ALL HAZARDS ENERGY RESILIENCE | DE FOA 0003217

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The ALL HAZARDS ENERGY RESILIENCE funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DE FOA 0003217) is a discretionary research and development program administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). It is offered as a Cooperative Agreement, which generally means awardees should expect substantial federal involvement during the project period, such as technical collaboration, review checkpoints, and active coordination to ensure the work stays aligned with program goals. The overall intent is practical and deployment-focused: to push forward new tools and technologies that can materially reduce the risk of disruptions to energy delivery infrastructure and, over time, become broadly adopted across the energy sector.

Programmatically, the FOA is centered on “all hazards” resilience, meaning it is not limited to a single threat type. Instead, it targets a spectrum of risks that can interrupt the delivery of energy, explicitly including cybersecurity threats, physical security threats, and climate-related impacts. In plain terms, the government is looking for innovations that help prevent incidents, reduce the severity of incidents when they occur, and speed restoration and continuity of energy delivery when systems are stressed or compromised. The emphasis on “next generation” capabilities signals that NETL is seeking advances beyond what is commonly available or widely implemented today, with the expectation that successful outputs will be scalable and operationally relevant rather than purely academic.

From a scope standpoint, the work is positioned in the Energy and Science/Technology R&D categories (CFDA 81.008). Projects under this kind of FOA typically involve developing, integrating, and validating technologies or methods that improve resilience across key energy delivery components, which can include grid-related systems, control environments, communications dependencies, and other infrastructure that supports reliable power and energy services. While the summary text does not list topic areas in detail, the stated hazards indicate interest in solutions that can address cyber-physical interdependencies, improve detection and response to malicious activity, harden or protect critical facilities, and anticipate or withstand extreme weather and climate stressors.

Eligibility is listed as “Unrestricted,” meaning the applicant pool is broadly open rather than limited to a narrow set of entity types. That said, the FOA notes that applicants must still follow the eligibility requirements described in Section III.B of the full announcement, which is where any specific conditions, documentation requirements, or constraints would be spelled out (for example, whether certain foreign ownership/control issues apply, what kinds of teaming arrangements are permitted, or what registrations and compliance steps are mandatory).

In terms of funding, the award ceiling is $5,000,000 per award, and the program anticipates making about 27 awards. The original closing date for applications was March 4, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of January 4, 2024. Taken together, those numbers suggest NETL intended to fund a relatively broad portfolio of projects, likely spanning multiple solution approaches, maturity levels, or use cases, with each individual project capped at a mid-sized R&D budget.

At a high level, the takeaway is that this FOA is designed to strengthen the resilience of energy delivery systems against a full range of modern threats by supporting R&D that results in deployable, widely adoptable tools and technologies. The government’s stated goal is to reduce the likelihood and impact of disruptions and to make the energy sector better prepared for incidents driven by cyberattacks, physical threats, and climate effects, ultimately improving reliability and continuity of energy delivery for communities and critical services.

• The National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ALL HAZARDS ENERGY RESILIENCE" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.008.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-04.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-04. (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 $5,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 27 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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