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DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office

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Annual funding—
Programs5
Active grants3
Total grants7
About

The DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office funds work that makes solar power more affordable, reliable, and secure for homes and businesses. Founded in 2000 and named SETO in 2012, the office covers photovoltaics, concentrating solar-thermal power, systems integration, soft costs, manufacturing and competitiveness, and workforce development. It now sits under DOE's CMEI structure after the 2025 reor…

Programs & grants under this funder
American-Made Challenges (SETO)

Funds U.S. innovators in solar energy through prize competitions administered by NREL under DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office.

6 grants
American-Made Heliostat Prize
Closed
$3M pool
American-Made Solar Desalination Prize
Closed
— pool
American-Made Solar Prize
Between cycles
$3M pool
American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize
Open
$10M pool
American-Made LASSO Prize
Closed
$8M pool
American-Made PRIME Prize
Open
$2.7M pool
American-Made Solar Prize

Offers the American-Made Solar Prize for teams delivering solar commercialization advances in hardware and software through merit-based challenges.

SETO Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

Funds solar, grid integration, and clean power technology development across several themes in the United States.

SETO National Lab Call-27

Funds national laboratories in the United States. across a broad clean energy science portfolio.

Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize

Offers advancement prizes for silicon carbide packaging breakthroughs for solar and grid systems.

1 grant
Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize
Open
$2.3M pool
Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.energy.gov