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Author: Energywerx  Staff      Published: 10/7/2024      ENERGYWERX

DOE’s Industrial Training & Assessment Centers (ITAC) Implementation Grants Has Opened A NEW Round

Submit NLT January 10, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Training & Assessment Centers Program – formerly known as the Industrial Assessment Centers, in collaboration with its Partnership Intermediary, ENERGYWERX, has re-opened applications for small and medium-sized manufacturing firms (SMMs) to receive grants of up to $300,000 per unique assessment recommendation, at a 50% cost share, made in Industrial Training & Assessment Centers (ITAC) assessments and/or DOE Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) assessments – including what are now called “Onsite Energy TAP” assessments – and, once qualified, other assessments submitted previously for qualification as “ITAC-equivalent.”

–Here are some helpful links:

  • Learn more about the opportunity, view FAQs, and apply via https://www.energywerx.org/itac.
  • Eligible SMMs can now receive a maximum of $300,000 of funding per grant and not per manufacturer or per round. Multiple grants per quarterly round are allowable, provided each grant is dedicated solely to a unique project recommendation from a qualifying assessment. There is no limit to the number of grants per funding round per applicant, provided each assessment recommendation has not been previously funded.
  • You can now find a sample “good application” for a grant, to model applications off of, here. You can also find tips for strong applications in slide 11 of the slide deck.
  • You can see a full list of awards so far here – including location, project type, and dollar amount – which should give you a sense of the breadth of funded projects. Slide 9 of the downloadable slide deck also has a snapshot at the awards so far.
  • Cold storage, food processing, and composting have recently been clarified to be manufacturing and therefore eligible for grant funding.

For more information, please:

  1. Visit the announcement website to read more about the opportunity, including FAQs and links to the applications.
  2. Explore the downloadable fact sheet and slide deck.
    1. Click Here to Download the ITAC Fact Sheet
    2. Click Here to Download the ITAC Slide Deck
  3. Register for an upcoming informational Office Hour Session that will be held virtually on:
    1. October 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET: Click Here to RSVP
    2. November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET: Click Here to RSVP
    3. December 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET: Click Here to RSVP

This is an opportunity to directly ask questions regarding the program, applications, eligibility, timelines, etc. In case you miss it, these office hours will be hosted on a monthly basis.

 

Eligible applicants include small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms, water treatment facilities, and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) facilities. In contrast to traditional DOE funding opportunities, the ITAC grant program works through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement, called ENERGYWERX, resulting in a very simple and straightforward application form and process via Submittable.com.