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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Solar Energy Technologies Office

Funding is delivered through public prize competitions rather than direct grant applications, with prize pools that can expand across rounds.

United States
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About

The Solar Energy Technologies Office is a program office within the U.S. Department of Energy focused on solar energy research and deployment. Like other DOE technology offices, it runs prize competitions through the Department's American-Made Program, which uses the HeroX crowdsourcing platform to publish open calls, build a network of outside problem-solvers, and pay prizes only once a challenge…

Programs & grants under this funder
Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize

Pays multi-stakeholder U.S. teams a share of over $10 million to build and study cattle agrivoltaics pilot sites that combine solar power with cattle grazing.

1 grant
Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize
Closed
$10.0M pool
Upskill Prize for the Solar Manufacturing Workforce

Pays U.S. solar manufacturers and training organizations up to $500,000 each to train new or incumbent workers for the solar manufacturing workforce.

1 grant
Upskill Prize for the Solar Manufacturing Workforce
Closed
$7.8M pool
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