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American-Made Challenges (SETO)

American-Made PRIME Prize

Funds U.S. solar manufacturers and innovators registering photovoltaic modules and inverters with the EPEAT ecolabel through a prize competition.

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The American-Made PRIME (Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel) Prize is a $2.7 million prize competition run by the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office (DOE SETO) under the American-Made Challenges program. American-Made Challenges is DOE's prize framework designed to push U.S. entrepreneurs to advance ideas from early concept to manufacturing scal…

What this grant funds

Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and inverters; EPEAT ecolabel registration; product sustainability and environmental standards for solar hardware.

Key facts
CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Prize
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$2.7M
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Last verified: 24 Jul 2026Source: www.energy.gov