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ITO Prizes and Challenges | Department of Energy ITO Prizes and Challenges The U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) funds prize competitions to encourage innovation and accelerate the development of novel industrial technologies.
ITO competitions inspire a variety of stakeholders to work together to develop new concepts and technologies that can challenge traditional thinking across America's industrial sector. Competitions offer cash prizes and expert support to solve challenging, industry-wide problems. They set ambitious goals on a condensed timeline to encourage rapid development, enabling the best ideas to win out in a competitive marketplace.
Competitions also make it easier for new innovators to enter the market, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and increase the number and quality of perspectives working to develop solutions. Prizes facilitate technological growth and market adoption across our three research areas: Cross-Sector Technologies (CST) , Energy-Intensive Industries (EII) , and Technical Assistance and Workforce Development (TAWD) .
Name Research Area(s) Open Date Deadlines Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize CST Jan.
16, 2025 Phase 1 applications due April 29, 2025 Past Prizes Name Research Area(s) Year(s) Awarded Awards Framing the Future: Industrial Technologies Photo Contest Office-Wide 2025 $24,000 Water Resource Recovery Prize Phase 2 CST 2021 $500,000 Water Resource Recovery Prize Phase 1 CST 2020 $500,000 Individuals Taking Energy Action in Manufacturing (ITEAM) Prize TAWD 2019 $75,000
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Individuals, academia, industry—innovators developing thermal or electric energy storage for industrial sector. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows phase 1: $100,000; Phase 2: $200,000; Phase 3: $400,000 (total prize pool $4.8 million). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
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The Department of Defense FY2026 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funding for U.S. universities to acquire research equipment and instrumentation in areas important to national defense, including AI and machine learning hardware. The program is administered jointly by the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), with approximately $34 million available and 95 awards anticipated. DURIP funds the acquisition of specialized computing hardware for AI/ML research (GPU clusters, TPUs, neuromorphic processors), robotics and autonomous systems testbeds, sensor arrays and data collection systems for machine learning training, high-performance computing infrastructure for defense-relevant AI research, and laboratory equipment for human-AI interaction studies. The program specifically supports equipment that enhances research-related education in DoD-priority disciplines. While general-purpose computing is not eligible, computing equipment directly supporting DoD-relevant AI research programs qualifies. No cost sharing is required.
Vinnova, Sweden's national innovation agency, funds projects developing applied AI solutions for Swedish industry through its Advanced Digitalization Programme. Each project can apply for between 2 and 10 million SEK (approximately $190,000 to $950,000 USD) covering up to 50% of eligible project costs. The total call budget is 60 million SEK. Projects run for 12-24 months and focus on two key areas: Intelligent Edge (AI for real-time application in the sensor chain) and AI-based decision support. All projects must address industrial needs and integrate gender equality and climate change perspectives. Scientific publications must be open access. A parallel call also funds AI and cybersecurity projects at 1-10 million SEK per project with a 50 million SEK total budget.
The Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation is spending to break America's 95% dependence on foreign rare earths. The strategy is unusual: recover critical materials from the waste streams of coal plants, smelters, and refineries that already exist. Here is the full funding architecture — the $75M just awarded, the $500M battery-materials round, the $1B pipeline behind them — and how an industrial operator should position for what comes next.
Read articleOn June 2, 2026, the Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation selected two demonstration-scale facilities — Phoenix Tailings (with MIT and the University of Minnesota) for $66 million, and the Colorado School of Mines (with ElementUSA, PNNL, Principal Mineral, and Rare Earth Technologies Inc.) for the balance — under the Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility Program. Both projects pull rare earths from industrial waste — red mud at the Gramercy refinery in Louisiana, and a mix of mine and refining tailings elsewhere. Here is what the selections tell researchers, small businesses, and downstream magnet customers about where DOE thinks the chokepoint actually is, and what to do before the next demonstration-scale solicitation opens.
Read articleDPA26BZ06-DV026 offers $300,000 at Phase I or $1,800,000 as a single Direct-to-Phase-II tranche with no options. The deliverable is a simulated auction market that measures whether AI agents deceive, collude, or manipulate the humans they serve — measured entirely from the outside. Here is the 90% efficiency gate, the team composition most bidders will get wrong, and why this topic sits in DARPA's biology office.
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