Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0001806
This opportunity is a Notice of Intent (NOI) from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) through the Water Power Technologies Office, indicating that DOE planned to release a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focused on "Innovative Solutions for Fish Passage at Hydropower Dams." Because it is only an NOI, it is meant to alert potential applicants early and help them prepare, but it is not a solicitation you can apply to yet. DOE also notes that all details may change, that the eventual FOA could look different from what is described in the notice, or that DOE might choose not to issue the FOA at all.
The underlying purpose of the planned funding is to push forward research and development that improves fish passage at hydropower facilities. Fish passage is a major environmental and operational challenge for hydropower because many species need to move upstream and downstream to complete life cycles, and existing passage systems can be expensive to build, costly to operate, and not equally effective across different species and river conditions. DOE highlights a need for more research that improves both cost and efficiency, with an emphasis on technologies that support "volitional" fish passage, meaning approaches that allow fish to move through or around a dam using their own behavior and swimming ability rather than relying solely on handling, trucking, or other more intrusive methods. A central theme is achieving effective passage while reducing construction and operational costs compared with current common solutions.
The NOI outlines two main topic areas that the eventual FOA was expected to cover. Topic Area 1 is focused on testing and evaluating the effects of innovative fish passage technologies. In other words, this track would likely support work that measures performance and outcomes of new or emerging solutions, such as how well fish use the technology, survival and injury rates, passage efficiency, and how results vary by species, life stage, and river or facility conditions. Topic Area 2 is aimed at advancing innovative methods and technologies to improve fish passage, which suggests more development-oriented work, such as creating, improving, or demonstrating new concepts for upstream and downstream passage, refining designs to be more reliable and scalable, and reducing the cost and complexity of deployment and operations. Each topic area is described as having two subtopics, but the notice does not provide the subtopic text in the excerpt provided, so the specific subtopic breakdown would have been expected in the later FOA posted to EERE Exchange.
From an administrative standpoint, the notice lists DOE's Golden Field Office as the issuing agency office and points applicants to EERE Exchange (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/) as the authoritative source for the eventual full announcement and any updates. Eligibility is listed as "Unrestricted," meaning it is broadly open to many types of entities (for example, companies, universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, state or local entities), subject to any additional limits that would have been clarified in the actual FOA. The activity category is energy, and the assistance listing references CFDA 81.087, which is associated with DOE energy-related financial assistance programs.
The opportunity entry also reflects the practical implications of being an NOI: it shows "NOI - no applications" and indicates no expected awards at the NOI stage. While an award ceiling of 2 is shown in the source fields provided, the NOI itself does not function as a funding competition, and the meaningful details that govern award amounts, cost share, number of awards, evaluation criteria, and required deliverables would only be finalized and enforceable once the FOA is formally issued. The notice also states DOE would not answer questions about the NOI; instead, questions would be handled through a formal process after the FOA is released.
Overall, the NOI signals DOE's intent (at that time) to invest in next-generation fish passage solutions at hydropower dams, balancing environmental performance with cost reduction, and encouraging innovation that can work across different species and river systems. Anyone interested would have been expected to monitor EERE Exchange for the formal FOA release, where the exact subtopics, submission requirements, and funding structure would be confirmed.Apply for DE FOA 0001806
- The Department of Energy, Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA-0001662: Innovative Solutions for Fish Passage at Hydropower Dams" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 24, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 03, 2017 NOI - no applications. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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