Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001990 | DE FOA 0002016

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This notice is an advance heads-up from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), that it plans to release a future funding opportunity announcement (FOA) titled "Advanced Technologies for Recovery of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources" with the identifier DE-FOA-0001990. The key point is that this posting is only a Notice of Intent, meaning it is not an open competition and it is not requesting proposals at this time. No applications will be accepted under this notice, and the notice also instructs potential applicants not to submit questions or otherwise respond to it. Instead, the purpose is to give organizations time to prepare before the real FOA is released.

The opportunity, once formally issued, is expected to support research and development efforts in the energy field, focused on advanced technologies related to the recovery of unconventional oil and gas resources. While the notice itself does not lay out topic areas, technical requirements, cost share expectations, or evaluation criteria, it signals DOE/NETL interest in R&D that could improve how unconventional resources are accessed or produced. The funding activity categories tied to the notice are energy and science/technology R&D, and the associated CFDA number listed is 81.089, which is commonly used for NETL-administered research programs.

Administratively, the notice characterizes the anticipated funding instrument as a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial involvement by the federal agency during the period of performance (for example, technical direction, project management engagement, or shared decision-making on key milestones), as opposed to a more hands-off grant. Eligibility is listed as "unrestricted," meaning it is broadly open to many entity types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications that would appear in the full FOA text when released. In practice, that phrasing usually signals that universities, private companies, nonprofits, state and local governments, and other organizations could potentially apply, provided they meet the final FOA requirements.

The notice indicates the FOA is anticipated to be posted in November 2018 and would be made available through Grants.gov and FedConnect (www.fedconnect.net). Parties interested in competing are encouraged to use the lead time to build partnerships, develop project concepts, and gather supporting data. This is important because DOE cooperative agreement applications often require clearly defined technical objectives, work plans, milestone schedules, detailed budgets, and partner roles, and those pieces are easier to assemble when teaming arrangements and preliminary technical justification are in place ahead of time.

A few of the fields in the source data reflect the placeholder nature of the notice rather than a live solicitation. For example, "ExpectedAwards" is listed as 0, consistent with the statement that no awards will be made from this notice. The record also includes an "OriginalClosingDate" of January 31, 2019, but since applications are not accepted under a Notice of Intent, that date should not be treated as a true proposal deadline for this posting; the actual submission deadline would be established in the full FOA once it is released. Similarly, an "AwardCeiling" value is shown as 2, but without units or context (and given that this is not the full FOA), it should be viewed as incomplete and not relied upon for planning budgets until the official FOA is published.

In short, this posting is best understood as an early alert that DOE/NETL expects to open a cooperative-agreement R&D funding competition focused on advanced technologies for unconventional oil and gas recovery. Interested applicants should watch Grants.gov and FedConnect for the official FOA release and use the interim period to line up collaborators, refine the technical approach, and prepare the core materials that will be needed once the solicitation is formally issued.

• The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0001990" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2019. (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 $2.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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