WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs announced that it expects to award up to 35 discretionary grants for feasibility studies of economic development opportunities. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to Native American tribal governments. The agency description of the grant states: "These feasibility studies will empower American Indian Tribes/Alask  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it expects to award up to 20 cooperative agreements for building America industry partnerships and research priorities for high performance housing innovation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $11.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued a Request for Information on machine learning for geothermal energy and the geosciences. No award amount was specified for this program. The Request for Information was associated with energy. The Request for Information is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher edu  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Information on key challenges associated with the manufacturing and deployment of larger next-generation blades for land-based wind turbines. The Request for Information is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments and organizations; non-profits; for profits;   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued a Request for Information on research and development activities that could lead to performance improvements in steam based power cycles applicable to coal fueled boilers. No award amount was specified for this program. The Request for Information was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; privat  more