Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth in China and India
At a glance
Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth in China and India is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Golden Field Office (Department of Energy). The application deadline was July 31, 2012. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 81.117 (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- May 7, 2012Posted
- Jul 31, 2012Application deadline
- Posted
- May 7, 2012
- Close date
- Jul 31, 2012
- Award floor
- Not specified
- Award ceiling
- Not specified
- Est. total funding
- Not specified
- Original deadline (extended)
- Jul 26, 2012
- Expected awards
- 3
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 81.117, not this notice): $7,483 to $89,637,775
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (any entity type)
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The objective of this FOA is to deploy U.S. technical expertise in the area of sustainable urban development to cities in China and India through a variety of activities such as strategic and policy planning and analysis, design and management, energy market assessment, energy modeling, financial management, improvement of governance in local bodies, workforce development, technical assessment and analysis. Benefits to the U.S. can include increased partnership opportunities for U.S. clean energy technology companies so they can grow, exports of domestic clean energy technologies and services in rapidly expanding markets, as well as access to data on clean energy policy and programs success and challenges that can inform U.S. national and sub national policy development.
DOE anticipates providing $750,000 total to several Awardees over a period of up to two years to accomplish the goals of this funding opportunity. This FOA directly supports the goals of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), International Program.
The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website http;//eere.energy.gov/financing/exchangeExcange/Manuals.
aspx after logging in to the system.
Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE Exchange website.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 81.117
Historical data · not a predictionWho was funded under ALN 81.117
Historical data · not a predictionSince October 1, 2023, 302 grant awards had funding actions under Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance, with 153 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.
- STATE OF INDIANA$90.8M
- STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION$34.9M
- LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF$33.8M
- COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE$32.2M
- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES$32M
Agency contact (as published)
Golden Field Office
sustainable_cities@go.doe.gov
720-356-1478
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth in China and India”?
The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.
How do I apply for “Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth in China and India”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity DE-FOA-0000697), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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