$58M for Chemicals from Alternative Feedstocks
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Join Climate Finance Solutions for an expert briefing of DOE's Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT) program, a $58,000,000 grant opportunity for scaling up chemical production from alternative and waste feedstocks.
Program Snapshot
Concept Paper deadline: October 9, 2026 (required of all applicants)
Available funding: $58,000,000
Award range: $2M to $20M per project
Match requirement: Minimum 20% of DOE funds (up to 50% for TA2)
Topic Areas
Bench ASPECT (TA1; $2M-10M awards, up to $28M total; 20% match): process development and optimization at bench scale, with the option to pre-pilot one or more unit operations after a successful initial phase
Pre-Pilot ASPECT (TA2; $10M-20M awards, up to $30M total; 20-50% match): design, construction, and operation of an integrated pre-pilot system that converts alternative feedstocks into chemicals
What You'll Learn
Whether your technology, target chemical, and feedstock are eligible for ASPECT, and which of the program's four subtopics fits your current TRL
Which topic area, Bench ASPECT or Pre-pilot ASPECT, aligns with your development stage and cost-share capacity
What makes a competitive application and how to avoid common pitfalls that can disqualify you at any stage of review
How to interpret DOE’s other selection factors and align your project for success
About Climate Finance Solutions: Climate Finance Solutions has secured $180M+ in CMEI awards since August and $1.8B+ in public funding globally, with significant experience in chemicals and pilot development.
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