[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR470.11]

[Page 504]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 470_APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 470.11  Eligibility requirements.

    (a) Support under this part may be made to individuals, local non-
profit organizations and institutions. State and local agencies, Indian 
tribes and small businesses.
    (b) The aggregate amount of support made available to any 
participant in the program, including affiliates, shall not exceed 
$50,000 during any 2-year period. This limitation applies only to 
support for projects and not to funds received by participants from DOE 
for other purposes, such as performance of services.
    (c) Projects which shall be considered for support are those which 
carry out the purposes of the program as expressed in Sec. 470.10 and 
which are within the following categories--
    (1) Idea development, i.e., the development of an idea or concept or 
an investigative finding in areas ranging from development of new 
concepts of energy sources to the utilization of old procedures or 
systems for a new application;
    (2) Device development, i.e., the systematic use and practical 
application of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or 
technical nature toward the production of, or improvements in, useful 
products to meet specific performance requirements but exclusive of 
manufacturing and production engineering. The dominant characteristic is 
that the effort be pointed toward specific energy problem areas to 
develop and evaluate the feasibility and practicability of proposed 
solutions and determine their parameters. Device development includes 
studies, investigations, initial hardware development and ultimately 
development of hardware, systems, or other means for experimental or 
operational test; or
    (3) Demonstration, i.e., the testing of a system or technique under 
operation conditions to show that commercial application is technically, 
economically and environmentally feasible.
    (d) Support for each category in paragraph (c) of this section shall 
not, for a single participant in the program, including affiliates, 
exceed the following limits for any project--
    (1) For idea development, $10,000;
    (2) For device development, $50,000; and
    (3) For demonstration, $50,000.
    (4) A participant may receive under a subsequent program 
solicitation--
    (i) Additional support for a funded project or;
    (ii) Initial support for a new project, subject to the support 
limits set forth in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section.