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U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Topics FY 2018 Phase I Release 2 Version 4, November 29, 2017 Office of Defense Nuclear Office of Fossil Energy Nonproliferation Office of Electricity Delivery and Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Energy Reliability Office of Energy Efficiency and Office of High Energy Physics Renewable Energy Office of Environmental Management Office of Nuclear Energy Schedule Event Dates Topics Released: Friday, November 3, 2017 Funding Opportunity Announcement Issued: Monday, November 27, 2017 Letter of Intent Due Date: Monday, January 8, 2018 Application Due Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 Award Notification Date: Monday, May 21, 2018* Start of Grant Budget Period: Monday, July 2, 2018 * Date Subject to Change Table of Changes Version Date Change Ver. 1 Nov. 2, 2017 Original Ver. 2 Nov. 16, 2017 Topic 10: Change to Topic description Topic 13, subtopic a: Change of Point of Contact Topic 24,subtopic b: Correction to subtopic description Ver. 3 Nov. 27, 2017 Topic 9, subtopic d: Corrected PNNL Point of Contact Phone Number and added TTO Webinar information Ver. 4 Nov. 29, 2017 Page 9: Correction to Technology Transfer Opportunities question for the rights to the TTO Page 26: Change to Program Area Overview for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 2 COMMERCIALIZATION .................................................................................................................................................... 8 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................................................ 8 DOE GRANT APPLICATION PREPARATION SUPPORT – PHASE O ASSISTANCE PROGRAM .................. 10 PROGRAM AREA OVERVIEW: OFFICE OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 11 1. NEAR FIELD DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................................................... 11 a. Radiation Detection Material Advancement ........................................................................................................... 12 b. Improved Methods for Light Collection to Enhance Radiation Detection ............................................................... 12 c. Portable Advanced Neutron Imaging Capability ...................................................................................................... 13 d. Other ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13 2. TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE MONITORING FOR NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ............................................... 13 a. Commercial Capability to Coat Beta Cells to Eliminate Memory Effect .................................................................. 13 b. Other ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 3. HIGH PRECISION INJECTOR TO PREPARE NUCLEAR FORENSICS STANDARDS .......................................... 15 a. Capability for Production of Standards of Mixed Solutions ..................................................................................... 15 b. Other ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 4. DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING ADVANCES FOR SPACE-BASED SENSORS ............................................. 16 a. Diffractive Optics Design & Manufacturing ............................................................................................................. 16 b. Process Advances in Integrated Circuit (IC) Manufacturing .................................................................................... 17 c. Structural Materials Made with Additive Manufacturing Techniques .................................................................... 17 d. Other ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 PROGRAM AREA OVERVIEW: OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY . 20 5. ADVANCED GRID TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................................................................... 20 a. Innovative Technologies to Mitigate Experienced-Workforce Shortages ............................................................... 21 b. Advanced Protective Relaying Technologies and Tools ........................................................................................... 21 c. Advanced Magnetics for Next Generation Power Converters Used in Grid-Tied Energy Storage Systems ............ 22 PROGRAM AREA OVERVIEW: OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY .... 26 6. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING I ........................................................................................................... 26 a. Intelligent Systems for Materials Design and Discovery .......................................................................................... 26 b. Novel Energy-Efficient Dewatering Methods for Cellulosic Nanomaterials ............................................................ 27 c. Thermal Process Intensification for Productivity Improvements ............................................................................ 28 d. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Process for the Synthesis of Precision Nanoparticles ........................... 29 7. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING II: ATOMICALLY PRECISE MANUFACTURING .......................................... 31 a. Molecular Machine Advances .................................................................................................................................. 31 8. BIOENERGY .......................................................................................................................................... 33 3 a. Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet Organic Waste Streams at Relevant Scales .................................................... 33 b. Rewiring Biomass Conversion: Novel Strategies to Substantially Enhance Biomass Carbon Conversion Efficiency .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 c. Algae Breeding ......................................................................................................................................................... 37 d. Solid-Liquid Separations for Algal Systems .............................................................................................................. 37 9. BUILDINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 40 a. Innovations in Opaque Building Envelope Performance ......................................................................................... 41 b. Transparent Conductive Anodes for Solid-State Lighting ........................................................................................ 43 c. Whole-Building Energy Modeling ............................................................................................................................ 44 d. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Subwavelength Coatings and Methods for Making and Using Same.... 44 10. FUEL CELLS ........................................................................................................................................... 47 a. Smart Tanks for Hydrogen Storage .......................................................................................................................... 47 b. Materials and Components for High-Pressure Hydrogen Gas Service .................................................................... 48 c. Non-destructive Evaluation Technologies for Steels ............................................................................................... 49 11. GEOTHERMAL ...................................................................................................................................... 51 a. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Low Enthalpy Geothermal Forward Osmosis ........................................ 52 b. Dispatchable Geothermal Operations ..................................................................................................................... 53 12. SOLAR .................................................................................................................................................. 55 a. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Devices and Methods for De-Energizing a Photovoltaic System........... 55 b. Cybersecurity for Solar Energy Devices ................................................................................................................... 56 c. Peer-to-peer Energy Transactions ........................................................................................................................... 56 d. Research in autonomous and augmented systems to reduce solar LCOE .............................................................. 57 13. 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