Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project (ETIPP)
General information
The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) coordinates technical support for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project (ETIPP) to help U.S. coastal, remote, and island communities become more energy resilient. These communities have unique physical features that fundamentally shape what energy options are available. For many of these communities, access to resilient, reliable, and affordable energy resources is a priority. ETIPP helps communities to assess and advance the solutions that best meet their needs.
Communities must consult with an ETIPP Regional Partner before applying.
Register to join an informational webinar on Sept. 30, 2026, at 1 p.m. MT to learn about applying to ETIPP.
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
ETIPP is open to communities and organizations in the United States and its territories. To be eligible for the program, a community must be based in an ETIPP-supported region, as defined by the program's existing Regional Partners and must meet at least one of these criteria:
- The applicant community is located on an island.
- The applicant community is located in Alaska.
- The applicant community is within 50 miles of a coastline (ocean or seacoast, or along the Great Lakes).
- The applicant community has a population of fewer than 50,000.
- The applicant community is a federally recognized Tribe.
Additional eligibility requirements include:
- The lead applicant is a local government (e.g., municipality, county, city, town), a Tribe or Tribal organization, a community-based organization (including nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations), a special purpose district (e.g., school district, water district, sewer district), an academic institution, a municipal utility, or an electric co-op.
- Private entities that are part of an application must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
- Academic institutions that are part of an application must be based in the United States.
Applicants that are ineligible for ETIPP include:
- Individuals
- DOE employees, employees of sponsoring organizations, members of their immediate families (e.g., spouses, children, siblings, or parents), and persons living in the same household as such persons, whether or not related
- Individuals who worked at DOE (federal employees or support service contractors) within 6 months prior to the submission deadline
- Federal entities and federal employees
- DOE national laboratory employees
- Entities and individuals publicly banned from doing business with the U.S. government, such as entities and individuals debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in federal programs
- Entities identified in Department of Homeland Security Binding Operational Directives as publicly banned from doing business with the U.S. government
- Entities and individuals identified as restricted parties on one or more screening lists of Department of Commerce, State, or the Treasury
- Individuals participating in a malign foreign talent recruitment program* and applicant communities that include such individuals
- Entities owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign country of concern.
Only one application per applicant will be accepted during each application cycle.