Department of Energy
DOE is the third largest federal agency participating in SBIR/STTR with over 300 million budget each year.
DOE Supports R&D in Three Broad Research Areas
Clean Energy
Fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy, including energy production and use in buildings, vehicles, and industry and electricity delivery and reliability of the Nation’s electricity grid.
Basic Science and Engineering
Fundamental energy sciences, including materials, life, environmental, and computational sciences, and fusion energy, high energy and nuclear physics.
Nuclear Security
Environmental management and nuclear nonproliferation.
Funding Opportunities
DOE offers more than sixty technical topics and 250 subtopics annually, spanning research areas that support the DOE mission
Research Topics Release 2
FY25 topics have been released on November 12, 2024.
FOA's
Each year the DOE SBIR/STTR Programs Office issues two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) inviting small businesses to apply for its Phase I SBIR and STTR grants.
Interview with Eileen Chant, Outreach Program Manager
Eileen Chant joined the DOE as the Outreach Program Manager at the Office of SBIR/STTR Programs in 2020. Eileen is a Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years of experience. Her engineering experience encompasses diverse energy technologies including novel cooling and dehumidification processes, fossil and nuclear power, pressure vessel technology and hydrogen storage. She also has over a decade of experience aiding startup companies with technology evaluation and grant writing. Eileen has extensive experience in Knowledge Management and as a Director with non-profit engineering and other volunteer associations. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Program Offices
DOE SBIR/STTR topics are drawn from the mission areas of the 13 participating programs, 6 offices from the Office of Science Programs, and 7 offices from Applied Programs.
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