*Identify relevant funding opportunities within the appropriate DOE program office:
- Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
- Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains (MESC) / Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) and the Manufacturing Deployment Office (MDO)
- Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) / Office of Geothermal
- Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) and its technology offices (solar, wind, water, hydrogen & fuel cells, vehicles, buildings, bioenergy, industrial efficiency)
- Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)
- Loan Programs Office (LPO)
- Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management (FECM)
- Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- Grid Deployment Office (GDO)
- Office of Electricity (OE) and Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER)
- Office of Science (SC) and the National Laboratories
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) consortia and test beds (e.g., METALLIC)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
* Facilitate project pitch meetings with DOE stakeholders to gain valuable agency feedback.
*Prepare Letter of Intent, Concept Paper, White Paper, or Full Proposal applications for the potential project:
- Develop SOW/SOPO strategy including teaming partners and subcontractors
- Draft the Technical Volume according to solicitation requirements
- Develop budgets and Cost Proposals, establish basis of estimates, and structure cost share to maximize funding
- Prepare Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Handle required disclosures: Covered Individual biosketches, Current & Pending Support, research security, and foreign-influence (RTES) documentation
- Prepare Foreign Entity Participation and Performance of Work in the United States (foreign work) waiver requests where eligible
- Address Build America, Buy America (BABA) and Davis-Bacon requirements, and Tribal documentation where applicable
- Submit through DOE systems: eXCHANGE, EERE eXCHANGE, infrastructure-exchange.energy.gov, and NETL eXCHANGE
* Negotiate final funding award (e.g., Cooperative Agreement, FAR Contract, Other Transaction, or FFRDC funding agreement):
- Optimize budget period and Go/No-Go decision-point structure
- Defend cost proposal/budget estimates for maximum funding
- Secure most favorable terms & conditions to minimize post-award compliance burden
*Post-award project management:
- Project coordination and budget-period/Go-No-Go management
- Status meetings with DOE (agendas, slide decks, minutes, action tracking)
- Monthly technical and financial reports; milestone and SMART-milestone tracking
- Subcontract management and FFRDC/CRADA coordination
- Contract deliverables (IMS, Risk Register, QMP, Data Management Plan, Supply Chain Resiliency Plan, IP/Patent reporting, etc.)
*Post-award compliance, contract administration, and financial management:
- Government contract compliance (FAR, 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 910, CAS, NIST cybersecurity, EAR/ITAR)
- Financial management, accounting, and reporting
- Budget monitoring and forecasting; timekeeping and labor costing
- Government-compliant accounting system; Contracting Officer authorizations for subcontractors
- Government audits, Annual Indirect Rate submissions, monthly invoicing packages
- Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting