American-Made Solar Prize
Offers the American-Made Solar Prize for teams delivering solar commercialization advances in hardware and software through merit-based challenges.
About
The American-Made Solar Prize is SETO's multi-round challenge series for US solar hardware and software commercialization. It runs on HeroX and has become one of the office's most visible prize mechanisms, separate from the office's grant FOAs.
Recent rounds have ranged from the Round 5 hardware prize pool at $3.0 million to Round 8 at $4.0 million, with Round 6 at $4.1 million and Round 7 at $4.…
Max award$4.2M
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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.