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Energy Grant Resources
This page features a variety of documents and other information relating to energy grants from the Office of Energy Development as well as other state and federal sources.
Indiana Energy Insights
Indiana Energy Insights is a blog about current and future energy grants. Click here to visit the blog.
OED Grant Recipient Resources
Community Conservation Challenge
Communications/Marketing Materials
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Additional Grant Opportunities - unrelated to OED
State Energy Grants
| Grant Opportunity | Funding Source | Deadline | Program | Eligible Applicants |
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IDEM |
12/14/2012 |
Funds idling technology and retrofits to or purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles |
schools, governments, businesses | |
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IDEM |
12/14/2012 |
Funds idling technology and retrofits to or purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles |
schools, governments, businesses |
Indiana Utility Energy Grant Opportunities
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Utility |
Deadline |
Grant Focus |
Eligible Applicants |
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Ongoing |
Energy efficiency |
Nonprofits | |
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Ongoing |
Environmental protection. Past projects have included green roofs, energy career summer camps, energy efficient home initiatives, and green buildings |
Nonprofits, state/local governments, | |
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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 | |
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Spring |
Renewable energy and energy efficiency |
Open | |
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Ongoing |
Energy sustainability |
Nonprofits | |
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Spring |
Educational opportunities or projects that increase environmental awareness |
Nonprofits | |
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Dec, March, June, Sept |
Green power |
Open | |
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Ongoing |
Conservation and environmental stewardship |
Nonprofits |
National Energy Grants/Technical Assistance for Community and Government Organizations
Technical Assistance Opportunity: Local Energy Efficiency Initiatives ACEEE 5/1/2013 Technical assistance on energy efficiency policy and program implementation Local governments EPA Multiple due dates from Oct. 2012 - Feb 2013 EPA technical assitance to tribal or local governments for economic and sustainable development Tribal and/or local governments Surdna Foundation Ongoing Focus on green economy, transportation, and smart growth Nonprofits
Grant Opportunity
Funding Source
Deadline
Program
Eligible Applicants
National Grants for Energy Producers, Installers, and Businesses
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Grant Opportunity |
Funding Source |
Deadline |
Program |
Eligible Applicants |
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs |
DOE |
Letter of intent: 12/17/2012; App: 2/5/2012 |
high voltage and high temperature capacitors for energy storage applications; advanced manufacturing; biomass, OLEDs, geothermal, hydrogen dispensers, solar, vehicles, wind |
For-profit, at least 51% US-owned, small business with 500 or fewer employees located in the US |
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NSF |
12/12/2012 |
Funds a research partnership between an academic institution and at least two small technology-based businesses that are not in direct competition with each other |
universities, small businesses | |
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USDA |
10/31/2013 |
Private sector commercialization of Advanced Materials for Energy Applications |
small businesses | |
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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 | |
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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 |
National Grants for Energy Researchers
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Grant Opportunity |
Funding Source |
Deadline |
Program |
Eligible Applicants |
| Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy | DOE, USDA | Letter of intent: 12/18/2012; App: 2/25/2013 | Genetic research on lignocellulosic materials. Funds the study of environmental influences on biomass yield and nutrient/water utilization; how to accelerate breeding of dedicated biomass feedstocks aimed at improving such traits; and to develop and use database and extension tools and resources for enhanced bioenergy crop research and training. | Researchers |
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NSF |
2/13/2013 |
Energy conversion, power generation, thermal energy storage and conservation |
Researchers | |
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NSF |
2/15/2013 |
technology using thermal, electrical, chemical and mechanical processes as well as biological actors to fabricate nanostructures and to integrate these into micro-devices and meso- and macroscale systems |
Researchers | |
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NSF |
2/19/2013 |
Science & technology for efficient generation of power, energy efficient manufacturing; and efficient production and utilization of renewable "green" fuels |
Researchers | |
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NSF |
2/19/2013 |
Research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels: bioenergy, biofuels, solar PV, wind, advanced batteries |
Researchers | |
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Institute of Food and Agriculture |
5/22/2013 |
Funds research of solutions for Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment |
Researchers | |
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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 | |
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SARE |
ongoing |
SARE grants fund research and education projects exploring such as on-farm renewable energy |
Researchers, producers, educators, nonprofits, students | |
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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 |
Grant Search Resources
Foundation Funding
State Grants
- Ball State University, Center for Economic and Community Development
- Just Grants Indiana (This is a private Web site)
Federal Grants
- FedConnect
- The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- Federal Emergency Management Administration
- Grants.gov
Other Grant Sources
- GrantSmart: an informational and interactive resource center for and about the nonprofit community.
- Indianapolis-Marion County Library
- Monroe County Public Library
Grant Writing Resources
