Modification 000001: The purpose of this modification is to update Area of Interest 1 selection of Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) to serve as the SMLP TA Field Manager (Section I.B.i.), update Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) is not eligible for award under AOI 1 (Section III.A.ii), update the Technical Volume, Technical Description, Innovation, and Impact (Section IV.C.iii.), and to update to List of Acronyms (Appendix G).
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The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains is issuing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Awards made under this FOA will be funded, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
BIL is a once-in-a-generation investment in modernizing and upgrading American infrastructure to enhance U.S. competitiveness, drive the creation of good-paying jobs with a free and fair chance to join a union, tackle the climate crisis, and ensure strong access to economic, environmental, and other benefits for disadvantaged communities. BIL appropriates more than $62 billion to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to invest in American manufacturing and workers; expand access to energy efficiency and clean energy; deliver reliable, clean, and affordable power to more Americans; and demonstrate and deploy the technologies of tomorrow through clean energy demonstrations.
DOE’s BIL investments will support efforts to build a clean and equitable energy economy that achieves a zero-carbon electricity system by 2035, and to put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050 to benefit all Americans.
The activities to be funded under this FOA support BIL sections 40534 and 40207(f)(3) and the broader government-wide approach to reinvigorating and reinvesting in the American industrial base; catalyzing American leadership and global competitiveness in the clean energy economy, investing in the American manufacturing workforce; and maximizing the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. These BIL sections are focused on:
- Appropriations of $50 million over Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022 through 2026 to establish the State Manufacturing Leadership Program (SMLP), which supports state entities to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to:
- facilitate access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources; and
- implement smart manufacturing technologies and practices.
The SMLP awarded over $22,000,000 of the $50,000,000 in federal funds in April 2024 to 12 projects in 12 states.
- Appropriations of $41 million over FYs 2022 through 2026 to increase the number of state and local programs to assist in the establishment or enhancement of state battery collection, recycling, and reprocessing programs, with the goal of:
- increasing participation in recycling programs; and
- developing recycling programs for electronics and batteries that can help immediately support a domestic battery supply chain.