Funding: $5,000,000, subject to appropriations
Open Date: November 21, 2016
Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Funding Number: DE-FOA-0001679

Summary

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) intends to issue, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Industrial Assessment Centers Technical Field Manager.”

The Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program is a resource conservation and workforce development initiative of AMO based in the engineering departments of universities nationwide. IACs conduct no-cost assessments and provide site-specific recommendations to small manufacturers on opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. 

Through the FOA referenced above, EERE intends to fund the activities for an IAC Field Manager. The Field Manager is the liaison between the AMO Technology Manager and the individual IACs, and provides technical assistance and outreach to individual centers, and is the principle mechanism for ensuring the 28 individual IACs and their associated satellite centers perform at the highest possible level and that their activities support the achievement of AMO goals. The Field Manager’s core responsibilities include the following:

• Providing technical assistance for quality control of Center operations, assessments, and outreach activities;
• Providing technical reviews and feedback on all of the IAC assessment reports;
• Integrating DOE priorities around practices and technologies into IAC operations;
• Providing training and technical assistance to the IAC staff and students and external stakeholders;
• Maintaining and upgrading the IAC websites and databases;
• Developing technical and informational resources for IAC clients and small and medium-sized manufacturers nationwide;
• Advancing the deployment of an accredited energy engineering degree; and
• Extending IAC program impacts beyond manufacturers and students immediately engaged by the Centers. 

Download the full notice of intent HERE, which includes more information about the proposed applicant eligibility requirements. EERE plans to issue the FOA in December 2016 via the EERE Exchange website.

This Notice is issued so that interested parties are aware of the EERE’s intention to issue this FOA in the near term. All of the information contained in this Notice is subject to change. EERE will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Once the FOA has been released, EERE will provide an avenue for potential Applicants to submit questions.