Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)
- Award ceiling
- $2,000,000 – $20,000,000
- Closes
- Dec 1, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-23
Awards $2,000,000 – $20,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, individuals, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, public housing authorities/indian housing authorities, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, closing Dec 1, 2026.
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Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) awards $2,000,000 – $20,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, individuals, native…
- Program pool (total)
- $58,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $20,000,000
- Award floor
- $2,000,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Dec 1, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Sep 4, 2026
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- City or township governments · County governments · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Independent school districts · Individuals · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- Yes
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- research, development, and pre-pilot testing of innovative technologies that produce chemicals from alternative and waste feedstocks
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Who can apply?
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, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governmentsNot confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitAs one of the main goals of this NOFO is to move technologies quickly to market, participation of the following entities is limited as follows: Institutions of higher education are eligible to participate as a recipient or subrecipient…
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
Concept Paper due date 10/09/2026 at 5PM ET; Full Application due date 12/01/2026 at 5PM ET
What can the money be used for?
1 categoryThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- Yes
Who has received this funding?
1529 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
1529 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMAGEN ENERGY INC | Not stated | $1,422,988 | 2022 |
| ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Not stated | $1,422,505 | 2020 |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,411,027 | 2018 |
| CITY OF QUINCY | Not stated | $1,400,000 | 2025 |
| ELEMENT 16 TECHNOLOGIES INC | Not stated | $1,400,000 | 2021 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $1,400,000 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $1,400,000 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $1,400,000 | 2018 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES | Not stated | $1,399,890 | 2018 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP | Not stated | $1,398,134 | 2016 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $1,397,999 | 2021 |
| ONEKA TECHNOLOGIES US INC. | Not stated | $1,395,579 | 2024 |
| AMP ROBOTICS CORPORATION | Not stated | $1,395,510 | 2021 |
| POWDERMET INC | Not stated | $1,394,571 | 2019 |
| GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC. | Not stated | $1,390,144 | 2024 |
| DURION, INC. | Not stated | $1,386,495 | 2026 |
| CUMMINS INC | Not stated | $1,383,805 | 2021 |
| PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC | Not stated | $1,381,253 | 2019 |
| GINER, INC. | Not stated | $1,378,597 | 2017 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | Not stated | $1,377,373 | 2019 |
| INTERSTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNCIL INC | Not stated | $1,373,366 | 2020 |
| BORGWARNER PROPULSION SYSTEMS LLC | Not stated | $1,371,029 | 2017 |
| MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Not stated | $1,370,777 | 2022 |
| LUMEN BIOSCIENCE, INC | Not stated | $1,368,000 | 2021 |
| THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,365,290 | 2018 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,364,920 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $1,364,611 | 2017 |
| INERT PLASMA CHARGING LLC | Not stated | $1,364,034 | 2019 |
| ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Not stated | $1,363,769 | 2020 |
| LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,355,532 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | Not stated | $1,353,822 | 2021 |
| LANZATECH, INC. | Not stated | $1,350,000 | 2019 |
| RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | Not stated | $1,350,000 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS | Not stated | $1,350,000 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $1,349,999 | 2019 |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | Not stated | $1,349,801 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $1,348,666 | 2022 |
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,345,599 | 2019 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,342,628 | 2016 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,340,385 | 2023 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,338,239 | 2021 |
| PLUG POWER INC. | Not stated | $1,337,659 | 2022 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,335,398 | 2022 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,325,000 | 2023 |
| TWELVE BENEFIT CORPORATION | Not stated | $1,321,888 | 2021 |
| INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $1,320,187 | 2020 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,320,000 | 2017 |
| ELECTRICORE INC | Not stated | $1,318,250 | 2016 |
| VERTIMASS, LLC | Not stated | $1,316,747 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $1,316,161 | 2018 |
| BRIGHTSPOT AUTOMATION LLC | Not stated | $1,310,000 | 2025 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE | Not stated | $1,309,993 | 2020 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,305,241 | 2019 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,302,433 | 2019 |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,301,222 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $1,301,222 | 2024 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,300,000 | 2019 |
| CAPTIS AIRE LLC | Not stated | $1,300,000 | 2024 |
| ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC | Not stated | $1,300,000 | 2024 |
| GAF ENERGY LLC | Not stated | $1,299,988 | 2025 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $1,299,931 | 2024 |
| STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC. | Not stated | $1,299,924 | 2022 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,299,689 | 2014 |
| NMC, INC. | Not stated | $1,296,613 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $1,295,844 | 2024 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | Not stated | $1,291,762 | 2022 |
| COMPREX, LLC | Not stated | $1,290,834 | 2019 |
| LUMEN BIOSCIENCE, INC | Not stated | $1,290,462 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE | Not stated | $1,289,987 | 2020 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES | Not stated | $1,275,000 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | Not stated | $1,271,376 | 2023 |
| CABOT CORP | Not stated | $1,266,060 | 2025 |
| YALE UNIV | Not stated | $1,260,540 | 2017 |
| STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC. | Not stated | $1,259,960 | 2022 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,250,806 | 2019 |
| CITY OF FALSE PASS | Not stated | $1,250,000 | 2026 |
| PHILADELPHIA ENERGY AUTHORITY | Not stated | $1,250,000 | 2019 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA | Not stated | $1,250,000 | 2024 |
| SUNSPEC ALLIANCE | Not stated | $1,249,999 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $1,249,997 | 2019 |
| KWH ANALYTICS INC | Not stated | $1,249,978 | 2019 |
| WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,249,804 | 2020 |
| LEADING EDGE EQUIPMENT TE | Not stated | $1,246,888 | 2018 |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,244,103 | 2019 |
| SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY | Not stated | $1,242,616 | 2025 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES | Not stated | $1,237,500 | 2021 |
| INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $1,237,362 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | Not stated | $1,236,378 | 2019 |
| CITY OF RACINE | Not stated | $1,235,000 | 2025 |
| ACCUSOLAR, LLC | Not stated | $1,233,626 | 2022 |
| ARZEDA CORP | Not stated | $1,231,013 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS | Not stated | $1,226,983 | 2023 |
| MISSION SUN CORP. | Not stated | $1,226,552 | 2023 |
| ECHOGEN POWER SYSTEMS (DELAWARE), INC. | Not stated | $1,218,716 | 2018 |
| STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, INC. | Not stated | $1,217,553 | 2017 |
| UL LLC | Not stated | $1,214,567 | 2019 |
| SPERO RENEWABLES LLC | Not stated | $1,213,457 | 2019 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $1,200,900 | 2015 |
| WEST BIOFUELS LLC | Not stated | $1,200,001 | 2019 |
| AEQUOR INC. | Not stated | $1,200,000 | 2024 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
10 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Energy, 10 of 25 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$2,250,000
- Median$6,500,000
- 75th percentile$20,000,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Who has won this programme before?
1529 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
1529 federal awards on file under assistance listing 81.087, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.
- $292,505,705UNIVERSITY OF UTAHUT · FY2015
- $141,695,691OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYOR · FY2017
- $100,000,000AVAPCO LLCGA · FY2024
- $69,520,898UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESCA · FY2017
- $66,736,496AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERSNY · FY2017
Common questions
7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $2,000,000 – $20,000,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $58,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Dec 1, 2026. Concept Paper due date 10/09/2026 at 5PM ET; Full Application due date 12/01/2026 at 5PM ET
- Who is eligible to apply?
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Independent school districts, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
- What can the funding be used for?
- research, development, and pre-pilot testing of innovative technologies that produce chemicals from alternative and waste feedstocks, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 1529 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Golden Field Office. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
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