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UArizona may submit only one Concept Paper and one Full Application.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on behalf of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO). EERE’s AMMTO collaborates with industry, small businesses, universities, national laboratories, state and local governments, and other stakeholders to advance emerging energyrelated materials and manufacturing technologies to increase domestic competitiveness and build a clean, prosperous economy. This FOA seeks to:

• Strengthen the domestic manufacturing base and associated supply chains, for manufacturing large near net shape (NNS) metallic components through technology development;
• Reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign supply chains to achieve the nation’s clean energy and national strategic goals; and
• Increase U.S. competitiveness, reshore manufacturing, grow the economy, create skilled jobs, and ensure national energy security.

The intent of this FOA topic is to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative manufacturing technologies to increase the competitiveness of the domestic Near Net Shape (NNS) manufacturing base and strengthen the clean energy manufacturing supply chains. The technical and economic viability of the proposed manufacturing technologies will be established by producing a full-scale component as part of the requirements. The component must be relevant to a clean energy manufacturing application with a weight over 10 tons (20,000 lbs.). Project teams are expected to represent multiple segments of the value/supply chain.