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American-Made Challenges: Perovskite Startup Prize

Paid new US for-profit companies cash and lab vouchers to move perovskite solar-cell research out of the lab and into commercial manufacturing.

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A two-stage competition run by the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In the first stage, the Countdown Contest, teams submitted a business plan and those chosen to advance received $200,000 cash; in the second stage, the Liftoff Contest, teams validated their technology with a third party and top finishers split $500,000 cash plus $1…

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.