Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) FY 2018

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The purpose of this Amendment to the Funding Opportunity Announcement is to incorporate the following: • Update of the Full Application and SIPS Application due date on cover page to July 5th, 2018 at 3:00pm ET. • Correction of typos on page 16 and 60. • Clarification of expected maximum award amounts per topic area on page 30-32. All award numbers listed in the table are now the maximum expected award amounts (federal share) for each topic area. Some expected maximum award sizes for specific topic areas have been increased. • Correction of inconsistency on page 62. Footnotes and endnotes are counted toward the maximum page requirement and cannot be submitted as an Appendix to the Full Application. • SAM Registration now requires a notarized letter to be sent via post to the SAM processing office in London, KY. FOA mod emphasizes the importance of SAM registration to receive an award on page 68-69. The FOA will support early-stage research that spans the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) portfolio, seeking to advance both solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technologies and to facilitate the swift integration of those technologies into the nation’s electricity grid. It also is designed to support efforts that prepare the workforce for the solar industry’s future needs. The FOA is organized into the following high level Topic Areas: Topic 1: Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies describes SETO research priorities in the seamless integration of high penetrations of solar energy onto the nation’s electricity grid. Topic 2: Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Research and Development describes SETO research priorities that support solar technologies that focus sunlight to generate and store high-temperature heat for electricity generation and other end uses. Topic 3: Photovoltaic Research and Development describes SETO research priorities that support the further development of photovoltaic technologies that improve system reliability, annual energy yield, demonstrate performance of novel PV devices and develop new PV materials. Topic 4: Improving and Expanding the Solar Industry through Workforce Initiatives describes SETO research priorities that support solar workforce development.

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