CSI RD&D

Third Grant Solicitation

Primary area: Grid Integration
Secondary areas: Production Technologies and Business Development and Deployment

The California Solar Initiative (CSI) is pleased to announce the release of its Third Grant Solicitation for the Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (RD&D) Program.

  • Download the full Third Solicitation document here
  • Download templates for Exhibit A (coverpage) and B (Budget Summary) in MS Word format here .

Solicitation Summary

Up to $12 million in funding is available through this solicitation, with $9 million allocated to fund grid integration projects and up to $3 million available to fund smaller projects in the areas of production technologies or/or business development and deployment. Any individual, business, public entity, non-profit institution, university, or national laboratory is eligible to apply for funding. A minimum of 50% match funding is required for each project.

Award Information

Target Area
Grid Integration
Production Technologies and Business Models
Total

Estimated Funding for Area

$9 million

$3 million

$12 million

Estimated Per-Project Funding

$500,000 - $2 million

$200k - $500k

N/A

Key Dates

Action
Date
Grant Solicitaiton Released July 14, 2011
Pre-bid Webinar August 2, 2011 (10:00 am PDT)
Deadline to submit Questions August 2, 2011
DUE DATE for Grant Proposals September 1, 2011 by 4:00 pm PDT
Grants Approved by CPUC (estimate) Early December, 2011
Grant Start Date (estimate) January - Febuary, 2011

Read more: Third Grant Solicitation

   

Submit Questions on Third Solicitation

The CSI RD&D Program is releasing its Third Solicitaiton. Document available here.

Solicitation Summary
Up to $12 million in funding is available through this solicitation with $9 million allocated to fund grid integration projects and $3 million available to fund smaller projects in the area of production technologies or business development or deployment. Any individual, business, public entity, non-profit institution, university, or national laboratory is eligible to apply for funding and a minimum of 50% match funding is required for each project. 

Question submission is closed now. The Q&A will be posted to the site by Aug 12, 2011.

   

Submissions closed at this time.

   

Status on Past Solicitations

View the first and second program awards here.

The solicitation history and public documents are found here.

   

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