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Opportunity Summary:

The Clean Cities Implementation Initiatives to Advance Alternative Fuel Markets grant (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000708) is a U.S. Department of Energy effort, run through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and issued by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), aimed at speeding up the real-world adoption and use of alternative fuel vehicles and the fuels that power them. The central purpose is to cut U.S. petroleum dependence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tackling the practical, on-the-ground obstacles that keep alternative fuel markets from scaling. Projects are expected to focus specifically on the alternative fuels recognized in federal law under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and subsequent updates in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, rather than broadly defined “clean transportation” concepts outside those statutory categories.

This opportunity is designed for implementation-focused work that helps alternative fuels and vehicles succeed in local, regional, and statewide settings, especially in identifiable sectors or niche markets where targeted interventions can remove persistent adoption barriers. DOE Clean Cities frames the problem around four major obstacle areas and is looking for proposals that directly address one or more of them: policies (for example, local or state rules, procurement approaches, permitting pathways, or other policy mechanisms that either hinder or could accelerate adoption), barrier reduction (practical steps to overcome market frictions such as lack of coordinated stakeholders, infrastructure gaps, vehicle availability concerns, operational constraints, or unclear value propositions), safety and training (workforce and first-responder training, safe fuel handling practices, codes and standards understanding, and similar readiness issues), and market development/outreach (activities that build demand, educate fleets and consumers, strengthen stakeholder networks, and move purchasers from interest to deployment). The program rationale is that expanded use of domestically produced alternative transportation fuels can support job creation and retention, strengthen local economies, and deliver environmental benefits, but only if these non-technical barriers are addressed in a structured way.

The FOA is a discretionary grant program in the energy funding activity category, listed under CFDA 81.086 (Conservation Research and Development). DOE anticipated making around 20 awards with an estimated total federal funding amount of $5,000,000. Individual awards were expected to range from $200,000 (floor) to $1,000,000 (ceiling). The announcement indicates there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which is notable because many federal clean transportation programs require recipient cost share; here, applicants were not required to provide match as a condition of award under the posted summary.

Eligibility is broadly open to domestic entities, meaning the competition was not restricted to only governments or only nonprofits. Eligible applicants included, among others, DOE National Laboratories and other Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), as well as non-DOE FFRDC contractors, either as prime recipients or as subrecipients/subcontractors, with some important exclusions and contracting nuances. NETL itself and other federal agencies were not eligible to apply as recipients. Also excluded were 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995. The FOA also describes how DOE expected to handle awards involving laboratories/FFRDCs: if a DOE National Laboratory/FFRDC were selected as the prime recipient, DOE anticipated using the Field Work Proposal process; if a DOE lab/FFRDC were involved as a subrecipient/subcontractor, the lab portion would typically be handled through a Work for Others arrangement or subcontract rather than a Field Work Proposal. For non-DOE FFRDCs participating as subs, DOE noted it would not fund them through an interagency agreement with the sponsoring agency; instead, the value of that work would be included within the primary award to the applicant leading the project.

Key dates in the source information show the FOA was posted May 8, 2012, with an application closing date of June 18, 2012. The administering agency is NETL, and the additional information and full announcement were provided through the EERE Exchange site. A point of contact was listed for access issues, including an email address (DE-FOA0000708@netl.doe.gov) and phone number for Kellyn L. Cassell.

In plain terms, this grant opportunity backed projects that can measurably accelerate alternative fuel vehicle adoption by removing adoption bottlenecks that are often policy-related, knowledge-related, safety-related, or market-organization-related. Rather than funding basic research, the program emphasis is on implementation initiatives that build the conditions for alternative fuel markets to function better in the real world, especially where coordinated local or regional action can unlock fleet purchases, infrastructure utilization, safer operations, and sustained market growth.

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