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Funding Notice: Up to $58M To Promote Chemical Innovation |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO) today announced up to $58 million in funding to advance novel, high-impact chemical technologies that use domestically sourced alternative and waste feedstocks. Projects funded through this initiative will advance new methods of chemical production that maximize the use of America’s vast biomass and waste resources. |
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NOFO NUMBER: DE-FOA-0003647
FUNDING AMOUNT: Up to $58 million
REQUIRED CONCEPT PAPERS DUE:
10/9/2026 by 5 p.m. ET
STAGE 1 FULL APPLICATIONS DUE:
12/1/2026 by 5 p.m. ET
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This funding supports President Trump’s Executive Order, Unleashing American Energy, which calls for targeted federal investment in technology innovation that strengthens the U.S. chemical sector.
Topics
The Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) funding opportunity promotes the development and commercialization of chemical technologies that lower costs, enhance performance, reduce reliance on imports, and unlock strong market growth potential. ASPECT seeks to reduce time to market by moving projects from laboratory research to pre-pilot scale testing. It includes two main topic areas:
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Topic Area 1: Bench ASPECT: Proposals should support the development and adoption of new technologies for producing chemicals from alternative feedstocks, moving beyond proof-of-concept to bench and pre-pilot scale.
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Topic Area 2: Pre-pilot ASPECT: Proposals should aim to accelerate the development and market entry of strategically valuable, domestically produced chemicals.
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Key Dates
- Register for an informational webinar on Sept. 11, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET.
- Required concept papers are due by Oct. 9, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET.
- Stage 1 full applications are due by Dec. 1, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET.
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