This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports federal investment in innovative, early-stage advanced manufacturing applied research and development (R&D) projects that focus on specific high-impact manufacturing technology, materials, and process challenges.

The topics are aimed at

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foundational energy-related advanced manufacturing technologies that impact areas relevant to manufacturing processes (where energy costs are a determinant of competitive manufacturing) and broadly applicable platform technologies (the enabling base upon which other systems and applications can be developed).

The competitively selected projects will focus on developing next-generation manufacturing material, information, and process technologies that improve energy efficiency in energy intensive and energy dependent processes.

With this FOA, the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) intends to fund high-impact, early to mid-stage research in the following topic areas:
Topic 1:
Innovations for the Manufacture of Advanced Materials Subtopic 1. 1:
Accelerate the Manufacturing Process Design and Development Cycle for Advanced Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Subtopic 1. 2:
Innovative Manufacturing Processes for Battery Energy Storage Subtopic 1. 3:
Materials and Manufacturing Process Development of Nanocrystalline Metal Alloys Subtopic 1. 4:
Process-Informed Science, Design, and Engineering of Materials and Devices Operating in Harsh Service Conditions Topic 2:
Lower Thermal Budget (LTB) Processes for Industrial Efficiency & Productivity Subtopic 2. 1:
Advances in Industrial and Process Drying Subtopic 2. 2:
Thermal Process Intensification Topic 3:
Connected, Flexible and Efficient Manufacturing Facilities and Energy Systems Subtopic 3. 1:
Medium-Voltage Power Conditioning Systems to Enable Grid-Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities Subtopic 3. 2:
High Power to Heat Ratio, High Efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Subtopic 3. 3:
Verification and Validation of CHP and District Energy For questions and answers pertaining to this FOA, please reference the DE-FOA-0001980 AMO 2019 FAQ Log at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.

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