Reveiw of latest Gov. Grant
Folks: here is the link for the Dept of Energy (DOE) ARPA-E funding application.
http://arpa- e.energy. gov/keydocs/ ARPA-E-FOA. PDF -- You can download it from our
Free HHO Stuff Page Also.
Unfortunately This opportunity has passed and below are comments from some of the "Big Boys" in the Hydrogen on Demand developement industry that were applying or tryed to apply.
Our new president has allocated Billions for "New Energy" so I suggest we learn from this application get our HHO research documented and be ready to grab a grant when the next offer comes around.
Happy grant-writing to you all - continue your hydrogen on demand projects - we can do this!
On page 14 it says you must submit a cover sheet a week before the concept deadline that is showing June 2, 2009 on the top page of the grant. Why do they hide a secret deadline ?
That 4-6 week registration process sounds like Catch-22 BS. They didn't even publish the Funding Opportunity Announcement until April 27th, about 5 weeks short of the due date for Concept Papers.
Nice to have this information, though.
I emailed the Contracting Officer and he said I was too late because I hadn't gotten a D&B number and website by the May 28 deadline but that I could submit an unsolicited application or wait until the next offer. I think several of us should email him and say, "We are individual researchers without academic credentials who have the solutions you are seeking. We will make these technologies available with or without your help. If you want working technologies quickly, we suggest you find or develop a program or way to work with us, in ways that we can qualify for funding."
Gents, if you think the hidden deadline is a crock there is also a section where the government may take certain liberties with your invention, but you still own it? This is something you really need to study but you can negotiate through it if you are considered.
I waded through this 40 plus page document and got the following out of it: 1) We need to be registered with the feds as a research entity. They will not recognize the application unless we do. It takes a month or more for all the background checks and clearances necessary to gain access to their libraries for technical data on file which is a must; 2) This is a program set up for folks who are already into the Kind of R & D that would be necessary to pull this off. You need to be a doctor of something, like a PhD in engineering or physics.
Both are seemingly small details but need to be considered to gain access to the research funds.
Here on this site you will find we make an up graded version of the
water4gas type hho generator, these
we build ourselves to offer those that want to have hydrogen on demand
on their auto or truck but don't have a lot of money to invest in their
hho gas system. You will hear some so called HHO generator experts
trying to put down the original water4gas hho generator by saying they
are unsafe because they are glass. Guess what, a mason jar is used to
pour boiling or very hot stuff in when you are canning, DUH. Then they
will show you a picture of a broken jar to make you think it isn't
safe.
DONT DROP GLASS OR IT WILL BREAK.
These guys have never built a working hho generator in their life and
definitely never installed a working Hydrogen on Demand system. There
goal is to get you to buy something more expensive.
Yes we know there are much more sophisticated hydrogen on demand
systems and HHO generators, and we build and install them, but the
point is to allow anyone who wants to experiment with HHO production to
be able to add a hydrogen on demand unit to their vehicle at a low
cost. Most people after seeing the gains from these water4gas type
units will eventually add on or upgrade.
UPDATE: You can now get the best HHO Dry Cell on the Market -- HERE