DieselWise Indiana - Northern Indiana (Gary, Hammond, Michigan City, South Bend, Elkhart, and Fort Wayne areas)

  IDEM

8/15/2013

 Funds idling technology and retrofits to or purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles

  schools, governments, businesses

DieselWise Indiana - Statewide

Utility

Deadline

Grant Focus

Eligible Applicants

Duke Energy Foundation

Ongoing

Energy efficiency

Nonprofits

 Energizing Indiana

Ongoing

 Indiana nonprofits can earn up to $25,000 from $25 per member who completes a free Home Energy Audit with Energizing Indiana

 Nonprofits

Indiana Michigan Power - AEP Foundation

Ongoing

Environmental protection. Past projects have included green roofs, energy career summer camps, energy efficient home initiatives, and green buildings

Nonprofits, state/local governments,
state universities

 IPL

Ongoing until funds run out

Solar incentive: Payments of up to $4,000 per solar panel system: $2.00 per Watt installed. Maximum size: 19.9 kW. Wind Incentive: payments of up to $4,000 per system: $1.00 per Watt installed. Maximum size: 49.9 kW.

 residential and small to medium-sized commercial and industrial customers

LaGrange County REMC: "Audit to Action"

Ongoing

Provides a free energy audit and upfront financing for air sealing, insulation, and geothermal heat pumps. These costs will be repaid over time through your energy bills and will reflect your energy cost savings

Open

LaGrange County REMC: "Envirowatts"

Spring

Renewable energy and energy efficiency

Open

 NIPSCO

Ongoing until funds run out

 Level 2 Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

 Residential NIPSCO customers

NIPSCO - NiSource Charitable Foundation

Ongoing

Energy sustainability

Nonprofits

Northeastern REMC: "Envirowatts"

Spring

Educational opportunities or projects that increase environmental awareness

Nonprofits

Tipmont REMC: "Envirowatts Trust"

Dec, March, June, Sept

Green power

Open

Vecrtren Foundation

Ongoing

Conservation and environmental stewardship

Nonprofits

 Grant Opportunity

 Funding Source

 Deadline

 Program

 Eligible Applicants

 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

 DOE

 Letter of intent due Sept 3, 2013, application due Oct. 15, 2013

 Advanced scientific computing, basic energy research, biological and environmental research, nuclear, high energy physics, nuclear physics

 For-profit, at least 51% US-owned, small business with 500 or fewer employees located in the US

 Small Business Innovation Research Program (Funding opp # USDA-NIFA-SBIR-004332) 

 USDA

 9/26/2013

 Projects dealing with agriculturally related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all 2014 SBIR topic areas

 small businesses

 Bio-refinery Assistance Program

 NSF

 12/3/2013

 The development and construction of commercial-scale advanced fuel biorefineries using eligible technology or retrofitting of existing facilities with eligible technology

 Biofuel Producers

Solar Sunshot Competition

 DOE

 11/4/2014

Cash awards of up to $10 million to the first three teams that repeatedly demonstrate an average of $1 per watt for non-hardware costs such as permitting, interconnection, and inspection

 Solar Installers

 Grant Opportunity

 Funding Source

 Deadline

  Program

 Eligible Applicants

 Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant (Funding opp # 2013-NIST-MSE-01)

 NIST

March 1, May 1, Oct 15 annually

Topics under Material Measurement, Physical Measurement, Engineering, the Information Technology, Neutron Research, Nanoscale Science and Tech, and Office of Special Programs

 Researchers

 Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems (Funding opp # PD-14-1407)

 NSF

10/29/2013

Improved energy and homeland security, useful new materials, and more efficient manufacturing

 Researchers

 Thermal Transport Processes (Funding opp # PD-14-1406)

 NSF

10/29/2013

 Engineering research of the thermal transport phenomena at nano/micro and macro scales in (1) cooling and heating of equipment and devices, (2) energy conversion, power generation and thermal energy storage and conservation, and (3) the propulsion of air and land-based vehicles

 Researchers

 Energy, Power, and Adaptive Systems (Funding opp # PD-13-7607)

 NSF

11/1/2013

Emphasis on electric power networks and grids, including generation, transmission and integration of renewable, sustainable and distributed energy systems; high power electronics and drives; and understanding of associated regulatory and economic structures. Topics of interest include alternate energy sources, the Smart Grid, and interdependencies of critical infrastructure in power and communications

 Researchers

 Energy for Sustainability (Funding opp # PD-14-7644)

 NSF

2/20/2014

Fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels: biomass, biofuels, solar, wind

 Researchers

 Environmental Engineering (Funding opp # 1440)

 NSF

2/20/2014

Promote resource and energy conservation and recovery. Focus on conversion of wastes into value-added materials and energy, reduction of energy/water demand for environmental technologies, and the impact of energy and transportation processes on the environment.

 Researchers

Academic Liaison with Energy

 NSF

9/30/2015

Funds transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund: new approaches to solving generic problems and development of collaborative industry-university educational programs

Researchers and Industry

 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grants

 SARE

Ongoing

 SARE grants fund research and education projects exploring such as on-farm renewable energy

 Researchers, producers, educators, nonprofits, students

Propane Challenge

 Propane Education and Research Council

Ongoing

Funds research on technology-based new ways to deliver and use propane. The best technology-based ideas can earn the PROPANE Exceptional Energy® award

 Researchers and manufacturers