The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of up to $15 million in funding to advance research, development, and market adoption of Solid-State Lighting (SSL) technologies.
The department will select two to eight projects that will help accelerate the adoption of high-quality Light Emitting Diode (LED) and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) products, which have the potential to significantly reduce energy use and limit carbon emissions.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is also intended to further develop U.S. technological innovations, expertise, and manufacturing. This will be the second round of funding awarded since 2009.
DOE is soliciting SSL manufacturing R&D projects that will achieve significant cost reductions through improvements in manufacturing equipment, processes, or monitoring techniques.
The FOA is open to applications in the following program areas:
- LED Luminaire/Module Manufacturing
- LED Driver Manufacturing
- LED Test and Inspection Equipment
- Tools for Epitaxial Growth of LEDs
- LED Wafer Processing Equipment
- LED Packaging
- LED Phosphor Manufacturing and Application
- OLED Deposition and Patterning Equipment
- Integrated Manufacturing and Quality Control of OLEDs
- OLED Materials Manufacturing
- Back-End OLED Panel Fabrication
To view the complete SSL U.S. Manufacturing (Round 2) funding opportunity, go to FedConnect, click on "Search Public Opportunities," and search on Reference Number DE-FOA-0000334.
For more information on DOE's Solid-State Lighting Program, visit the link below.
