Advanced Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies to Drive National Goals
- Posted
- October 23, 2024
- Closed
- January 31, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $10,000,000
- Award floor
- $1,000,000
- Program funding
- $46,000,000
- Expected awards
- 22
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 81.087
- Category
- Energy
- Archives
- March 2, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.087 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.1B
- FY2025 obligated
- $377.7M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- −$130.9M
- Awards in window
- 1,330
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: University of Utah, Plug Power Inc., Oregon State University, Proton Energy Systems Inc, Robert Bosch Llc
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Who can apply
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Individuals
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Domestic Entities (Institutions of higher education; for-profit entities; non-profit entities; state and local government entities; and Indian Tribes, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 5304 • DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a recipient. • Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a recipient. • Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a recipient. • A foreign entity may submit an application to this NOFO, but the application must be accompanied by an explicit written waiver request. Likewise, if the applicant seeks to include a foreign entity as a subrecipient, the applicant must submit a separate explicit written waiver request in the application for each proposed foreign subrecipient. Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after December 31, 1995, are not eligible to apply for funding.
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