Request for Proposals

Each year the Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) under its Shared Research Program. CRSP investigators are eligible to submit seed research grant proposals. In addition, CRSP may issue RFPs from time to time for special research efforts, sponsored research projects, or federally funded research. The RFP process allows CRSP investigators to propose their best research ideas; those who are providing funding can identify a robust set of interested researchers.

CRSP intends to host symposia or other types of research workshops at its annual meeting held each year at the campus of one of the Collaboratory Institutions. This will provide an opportunity for CRSP members and others to learn about cutting-edge solar photoconversion research. See Events on the CRSP home page for information about upcoming workshops.

Key information related to the CRSP 2009 Shared Research Program RFP package and resulting awards is as follows. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

CRSP 2009 Shared Research Program

• Research Thrust Areas (PDF 16 KB)
• RFP Cover Letter (PDF 280 KB)
• Project Budget Details (Excel 53 KB)
• Proposal Evaluation Criteria (Excel 134 KB)
• Proposal Application Form (MS Word 186 KB)

CRSP 2008 Shared Research Program Awards

• Integrated Electrical and Optical Characterization of Silicon Thin Films - NREL and CSM, $99,818
• Redox-Tunable Polymers for OPV active layers – NREL and CSU, $100,000
• Group IV Nanowire Photovoltaics – CSM, $100,000
• InVitro Evolution of RNA-Inorganic Catalysts for the Conversion of CO₂ to Alcohols – CU, $100,000
• Optimizing Cu₂ZnSnS₄-based Photovoltaic Devices for Thin Films – CSU and Wyoming, $75,000
• Group IV Quantum Dots for 3rd Generation Photovoltaics – NREL and CU, $95,000
• Probing Critical Interfaces in 2nd and 3rd Generation Photovolaics with Nonlinear Optics – NREL and CU, $100,000
• Spatially-resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Small Ordered Crystals of Semiconductor Nanocrystals – NREL and CSU, $100,000
• Nanoscale Engineering of Functional Metal Oxides for Photocatalysts and Photovoltaics – CSM, $98,893
• Plasma Processing for Improved Understanding and Control of Film Properties and Interfaces with Organic/Polymeric/Hybrid Solar Cells – CSU, $100,000
• Fundamental Studies of Polyoxometallage-Based Nano-Materials for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting – NREL and CSM, $100,000
• Development of an Economical Catalyst for Water Oxidation (solar fuels) – CU, $100,000.