The school of the winning team will be awarded $15,000 in order to implement the proposed plan.  teams of 2-4 students will be asked to submit a plan or proposal for how their school can be more efficient in its use of energy. To learn more and enter the contest, email solarcompetition@indsolarfarm.com

 DieselWise Indiana - Statewide

  IDEM

 12/14/2012

 Funds idling technology and retrofits to or purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles

  schools, governments, businesses

 DieselWise Indiana - Northern Indiana (Gary, Hammond, Michigan City, South Bend, Elkhart, and Fort Wayne areas)

  IDEM

 12/14/2012

 Funds idling technology and retrofits to or purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles

  schools, governments, businesses

Utility

Deadline

Grant Focus

Eligible Applicants

Duke Energy Foundation

Ongoing

Energy efficiency

Nonprofits

 Indiana nonprofits can earn up to $25,000 from $25 per member who completes a free Home Energy Audit with Energizing Indiana

Indiana Michigan Power - AEP Foundation

Ongoing

Environmental protection. Past projects have included green roofs, energy career summer camps, energy efficient home initiatives, and green buildings

Nonprofits, state/local governments,
state universities

Solar incentive: Payments of up to $4,000 per solar panel system: $2.00 per Watt installed. Maximum size: 19.9 kW. Wind Incentive: payments of up to $4,000 per system: $1.00 per Watt installed. Maximum size: 49.9 kW.

LaGrange County REMC: "Audit to Action"

Ongoing

Provides a free energy audit and upfront financing for air sealing, insulation, and geothermal heat pumps. These costs will be repaid over time through your energy bills and will reflect your energy cost savings

Open

LaGrange County REMC: "Envirowatts"

Spring

Renewable energy and energy efficiency

Open

 Level 2 Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

NIPSCO - NiSource Charitable Foundation

Ongoing

Energy sustainability

Nonprofits

Northeastern REMC: "Envirowatts"

Spring

Educational opportunities or projects that increase environmental awareness

Nonprofits

Tipmont REMC: "Envirowatts Trust"

Dec, March, June, Sept

Green power

Open

Vecrtren Foundation

Ongoing

Conservation and environmental stewardship

Nonprofits

Technical Assistance Opportunity: Local Energy Efficiency Initiatives

ACEEE

5/1/2013

Technical assistance on energy efficiency policy and program implementation

Local governments

Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities

EPA

Multiple due dates from Oct. 2012 - Feb 2013

EPA technical assitance to tribal or local governments for economic and sustainable development

Tribal and/or local governments

Sustainable Environments

Surdna Foundation

Ongoing

Focus on green economy, transportation, and smart growth

Nonprofits

 Grant Opportunity

 Funding Source

 Deadline

 Program

 Eligible Applicants

 Facilitates small business transition from a proof of concept or business plan to domestic commercialization or deployment. Solar PV, balance of systems, power of electronics, concentrating solar power, tools to address non-hardware costs of solar energy, plug and play wiring and installation techniques, energy storage, and other novel technologies that improve solar energy market deployment

 Financing for the purchase of EPA or CARB verified emission control and/or idle reduction technologies.

 Businesses

 Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS) Everybody Wins USA Lease Program and Revolving Loan Fund

 CSS

 Ongoing

 Financing for the purchase of EPA or CARB verified emission control and/or idle reduction technologies. Financing for eligible truck replacements, engine repowers, idle reduction technologies, and exhaust retrofits.

 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

 DOE

 Letter of intent: 12/17/2012; App: 2/5/2013

 high voltage and high temperature capacitors for energy storage applications; advanced manufacturing; biomass, OLEDs, geothermal, hydrogen dispensers, solar, vehicles, wind

 For-profit, at least 51% US-owned, small business with 500 or fewer employees located in the US

 Small Business Innovation Research Program

 USDA

 10/31/2013

 Private sector commercialization of Advanced Materials for Energy Applications

 small businesses

 Bio-refinery Assistance Program

 NSF

 12/3/2013

 The development and construction of commercial-scale advanced fuel biorefineries using eligible technology or retrofitting of existing facilities with eligible technology

 Biofuel Producers

Solar Sunshot Competition

 DOE

 11/4/2014

Cash awards of up to $10 million to the first three teams that repeatedly demonstrate an average of $1 per watt for non-hardware costs such as permitting, interconnection, and inspection

 Solar Installers

 Grant Opportunity

 Funding Source

 Deadline

  Program

 Eligible Applicants

Genetic research on lignocellulosic materials. Funds the study of environmental influences on biomass yield and nutrient/water utilization; how to accelerate breeding of dedicated biomass feedstocks aimed at improving such traits; and to develop and use database and extension tools and resources for enhanced bioenergy crop research and training.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

 Institute of Food and Agriculture

 5/22/2013

Funds research of solutions for Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment

 Researchers

Academic Liaison with Energy

 NSF

 9/30/2015

Funds transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund: new approaches to solving generic problems and development of collaborative industry-university educational programs

Researchers and Industry

 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grants

 SARE

 ongoing

 SARE grants fund research and education projects exploring such as on-farm renewable energy

 Researchers, producers, educators, nonprofits, students

Propane Challenge

 Propane Education and Research Council

 ongoing

Funds research on technology-based new ways to deliver and use propane. The best technology-based ideas can earn the PROPANE Exceptional Energy® award

 Researchers and manufacturers