Table of Funding Opportunity Announcements

FY26

PACT Initiative
 

Topic A - Enhance: applicants seeking resources to enhance their existing training program(s) or reorient them to focus on energy careers.
Topic B - Establish: applicants seeking resources to establish a new training program to focus on energy careers.

Not yet announced

FY26

3215 (UTR)
 

1) Innovative Research and Training for Subsurface Energy Production: focused on accelerating innovative energy technologies toward commercial viability while simultaneously developing a skilled workforce for the evolving energy sector.
The topic area is split into three subtopics focused on 1) coal, 2) oil and gas, and 3) geothermal energy.

Not yet announced

FY24

Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity
3436 (HBCU-MSI and UCR)
 

1) Curriculum to grow carbon management education capacity
2) Critical mineral supply chain career awareness outreach program
3) Soil carbon storage: establishing technical and social baselines to enable broader adoption
4) Using artificial intelligence and machine learning to advance point source capture and train the next generation of engineers (HBCU-MSI only)

N/A

FY23

3002 (HBCU-MSI and UCR)

1) Visiting scholars program to benefit students from minority-serving institutions
2) Development of geoscience education curriculum at minority-serving institutions to prepare a workforce for critical mineral production
3) Humanities-driven science (including social science), technology, engineering and mathematics (HDSTEM) to facilitate interdisciplinary student training and technology development
4) Improving critical minerals and materials recovery from coal-based resources
5) Energy asset transformation

Link to Announcement

FY22

2598 (HBCU-OMI)

1A) Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Screening of Net-Zero or Net-Negative Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)-Enabled, Waste Coal and Biomass Power Production
1B) Resource Development Site Assessments to Inform LCA/TEA
2) Phytotechnology Development for Identification and/or Remediation of Sites Exhibiting Soil Contamination via Groundwater Transport of Metals from Coal Combustion Product Impoundments
3) R&D Scoping Study and Infrastructure Self-Assessment of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Based Research Capabilities
4) Biological Uptake of Carbon Dioxide via Algae for Agricultural Applications

Link to Announcement 

FY22

2598 Amendment 2 (HBCU-OMI)

5) Hydrogen Storage Materials
6) Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts and Electrodes for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
7) Hydrogen Materials Compatibility: RD&D
7) Hydrogen Materials Compatibility: Knowledge & Gap Analysis

Link to Announcement 

FY22

2598 Amendment 3 (HBCU-OMI)

8) Value-Added Natural Gas Conversion
9) HDSTEM to Enhance the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) UTR Programs

Link to Announcement

FY22

2596 (UCR)

1A) TEA and LCA Screening of Net-Zero or Net-Negative Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)-Enabled, Coal/Waste Coal and Biomass Power Production
1B) Resource Development Site Assessments to Inform Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)/Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA)
2) Phytotechnology Development for Identification and/or Remediation of Sites Exhibiting Soil Contamination via Groundwater Transport of Metals from Coal Combustion Product Impoundments
3) Automated Component Inspection, Analysis, and Repair Enabled by Robotics

Link to Announcement

FY22

2596 Amendment 2 (UCR)

4) Value-Added Natural Gas Conversion
5) Humanities-driven science (including social science), technology, engineering and mathematics (HDSTEM) to Enhance the FECM University Training Research (UTR) Programs

Link to Announcement