Concept papers due 12 Jan | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships (GRIP) – Smart Grid Grants DOE The Smart Grid Grants program is the only topic area in GRIP that is open to institutes of higher education. This program solicits projects that focus on the use of innovative materials, tools, and engineering approaches to improve system capacity and flexibility, that that meaningfully improve grid operators’ ability to use data to deliver benefits to ratepayers and support policy goals, or that are structured to de-risk broad adoption of innovative technologies and approaches. All applications submitted under this FOA should demonstrate that they will provide significant economic and justice benefits to communities, that they can leverage capital investment, and that they lead to repeatable solutions for other entities.A 50% cost share is required.