Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0003377
The Department of Energy, through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has posted a Notice of Intent related to a planned Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) focused on research and development for undocumented orphaned wells. The notice is informational only, meaning it is essentially an early heads-up that DOE expects to release a competitive funding announcement later. At this stage, DOE is not accepting applications, not requesting public comments, and is explicitly signaling that details could change once the full FOA is issued.
The planned FOA is titled "Undocumented Orphaned Well Research and Development" and is intended to solicit cost-shared R&D projects. The technical purpose is threefold: first, to improve technologies and processes used to find, identify, and characterize undocumented orphaned wells (often abbreviated as UOWs), which are wells that exist but are missing from reliable records and therefore can be difficult to locate or assess; second, to advance sensor systems and related methods for measuring, estimating, and tracking methane emissions coming from these wells and any connected infrastructure; and third, to support new concepts and advanced materials that make permanent plugging and abandonment (P&A) more efficient and more cost-effective. Taken together, the program’s emphasis is on better detection and characterization, better emissions quantification, and better long-term remediation through improved plugging solutions.
In terms of the funding and administrative framework reflected in the posting, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is expected to use cooperative agreements as the funding instrument. Cooperative agreements typically imply substantial federal involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant, often including more active technical collaboration, monitoring, or coordination by the agency. The activity category is listed under energy, and the assistance listing (CFDA/ALN) number provided is 81.089, which corresponds to DOE financial assistance activities. The eligible applicant category is described as unrestricted, which generally indicates a wide range of entities may be able to apply once the FOA is formally released, subject to whatever specific eligibility rules are ultimately included in the final announcement.
Several of the posted fields reinforce that this is not yet an open competition. For example, the notice states that applications are not being accepted at this time, and the expected awards count is shown as 0, which is consistent with a notice of intent rather than an active solicitation. The record includes a creation date of July 15, 2024. It also lists an "original closing date" of January 31, 2025 and an award ceiling of 2 (as displayed in the source data), but because the notice repeatedly states the information is subject to change, these fields should be treated as placeholders until the actual FOA is published. One additional data-point to be aware of is that the text references FOA number DE-FOA-0003343, while the metadata lists an opportunity number DE-FOA-0003377; that kind of mismatch can happen in early postings and is another reason to rely on the final FOA document for authoritative identifiers and requirements.
Overall, the notice signals DOE/NETL’s intent to fund cost-shared R&D that improves how undocumented orphaned wells are discovered and assessed, strengthens methane monitoring and quantification technologies associated with those wells, and advances the materials and methods used for permanent plugging and abandonment so that remediation can be performed more reliably and at lower cost. The practical takeaway is that interested organizations should monitor for the formal FOA release, because that is where the definitive technical areas, cost-share requirements, eligibility details, submission instructions, evaluation criteria, and funding levels will be set.Apply for DE FOA 0003377
- The National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number DE-FOA-0003343 entitled Undocumented Orphaned Well Research and Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.089.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-31. (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 $2.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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