Opportunity Title:
American-Made Solar Prize Round 8
Funder/Agency:
Department of Energy (DOE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO)
Description:
The American-Made Solar Prize Round 8 is a multimillion-dollar prize program designed to spur innovations in U.S. solar hardware and software technologies and address challenges to rapid, equitable solar energy deployment.
This challenge requires competitors to make progress quickly, form private-sector partnerships, and engage customers to bring their ideas to life. Competitors will have access to the American-Made Network to find partners and testing facilities to accelerate their progress.
DOE is interested in solar hardware and software technologies. Hardware innovations should be able to be manufactured in the United States. Software innovations should help address the non-hardware costs of solar, like customer acquisition, financing, and grid integration.
Competitors will participate in three escalating challenges—the Ready!, Set!, and Go! Contests—as they develop their concepts from ideas to products. Individually, each competitor can win up to $700,000 in cash and $150,000 in technical support vouchers over the course of the three contests.
Solar Prize Round 8 Informational Webinar:
July 9, 2024 at 2 PM ET.
Eligibility:
Anyone based in the United States, such as students, professors, small business owners, researchers.
Award Details:
Total Amount Available:
$4,200,000
Deadline:
Applications Due September 26, 2024
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