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Opportunity Summary:

The U.S. India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000506) comes out of a formal U.S.-India agreement signed on November 4, 2010, between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Government of India. The purpose of the Center is to speed up joint clean energy research and development by bringing together teams of scientists and engineers from both countries, along with related collaborative activities, with the aim of getting high-impact clean energy technologies deployed more quickly. The DOE Office of Policy and International Affairs is the lead office on the U.S. side for facilitating this effort, with an emphasis on achieving real technological advances rather than isolated research outcomes.

The announcement focuses on launching cooperation in three initial priority areas: (1) energy efficiency of buildings, (2) second generation biofuels, and (3) solar energy. In practical terms, the Center is meant to support coordinated, binational R and D that can move beyond lab concepts toward solutions that are scalable and useful in the field. The structure DOE is pointing applicants toward is a consortium model, where a group of qualified and experienced partners join forces to address the objectives in one or more of these priority areas. The target pool of participants is broad and intentionally cross-sector, including private companies, national laboratories, universities, and other research, analytical, or nonprofit organizations, with the expectation that the consortium approach will combine technical depth, facilities, and pathways to commercialization or adoption.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, the listing classifies the instrument type as a cooperative agreement under the science and technology and other research and development activity category, associated with CFDA 81.087 (Renewable Energy Research and Development). It also indicates that cost sharing or matching is required, signaling that projects are expected to include a meaningful non-federal contribution rather than relying entirely on federal dollars. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to different entity types, subject to any additional conditions in the full announcement.

A key detail is that, despite being formatted as a Funding Opportunity Announcement, the posting explicitly states it is a Request for Information (RFI) only at the time referenced and that applications were not being accepted then. In other words, the release functioned as an information-gathering and market-sounding step to help shape or prepare for later competitive funding, rather than an immediate call for full proposals. The notice invited prospective applicants to submit questions about the FOA by July 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm, using the provided email addresses (JCERDC@hq.doe.gov and JCERDC@indousstf.org), which also signals coordination with the U.S.-India partnership infrastructure supporting the Center.

For timeline and recordkeeping, the opportunity was posted February 23, 2011, shows a creation date of May 16, 2011, lists an original closing date of March 7, 2011, and a current closing date of August 16, 2011, with an archive date of January 31, 2012. The funding fields in the excerpt show estimated total funding and award floor/ceiling as 0, which is consistent with an RFI stage rather than an active awards phase. For access issues related to the full announcement, the contact listed is Malik Simone, Contract Specialist, at 202-287-1456 and malik.simone@hq.doe.gov.

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