Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0003334
The Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0003334) is a discretionary U.S. Department of Energy program issued through EERE and the Wind Energy Technologies Office, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means awardees should expect substantial federal involvement during the project period (for example, coordinated technical direction, milestone reviews, and collaboration with DOE/BSEE priorities). The overall aim is to accelerate offshore wind progress in the United States by funding applied research, development, and supporting ecosystem work that addresses key technical bottlenecks and deployment risks.
A major emphasis is speeding up U.S. floating offshore wind deployment. Floating platforms are central to unlocking deeper-water wind resources, but they bring challenges in platform design, mooring and anchoring systems, installation methods, operations and maintenance strategies, and cost reduction pathways. The FOA targets R&D that can move floating wind closer to large-scale commercial buildout by improving performance, reliability, and manufacturability, while also reducing the practical barriers that slow projects down.
The FOA also highlights work that supports a transition toward fixed-bottom platform concepts that reduce port and vessel constraints. This focus reflects the real-world logistical limitations facing offshore wind development in the U.S., such as limited availability of specialized installation vessels, constraints in port laydown areas, channel depths, heavy-lift capabilities, and quayside load limits. By encouraging concepts that are easier to fabricate, transport, assemble, and install using existing or more readily available infrastructure, the opportunity seeks to make near-term deployment more feasible and less dependent on a narrow set of purpose-built assets.
Environmental monitoring and wildlife risk reduction is another clear priority, specifically advancing technologies to monitor bird and bat presence and behavior offshore. Offshore wind developers and regulators need better data on when and how birds and bats interact with turbines and associated infrastructure, and what conditions increase collision or displacement risk. The FOA is aimed at improving monitoring approaches and understanding species risk, which can support more effective mitigation strategies, more confidence in permitting decisions, and better outcomes for wildlife alongside industry growth.
Regionally, the FOA explicitly calls out leveraging the industrial base in the Great Lakes to connect with the national and global offshore wind market. This signals interest in projects that can translate existing manufacturing, maritime, steel fabrication, heavy industry, and supply chain strengths into offshore wind components, services, and innovation. The intent is to help position Great Lakes capabilities as part of the broader offshore wind supply chain, potentially supporting domestic content, regional economic development, and knowledge transfer between freshwater and ocean offshore wind contexts.
Workforce and university-based capacity building is also part of the program, with an emphasis on seeding an education and research ecosystem that serves the technical needs of the U.S. floating offshore wind industry and its stakeholders. That includes developing applied research programs, training pipelines, and academic-industry collaboration that can produce engineers, scientists, and technical leaders who understand offshore wind-specific challenges. The goal is not only near-term project outputs, but also the long-term institutional capability needed to sustain innovation and operational excellence in a rapidly growing sector.
Finally, the FOA advances research into lightning occurrence and mitigation at offshore wind farms. Offshore environments can present unique lightning exposure and grounding conditions, and lightning damage can drive turbine downtime, component failure, and costly repairs. Improving understanding of lightning behavior offshore, as well as developing better protection, detection, and mitigation strategies, is intended to increase turbine resilience and reduce risk to assets and operations.
From an applicant and funding standpoint, eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of organizations may apply depending on the specific FOA requirements (often including companies, universities, nonprofits, and other entities). The program is administered by DOE's Golden Field Office, with a stated award ceiling of $5,000,000 per award and an expectation of 21 awards. The original closing date is November 7, 2024. The FOA is associated with CFDA number 81.087 (energy-related assistance). Full details, including topic areas, required deliverables, cost share expectations if any, and submission instructions, are available through EERE Exchange at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov.Apply for DE FOA 0003334
- The Golden Field Office in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-11-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 21 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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