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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| Inventions and Innovation Program (I&I) | |
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| Type of Incentive | Grant |
| Eligible States | National |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste Heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
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| Size of Award | The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Inventions and Innovation (I&I) offers financial and technical support to inventors and businesses for promising energy-saving concepts and technologies. I&I selects technologies to receive grants through a competitive process. At present, I&I has no funding for its activities in fiscal year 2008. I&I provides financial assistance, when available, for research and development of innovative, energy-saving ideas and inventions. This assistance is provided at two levels: Up to $50,000 for technologies in early-stage development and up to $250,000 for technologies approaching the point of prototype. Cost-share is strongly encouraged to receive a Category 1 or 2 award. I&I supports energy efficiency and renewable energy technology development in focus areas that align with nine EERE programs. These focus areas include: . Biomass Program . Building Technologies Program . Distributed Energy & Electric Reliability Program . FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies Program . Geothermal Technologies Program . Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, & Infrastructure Technologies Program . Industrial Technologies Program . Solar Energy Technology Program . Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program |
| Start Date | 5/31/2006 |
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| Additional Information | I&I releases a Request for Proposals (RFP), usually once or twice a year. However, I&I has no funding for fiscal year 2008. |
| Web Site | http://www.eere.energy.gov/inventions/  |
| Primary Contact | Matthew Barron 1000 Independence Ave. S.W. Washington, DC 20585 U.S.A. Matthew Barron (goii@go.doe.gov) (303) 275-4754 |