DOE Office of Energy Efficiency Public Service Grants

DOE Office of Energy Efficiency Public Service Grants

Funds public energy-efficiency projects through the Department of Energy in support of community-level outcomes.

This entry references a program named "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency Public Service Grants" under the DOE Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI, formerly EERE). CMEI manages 13 technology offices — covering solar, wind, hydrogen, bioenergy, building technologies, transportation, industrial technologies, and critical minerals — and administers competitive funding opportunities through the EERE eXCHANGE portal. However, no program matching the name "Public Service Grants" or equivalent branding has been verified on energy.gov, the EERE eXCHANGE open FOA index, or Grants.gov as of mid-2026. The stub may conflate CMEI's STEM outreach initiative (DOE STEM Rising) with a separate competitive grant mechanism, or may reference a historical program no longer active following the 2026 reorganization that renamed EERE to CMEI and shifted emphasis toward critical minerals supply-chain dominance and America First energy production.

CMEI does issue substantive competitive FOAs to universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, and industry under programs such as the HPC4EI (High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation) spring 2026 solicitation and the Battery Materials Processing and Manufacturing program (up to USD 500 million, Round 3). Workforce and STEM programs exist within the Industrial Assessments Center (IAC/ITAC) and Critical Minerals and Materials Alliance (CMMA) frameworks, but these are not described as "Public Service Grants." Eligible entities for CMEI grant programs typically include US universities, national labs, nonprofits, and industry consortia, with awards spanning USD 200,000 to USD 5 million for R&D and workforce-adjacent initiatives.

Given the inability to locate a specific program matching this entry's name, applicants should consult eere-exchange.energy.gov directly for current open FOAs. The underlying funder — CMEI — is a legitimate and active source of energy technology and workforce funding, but this specific program title cannot be confirmed from available sources.