New DOE competition funds energy technologies

Published date22 February 2018
Date22 February 2018
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30166
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New DOE competition
funds energy technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently
announced the opening of the American Inventions
Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) prize competition
and the availability of DOE’s Build4Scale
manufacturing training—both part of a DOE
initiative to close the gap between American
innovators who develop new energy technologies
and domestic manufacturers who produce them.
“Onshore manufacturing of American energy
technologies plays an important role in promoting
U.S. economic growth and competitiveness,” said
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in a statement.
“The AIM Onshore prize competition and
Build4Scale training will not only help to advance
energy innovation but will also help ensure that
energy technologies invented in the United States
are manufactured in the United States.”
Through AIM Onshore, DOE said selected
intermediate organizations, such as incubators,
accelerators, universities and others, will teach
manufacturing fundamentals to energy technology
innovators and help them forge partnerships with
domestic manufacturers.
Once the AIM Onshore winners have been
chosen, these organizations will then facilitate
DOE’s Build4Scale training to help innovators
connect with manufacturers. The training will help
innovators avoid the common pitfalls of product
design by teaching them manufacturing design
fundamentals in the early stages of prototype
development and provide them with the know-how
they need to work with manufacturers, DOE said.
Total funding for four AIM Onshore prizes is
$950,000, with initial prizes of up to $150,000 each.
DOE said the following year the AIM Onshore nal
prize will be awarded to the two best-performing
organizations: $250,000 for rst place and $100,000
for second place.
The deadline to submit a proposal is April 3, 2018.
To learn more about the AIM Onshore prize
competition, go to http://Build4Scale.org and click
the “AIM Onshore Prize” tab.
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