American-Made Challenges

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) supports a variety of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) American-Made Challenges in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The American-Made Challenges helps to incentivize entrepreneurs to strengthen American leadership in energy innovation and domestic manufacturing. Each challenge is dedicated to lessening obstacles faced in reaching manufacturing scale. The goal is to help create productive partnerships that connect entrepreneurs to the private sector and the DOE’s national network of laboratories.

UACI Events and Resources

 

American-Made Solar Prize Round 7

The American-Made Solar Prize Round 7 is a $4.2 million prize competition designed to energize U.S. solar innovation through a series of contests that accelerate the entrepreneurial process from years to months. Competitors leverage the American-Made Network, made up of more than 400 organizations, including world-class experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national labs, clean tech accelerators, incubators, universities, facilities, and more.

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI)provides support and resources to applicants such as educational workshops, mentorship and application support. If you are interested in competing in Round 7 we encourage you to follow the prize on HeroX to access templates, updates and deadlines.

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Solar Prize Round 7

Silicon Solar Manufacturing and Dual Use
Photovoltaics Incubator

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Silicon Solar Manufacturing and Dual-use Photovoltaics Incubator funding opportunity, which will award $45 million for projects to enable continued solar cost reductions while developing next-generation solar technologies and boosting American solar manufacturing. SETO expects to make between five to 12 awards ranging from $1 million to $10 million under this funding opportunity announcement (FOA). SETO encourages diverse entrepreneurs, small businesses, and larger for-profit entities to apply. The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) is providing support and resources to applicants such as educational workshops, mentorship and application support. Interested applicants are encouraged to download the entire Funding Opportunity Announcement.

 

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