The Department of Energy released a notice of funding on 11/30 for the Renew America's Schools program. The details are below, and also in this one-page summary document. DOE is also hosting an informational webinar on Dec. 6. You can register here for that webinar.
Key Dates
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Issue Date: November 30, 2022.
Informational Webinar: December 6, 2022 (register here)
Concept Papers Due Date: January 26, 2023
Application Due Date: April 21, 2023
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Total Funding: $80 million
Award Ceiling: $15 million
Award Floor: $500,000
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Focus Areas: DOE will encourage eligible applicants to consider projects that:
- Enable replicable and scalable impacts;
- Create innovative, sustaining partnerships;
- Leverage funding and economies of scale;
- Focus on disadvantaged communities;
- Improve student, teacher, and occupant health;
- Enrich learning and growth;
- Assist schools that serve as community assets (e.g., neighborhood cooling centers);
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Eligible applicants
- Local Educational Agency (LEA) – must be lead entity, and one or more of the following:
- Schools;
- Nonprofit organizations "that have knowledge and capacity to partner and assist with energy improvements;"
- For-profit organizations "that have knowledge and capacity to partner and assist with energy improvements;"
- Community Partners "that have knowledge and capacity to partner and assist with energy improvements."
View full Notice of Funding announcement: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx#FoaId06985843-f32c-494e-880a-cb5db6d787a4
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Tracy Hucul AIA
Quinn Evans
Fayetteville NY
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