[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28165-28166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13200]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[DE-PS36-99GO10426]


Golden Field Office; Solicitation for Financial Assistance 
Applications; Inventions and Innovation Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Financial Assistance Applications 
Number DE-PS36-99GO10426.

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SUMMARY: The DOE's Office of Industrial Technologies (DOE) is funding a 
competitive grant program entitled the Inventions and Innovation (I&I) 
Program. The goal of the I&I Program is to improve energy efficiency 
through the promotion of innovative ideas and inventions that have a 
significant potential energy impact and a potential future commercial 
market.

DATES: DOE expects to issue the solicitation on or about May 13, 1999, 
with a closing date of July 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the solicitation, eligible parties may 
download the document from the I&I website at www.oit.doe.gov/
inventions. If internet access is not available, information may be 
obtained by writing the U.S. Department of Energy Golden Field Office, 
Inventions and Innovation Program, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 
Colorado 80401. For convenience, requests may also be faxed to Jennifer 
Squire at 303-275-4788.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The I&I Program is a U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE), Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) grant program 
which provides financial and technical assistance to encourage the 
innovation and commercialization of energy-related inventions. Projects 
that have a significant potential energy savings and a future 
commercial market are chosen

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for financial and technical support through this competitive 
solicitation process. Additionally, DOE will provide awardees with non-
financial support by assisting them with business development and 
commercialization planning through a network of national and regional 
resource providers.
    This grant program is managed by the DOE Golden Field Office in 
support of OIT. The following OIT focus industries, dominant energy 
users and waste generators in the U.S. manufacturing sector, are of 
particular interest to this program: Agriculture, Aluminum, Chemicals, 
Forest Products, Glass, Metalcasting, Mining, Petroleum, and Steel. 
Emphasis will be placed on funding inventions consistent with OIT focus 
industries' visions and roadmap documents. Please visit the OIT website 
at www.oit.doe.gov for the vision/roadmap of each focus industry. While 
emphasis will be given to industrial manufacturing technologies with a 
focus on the target sectors identified previously, applications that 
are within the overall Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) 
transportation, buildings and power missions and areas of concern will 
also be considered for award. Please refer to www.eren.doe.gov for 
additional information on each EERE sector.
    DOE will provide financial assistance for two categories of 
projects. The first category (Category 1) will fund up to $40,000 per 
award for applications which fall within the first two stages of 
development (conceptual and technical feasibility). United States 
individual inventors, small businesses (profit or not-for-profit with 
less than 500 employees), universities, and not for profit research 
institutes may apply for Category 1 Applications. The second category 
(Category 2) will fund up to $200,000 per award for applications which 
fall within the last two stages of development (development and 
commercial validation or demonstration). U.S. individual inventors and 
small businesses (profit or not-for-profit with less than 500 
employees) may apply for Category 2 Applications. A ``U.S. individual 
inventor'' is an inventor who retains U.S. citizenship. A ``U.S. 
business'' is either (i) a corporation that is incorporated in the U.S. 
and whose parent company (if applicable) is not of foreign origin; or 
(ii) a business entity, other than a corporation, that is owned 
substantially by U.S. citizens. Individual inventors and very small 
businesses (15 or fewer employees) are especially encouraged to 
participate. DOE laboratories are not eligible to receive DOE funding 
as an awardee or subawardee in this program.
    The awards will be made through a competitive process. Each award 
may cover a project period of up to two (2) years for Category 1 
Applications and three (3) years for Category 2 Applications. DOE 
reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or none of 
the proposals submitted in response to this notice.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on May 14, 1999.
Beth H. Peterman,
Acting Chief, Procurement, Golden Field.
[FR Doc. 99-13200 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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