 Capture and Separation Schemes
Concerns about Global Climate Change and the possibility of its
stimulation by anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide CO2
have begun to stimulate research on CO2 capture. If carbon
emission controls are mandated, options for capture and separation of
CO2 in a cost-effective manner will be necessary to minimize
economic impacts. One area where CO2 capture and separation
would have a significant impact is in power generation. Vision 21
plants are able to take advantage of
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integrated design to facilitate capture and separation but the retrofit
of existing plants poses a greater challenge, yet. This challenge is
problematic in that it would require a technology that would be able to
capture CO2 from a dilute flue gas stream containing
nitrogen, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, water vapor, oxygen, and
particulate matter among others.
Grant applications are being sought for the exploration of novel
processes, or the development of novel process chemistry, that offers
the promise of cost-effective CO2 capture and separation
from power plant stack gases.
Computational Chemistry To Support Clean Liquid Fuels Production
The DOE is interested in the production of clean liquid fuels to
meet the demands of tomorrow's transportation fleets. One important
type of new fuel is produced by the F-T synthesis of alkanes from
synthesis gas. Since synthesis gas is readily produced from domestic
resources such as coal, such fuel production facilities can become
integral parts of the Vision 21 concept. The production of clean diesel
fuels in such a process now typically involves the synthesis of high
molecular weight waxes which are then hydrocracked to form useable
fuels in the diesel boiling range. The efficiency of the overall
process could be improved by obtaining better control of the catalytic
hydrocracking process. Computational chemistry now offers promise that
progress toward optimizing the catalytic hydrocracking process could be
accelerated by the generation of suitable models of the reaction
kinetics. These models would define the top performance to be expected
from available catalytic systems, specify the reaction parameters that
lead to optimal productivity and selectivity, and identify critical
barriers that need to be overcome by additional laboratory research. It
is believed that computational chemistry will provide a powerful
adjunct in devising more cost effective and less time consuming avenues
to the improvement of catalytic processes.
Applications are sought for development of computational chemical
approaches to modeling of catalytic hydrocracking of high molecular
weight alkane waxes. The applications must include a clear route from
available kinetic data to the calculation of global kinetics of
conversion. Key results from this work include the ability to specify
the results of changes in reaction parameters such as reaction time,
temperature, and catalyst properties. The influences of catalyst
activity and selectivity on a product distribution and reactor
throughput are also key results desired from the model.
Development of Innovative, Protective Surface Oxide Coatings
Protection from corrosion and environmental effects arising from
damaging reactions with gases and condensed products is required to
exploit the potential of advanced high-temperature materials designed
to improve energy efficiency fully and reduce deleterious environmental
impact (e.g., to achieve the performance goals of the Vision 21
powerplants). The resistance to such reactions is best afforded by the
formation of stable surface oxides that are slow growing, compact, and
adherent to the substrate and/or by the deposition of coatings that
contain or develop oxides with similar characteristics. However, the
ability of brittle ceramic films and coatings to protect the material
on which they are formed or deposited has long been problematical,
particularly for applications involving numerous or severe high
temperature thermal cycles or very aggressive environments. This lack
of mechanical reliability severely limits the performance or durability
of alloys and ceramics in many high-temperature utility and powerplant
applications and places severe restrictions on deployment of such
materials. The beneficial effects of certain alloying additions on the
growth and adherence of protective oxide scales on metallic substrates
are well known, but satisfactory broad understandings of the mechanisms
by which scale properties and coating integrity (i.e., corrosion
resistance) are improved by compositional, microstructural, and
processing modifications are lacking.
Grant applications are sought for expanding the scientific and
technological approaches to improving stable surface oxides for
corrosion protection in high-temperature oxidizing environments. The
needs are associated with developing innovative oxide coatings and
characterizing oxide-metal interfaces and stress affects on scale
growth as part of DOE's efforts to establish a sound technical basis
for the formulation of specific compositions and synthesis routes for
producing materials with tough, adherent, stable, slow growing oxide
scales or coatings that exhibit the improved elevated temperature
environmental resistance crucial to the success of many of Fossil
Energy's advanced fossil energy systems.
Identification of Promising Vision 21 Configurations
The Vision 21 concept encompasses the idea of interchangeable
modules that are capable of assembly into various configurations that
may co-produce power and fuels, chemicals, or other high value
products. Most of the proposed configurations include a gasifier and a
power generating facility with a specific fuel or chemical production
capability. These configurations, which appear to be most likely to be
commercialized, at first, may not include all potential applications of
the Vision 21 concept.
Novel Concept grant applications are being sought which seek to
examine the feasibility of advanced central station or smaller
distributed power plant configurations or cogeneration plant designs
which are specifically intended to take advantage of common or
complimentary industrial or agricultural process requirements. These
processes may use, for example, internally generated wastes, combustion
by-products, or low grade heat, in ways that improve process economics
or environmental performance. The study should include mass and heat
transfer calculations along with sensitivity studies of the economics
of the proposed processes.
Efficient Power Cycles
The thermal efficiency of a conventional coal-fired steam (Rankine)
cycle is 33-35% from coal's heating value to electricity. The other 65-
67% of the energy is lost during the conversion process of power
generation. By increasing the operating temperatures and pressures over
the supercritical condition of steam, the cycle efficiency can be
increased to 42-45% (based on coal's higher heating value). However,
there are limitations in materials for high-temperature applications.
On the other hand, a system with a binary working fluid of ammonia and
water has shown an improved cycle efficiency of 45-50% by extracting
heat from hot streams at variable boiling temperatures of the ammonia-
water mixtures. The cost has been a concern for commercializing this
binary system.
Grant applications are being sought for:
(A) Binary fluid cycles that demonstrate the potential for a higher
cycle efficiency than the conventional system. Also, working fluids
other than steam are of interest (i.e., CO2 is an
interesting possibility).
(B) Concepts for a bottoming cycle to extract the low temperature
heat from
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the flue gas of a coal-fired plant in an economical way. By reducing a
typical stack gas temperature of 350-380 deg.F to 180-200 deg.F, the
plant efficiency can be increased by 3-5%. The cost has been an issue
for the low temperature heat recovery system.
(C) New concepts that could be drastically different from the
conventional system using a gas or steam turbine (i.e., fuel cells) to
generate electricity from coal.
Effect of Concentrated CO2 Release on Ocean Biology
The effects of increased anthropogenic emissions of CO2
into the atmosphere and its effects on marine life in the upper portion
of the ocean is now under investigation. If, as a method of carbon
sequestration, direct injection of CO2 takes place in the
middle to lower depths of the ocean, it is postulated that the liquid
plume formed would have an adverse effect on marine life in the
immediate vicinity of the release. This is of greater importance than
it seems because of effects that may accrue all along the food chain.
Unfortunately, little data is available on the subject as indicated in
a study by MIT.
Grant applications are sought for controlled laboratory experiments
on the effects of high concentrations of CO2 on marine biota
under simulated middle to lower ocean depth conditions.
Awards. DOE anticipates awarding financial assistance grants for
each project selected. Approximately $2.9 million will be available for
the Program Solicitation. An estimated $2.4 million is budgeted for the
UCR Core Program and should provide funding for approximately one to
three (1-3) financial assistance awards in each of the six (6) focused
areas of research. The maximum DOE funding for individual colleges/
universities applications in the UCR Core Program varies according to
the length of the proposed performance period as follows:
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Maximum
Performance period funding
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0-12 months.................................................. $80,000
13-24 months................................................. 140,000
25-60 months................................................. 200,000
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The maximum DOE funding for UCR Core Program joint applications is
$400,000 requiring a performance period of 36 months.
Approximately $0.5 million is budgeted for the UCR Innovative
Concepts Program and should provide support for approximately ten (10)
financial assistance awards. The maximum DOE funding for UCR Innovative
Concepts Program awards is $50,000 with 12-month performance periods.
Issued in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 9, 1998.
Raymond D. Johnson,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
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