About this archived opportunity

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) is issuing this lab call for fiscal year 2024 (FY2024) to solicit project proposals in new and on-going research areas. To the extent possible and appropriate, VTO seeks lab projects that involve industry engagement or industry partners and encourages multiple-lab, multi-disciplined team-based approaches. VTO will award only a portion of its total planned FY25 lab funding through this lab call process. There is approximately $19.5 million in annual funding available to fund all projects solicited in this Lab Call with the potential for future year funding pending appropriations.Some labs have continuing multi-year projects that have already gone through the merit review process. These will continue to be reviewed through the annual peer review process. Labs should work with VTO project and program managers to ensure that ongoing projects are included in the annual operating plans (AOPs) to meet AOP deadlines.This lab call will only pertain to the new topic areas below.AOI 1: Sodium-Ion ConsortiumAOI 2: Electric Drive Technologies – Accelerating Electrification through Improved Asset UtilizationAOI 3: Joining Core Program 3.0