DOE Probes: Did Our Cash Boost Your Startup?
Published Date: 12/10/2025
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Summary
The Department of Energy is asking small businesses and startups to share info for a new study on how DOE funding helped them from 2008 to 2024. They want your feedback by January 9, 2026, to make sure the questions are clear and not too much work. This study will help DOE improve future support and funding for small businesses.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
One-time DOE Survey for EERE Applicants
If you are a small business or startup that applied for EERE financial assistance, SBIR/STTR grants, or prize funding between 2008 and 2024, DOE plans a one-time data collection that may ask you to provide information. DOE says the study’s results will be used to understand impact to date and opportunities to improve future financial awards; the public comment deadline on the proposed collection is January 9, 2026.
Estimated Respondent Burden and Costs
DOE estimates this one-time collection will involve 9,000 respondents and 9,000 total responses, require 13,500 burden hours, and carry an annual reporting and recordkeeping cost burden of $751,275.
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