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["INSTRUCTIONS"]
[1,"All questions pertaining to this funding opportunity announcement should be emailed to Energise@ee.doe.gov."]
[2,"All questions pertaining to EERE Exchange should be emailed to EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov. Include FOA name and number in subject line."]
[3,"All questions and answers pertaining to this FOA will be posted on EERE Exchange within this spreadsheet."]
[4,"DOE will attempt to respond to a question within 3 business days, unless a similar question and answer has already been posted in this spreadsheet. "]
[5,"All questions should be submitted not later than 3 business days prior to the application due date. Questions submitted after this date will not be answered."]
[6,"Questions are assigned a number in accordance with when they are reviewed by DOE.  "]
[7,"Questions are assigned a topic area by DOE when reviewed."]
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["TIPS"]
[1,"Applicants may sort questions and answers in the question tabs of this spreadhseet by selecting the drop-down box arrow on the column headers and selecting any of the listed attributes."]
[2,"Applicants may search for questions and/or keywords by holding CTRL+F on the keyboard and typing in a phrase or keyword."]

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["ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER LOG"]
["DE-FOA0001495 - ENABLING EXTREME REAL‐TIME GRID INTEGRATION OF SOLAR ENERGY (ENERGISE)"]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Topic","Question","Answer"]
[1,"2016-05-02","Application Content/Format","May institutions submit only one Concept Paper by the June 17 Concept Paper deadline, or are institutions permitted multiple Concept Paper submissions?","Applicants may submit more than one Concept Paper, however as found in in FOA, Section IV.C.1, Each Concept Paper must be limited to a single concept or technology. Unrelated concepts and technologies should not be consolidated into a single Concept Paper."]
[2,"2016-05-02","Application Content/Format","If an institution is able to submit more than one Concept Paper, is there a date by which applicants should expect to learn from EERE whether or not they are discouraged or encouraged to submit a Full Application?","Applicants should receive ‘encourage’ or ‘discourage’ responses by 26 July 2016 to allow for 30 days to prepare a full application as cited in the FOA, section IV.D. Regardless of the date the applicant receives the Encourage/Discourage notification, the submission deadline for the Full Application remains the date and time stated on the FOA cover page."]
[3,"2016-05-05","Webinar","How can I register to the informational webinar for this FOA?","By going to the URL link provided in the general section of the FOA posting in Exchange.  (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LINK WAS UPDATED 6 MAY 2016)"]
[4,"2016-05-05","Webinar","Will it be possible to download the content of the webinar after it has aired? ","Yes, the webinar slides will be available after 19 May 2016."]
[5,"2016-05-05","Application Content/Format","Could you please tell us which Technology Readiness Level is required?","Table 4 of Section I.B cites the Technology Readiness or Maturity Level for Topic 2 to be “mid- to high-level, commercial-ready actual system” and “ early- to mid-level, engineering prototypes” for Topic 1.  "]
[{"$nulls":4},"*** CORRECTED ANSWER FOR QUESTION #5 ABOVE ***\nTable 4 of Section I.B cites the Technology Readiness or Maturity Level (TRL) to be “mid- to high-level, commercial-ready actual system” for Topic 1 and “ early- to mid-level, engineering prototypes” for Topic 2. More specifically, for Topic 1, the solutions should be in the range of TRL 6 - Technology prototype demonstration in a relevant environment, and TRL 8 - actual technology system completed and qualified through test and demonstration. For Topic 2, the solutions should be in the range of TRL 2 - Technology concept and/or application formulated, and TRL 6 - Technology prototype demonstration in a relevant environment.\n"]
[6,"2016-05-06","Application Content/Format","For the Open Source Software potential identification requirement of the Technical volume; is an acceptable answer that “there is no potential for open source software distribution”?  Or, would a commercial license model be an acceptable “alternative software distribution method”?","As cited in the FOA, section IV.J: “Applications selected for negotiations will be required to submit an Open Source Software Distribution Plan (or an alternative software distribution plan that encourages wide adoption of the research findings) within 3 months of the award notification.”  Additional information on Open Source Software Plans is found in Appendix E of the FOA."]
[7,"2016-05-08","Cost Sharing","Do universities fall under the 20% cost sharing requirement under this program?","As shown in Table 4 of section I.B and cited in section III.B of the FOA, The cost share requirements are 50% for Topic Area 1 and 20% for Topic Area 2 for all applicants.  Additional Cost Sharing information is found in Appendices A and B to this FOA."]
[8,"2016-05-11","Eligibility","Is a U.S. Army post eligible as a participant in or sub-prime recipient of this award?","As cited in the FOA, section III.2: “Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to apply for funding as a Subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a Prime Recipient.”"]
[9,"2016-05-11","Technical Topics","Does the target 50% penetration of distribution peak load need to actually be demonstrated for Topic 1, or is projection of the capability sufficient?","Yes, the target 50% penetration of distribution peak load need to be demonstrated for Topic 1. As described in the FOA, Section I-B, Table 4,  the Topic Area 1 solutions are required to have at least one-year field demonstration. Further, validation environments are required to have at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in field demonstration and 10,000 virtual nodes monitored and controlled in hardware-in-the-loop simulation."]
[10,"2016-05-11","Technical Topics","For quantification of penetration percentage, how should the grid be defined?  That is, would it be suitable to demonstrate 50% penetration in a portion of a grid behind an electrical substation?","As cited in the FOA, section I-A, Description of Solutions paragraph, “For the near-term (2020) (Topic Area 1) (See Section I.B. for a description of topic areas), the proposed planning and operation solutions should be able to monitor and control in real time a distribution system (or subsystem) consisting of at least ten (10) distribution feeders and ten thousand (10,000) active nodes with 50% or more PV penetration relative to the peak load.”"]
[11,"2016-05-12","Eligibility","Does “applicant” refer to the person submitting or the organization/entity submitting?","The ‘applicant’ is the person or entity represented by the signatory of the SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance and will be the person or entity receiving the award."]
[12,"2016-05-16","Application Reviews","Will DOE down select from the concept papers provided and if so, when would that take place?","As cited in the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Section IV.C.1 “EERE makes an independent assessment of each Concept Paper based on the criteria in Section V.A.1 of the FOA. EERE will encourage a subset of applicants to submit Full Applications. Other applicants will be discouraged from submitting a Full Application. An applicant who receives a “discouraged” notification may still submit a Full Application. EERE will review all eligible Full Applications. However, by discouraging the submission of a Full Application, EERE intends to convey its lack of programmatic interest in the proposed project in an effort to save the applicant the time and expense of preparing an application that is unlikely to be selected for award negotiations.”  The deadline to submit a concept paper is listed on the cover page of the FOA as June 17, 2016, 5:00pm ET.  Further, as listed in Section IV.D of the FOA, “Applicants will have approximately 30 days from receipt of the Concept Paper Encourage/Discourage notification to prepare and submit a Full Application.”  The deadline to submit a Full Application is also listed on the cover page of the FOA as August 26, 2016, 5:00pm ET."]
[13,"2016-05-18","Technical Topics","Is the ENERGISE FOA limited to proposals for so-called advanced distribution management systems, or is it receptive to high-penetration solar solutions where ADMS is not prioritized?","The FOA does not limit innovative ideas in the proposals as long as they address the FOA objectives and the challenges described in Section I-A, and reasonably meet the target metrics."]
[14,"2016-05-16","Technical Topics","What is the definition of Scalability in context of the FOA? Wording indicates the solution “should be able to” monitor certain levels, is this required in demonstration or does it need to be possible?","Scalability in the FOA is defined in term of network size and number of “active nodes” to be supported by the proposed solutions. The validation requirement for scalability is described in Section I.B, Table 4. "]
[15,"2016-05-16","Technical Topics","What is the definition of an Active-Node? ","“Active nodes” refer to monitoring and control points in the distribution system. See FOA document Section I.A, page 9 for further detailed description.  This question is amended in Answer #44"]
[16,"2016-05-19","Webinar","Can you please provide an update and any presentations from the webinar if I missed it?","The slides from the informational webinar have been posted to the EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange, under FOA # DE-FOA-0001495."]
[17,"2016-05-19","Application Content/Format","Should we talk about the details of deployment plan and demonstration in concept paper?","Details of the required content of the Concept Paper are found in the table in section IV.C.1 of the FOA."]
[18,"2016-05-19","Technical Topics","As solar energy increases, its impact on the transmission system becomes obvious. Will Energise consider supporting transmission system studies?","As described in Section I.A and I.B, ENERGISE is not aimed at transmission system studies."]
[19,"2016-05-19","Cost Sharing","What can be considered as cost share?","General information on Cost Share types and allowability is found in the FOA, section III.B.2.   Further information on what qualifies for cost sharing can be found in appendices A. "]
[20,"2016-05-20","Application Content/Format","Would a proposal that addresses a subsection of the entirety of Topic 1 qualify for funding?","As cited in Section I.B, “For Topic Area 1, the proposed distribution planning and real time operation solutions should aim to address the near-term (2020) objectives as described in Section A, and meet all the respective technical metrics in Tables 2. and 3., as well as the requirements in Table 4., and activities below.”"]
[21,"2016-05-24","Technical Topics","Topic Area 2 requires at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in hardware-in-the-loop simulation and 1,000,000 virtual nodes monitored and controlled in computer simulation. Can the physical nodes include just the PV inverter controller for example with power electronics emulated in software or do the 100 physical nodes have to be physical equipment with no software emulation?","As described in the note for Table 4 - General requirements for Topic Areas 1 and 2 proposals in Section 1.B, “A node is defined as a (or a set of) monitoring and control equipment connected to the distribution system at a point of common coupling. A virtual node is a logical representation of the physical node in computer simulations.”  Topic Area 2 requirements are long-term extensions of Topic Area 1 which lists “at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in field demonstration” for validation.  As further clarified in “Deployment and Demonstration” of this section “Field deployment and demonstration are required for Topic Area 1, and optional but strongly encouraged for Topic Area 2. In the case of Topic Area 2, if applicants choose not to propose field deployment and demonstration, a medium to large scale hardware-in-the-loop lab demonstration is required.”  As such, it is strongly desired that the physical nodes include more than just PV inverter controllers with simulated field conditions.  This question is amended in Answer #45"]
[22,"2016-05-24","Technical Topics","The FOA states that “Applicants should perform in-depth value analysis to show that there will be net benefits, that these benefits will be sustained if the ENERGISE solution is deployed at scale, and to show the pathway for deployment of the ENERGISE solution for levels of penetration of solar greater than 100% of peak load”. My question is, will the in-depth value analysis be required for the proposal submission or is this only required for awarded applicants?","As stated in Section 1.B.3, “… The operational objectives for the proposed solution should include maximizing cost-effective utilization of installed solar systems, sensors, communication, and data infrastructures, and should further consist of a well-defined set of value metrics that will appeal to a broad range of potential stakeholders. Value Analysis: Applicants should perform in-depth value analysis to show that there will be net benefits, that these benefits will be sustained if the ENERGISE solution is deployed at scale…”  The full applications should cover the proposed value analysis method or methods along with the objectives, variables, metrics that will be used."]
[23,"2016-05-25","Application Content/Format","What level of detail will you be looking for in the software distribution plan?","Please refer to Appendix E of the FOA for details on the Open Source Software Distribution Plan requirement."]
[24,"2016-05-26","Technical Topics","Would this grant be applicable for a community college to install a parking lot solar car charing station? ","The short description provided does not seem to fall in the Topic Areas/Technical Areas of Interest of section I.B. of the FOA."]
[25,"2016-05-25","Webinar","Was the webinar recorded?","The webinar was not recorded.  The slides and a script is posted to exchange for review."]
[26,"2016-06-01","Application Content/Format","Regarding the content and form of the concept paper: does the 5 page limit include the cover page? Also are there a specific page limits for the technology description and addendum, or just 5 pages total?","The requirements for the Concept Paper are listed in the table of section IV.C.1 of the FOA.  The 5 page limit is maximum for all required items including the Cover Page, Technology Description and Addendum as described in section IV.C.1 of the FOA."]
[27,"2016-06-02","Eligibility","Are EU companies eligible to participate in the FOA?","As Listed in section III.A.3 of the FOA, Foreign entities, whether for-profit or otherwise, are eligible to apply for funding under this FOA.  In addition to the requirements of section III.A.3 of the FOA, important information regarding foreign entities is found in Appendix C of the FOA."]
[28,"2016-06-02","Technical Topics","It is stated in response to question 21 that “In the case of Topic Area 2, if applicants choose not to propose field deployment and demonstration, a medium to large scale hardware-in-the-loop lab demonstration is required.”  Does this apply to the device layer? If so, is there a strict requirement on what is meant by medium to large scale. It sounds like the cap is clear/defined (100 physical nodes and 1M logical nodes).","The requirement: “In the case of Topic Area 2, if applicants choose not to propose field deployment and demonstration, a medium to large scale hardware-in-the-loop lab demonstration is required.”  applies to the device layer.  The quantitative requirement is defined in Table 4., which states that for Topic 2, the validation “requires at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in hardware-in-the-loop simulation and 1,000,000 virtual nodes monitored and controlled in computer simulation.” The physical nodes can be physical representations of the real devices."]
[29,"2016-06-07","Application Content/Format","Would DOE be open to having an executive summary section included on the cover page of the concept paper? ","The information required by the FOA will be allowed."]
[30,"2016-06-07","Application Content/Format","Please clarify which, the script or the FOA, is correct.","The webinar script has been corrected (10 JUN 16).  Please note that the FOA is the Document of Precedence for any discrepancy between the FOA and other documents or statements. "]
[31,"2016-06-10","Application Content/Format","It looks like the control number is issued after a letter of intent is submitted, but I don’t see anywhere to submit a letter of intent for this?  Do I have to create a concept paper before I can get a control number?","As stated in the FOA, section IV.A, \"A control number will be issued when an applicant begins the Exchange application process. This control number must be included with all Application documents, as described below.\""]
[32,"2016-06-10","Eligibility","Is our specific project considered eligible for the awarding of this grant?","As stated in the FOA, section III.G, \"EERE will not make eligibility determinations for potential applicants prior to the date on which applications to this FOA must be submitted. The decision whether to submit an application in response to this FOA lies solely with the applicant.\""]
[33,"2016-06-11","Application Content/Format","After clicking \"Submit\" it says that we chose \"No.\" I tried several times to edit and resubmit the form and encountered the same problem each time. I'm wondering if there is a way to fix this?","As listed on the FOA Exchange: \"All questions pertaining to EERE Exchange should be emailed to EERE-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov. Include FOA name and number in subject line.\""]
[34,"2016-06-11","Application Content/Format","Where can I find the required application documents?","Required Application Documents in the FOA Exchange by clicking \"View Required Application Documents\", under the \"Required Application Documents\" section."]
[35,"2016-06-13","Cost Sharing","How do calculate the amount of Cost Share required?","Detailed explanation on how to calculate Cost Share is found in Appendix A of the FOA."]
[36,"2016-06-11","Application Content/Format","Is a Letter of Intent required for this FOA?","Letters of Intent are not required for this FOA."]
[37,"2016-06-14","Registration Requirements","Can I submit my application to this mailbox?","As cited in sectionIV.A of the FOA: \"EERE will not review or consider submissions submitted through means other than EERE Exchange, submissions submitted after the applicable deadline, and incomplete submissions.\""]
[38,"2016-06-15","Application Content/Format","Do we must already have the Utility as our partner on running the pilot?","For Topic 2, the FOA strongly encourages, but does not require proposed utility partnership and field demonstration as part of the application."]
[39,"2016-06-15","Application Content/Format","Does our proposed solution must have already data analytics for over a year of operations? When does the required year of operations start - since we submit Concept Paper, Full Application or it should have started operating already?","The work plan for the one year operation should be proposed as part of the application. "]
[40,"2016-06-15","Application Content/Format","The EERE 200.5 document (TRL1-8): Is this document only intended for use as a reference?","Yes, the EERE 200.5 document is intended to be a reference on the definition of TRL."]
[41,"2016-06-15","Application Content/Format","Budget Period(s): Is it mandatory to include all 3 budget periods or is it okay to only include 1 or 2? How should an 8-10 month project be incorporated into your budget?","No, it is not mandatory to include all three budget periods. However the budget periods in the proposed work plan must support the overall FOA objectives and meet the technical requirements."]
[42,"2016-06-15","Application Content/Format","To be clear, is the grant only going to cover 50% of the total project cost under Topic Area 1? We intend to complete this project within an 8-10 month time frame. Would we have to choose Topic Area 1 by default, being that there's only one other (much longer term) option?","Yes, for topic area 1 proposals, the required cost share contribution from the applicant is 50%, which means the federal government pays 50% of the project cost, and the applicant pays the remaining 50%."]
[43,"2016-06-10","Application Content/Format","As presented in Page 13 of FOA, Can the proposal focus on specific level? such as device controller.","As explained in the FOA document, the proposed solutions for Topic 1 should include system components. The solutions for Topic 2 may focus on a subset of the system components, but with consideration on how these components will fit into the overall system."]
[44,"2016-06-10","Technical Topics","What is the definition of “active nodes”?","An active node is an energy device that is connected to the electricity grid and that is actively monitored and controlled.  This answer is amended to Answer #15"]
[45,"2016-06-10","Technical Topics","What is the definition of “virtual nodes”?","A virtual node is a virtual representation of an energy device in computer simulations.  This Answer is amended to Answer #21"]
[46,"2016-06-10","Application Content/Format","If a Concept Paper is submitted with one organization as the Lead/Prime and others as subtier/team member organizations, is it possible to change to a different Lead/Prime if the Concept Paper is encouraged to submit a full proposal?","As listed in the FOA, section III.F \"Applicants may only submit one Full Application for each topic area of this FOA. If an applicant submits more than one Full Application to the same topic area, EERE will only consider the last timely submission for evaluation. Any other submissions received listing the same applicant for the same topic area will be considered noncompliant and not eligible for further consideration. This limitation does not prohibit an applicant from collaborating on other applications (e.g., as a potential Subrecipient or partner) so long as the entity is only listed as the prime applicant on one Full Application submitted under this FOA.\""]
[47,"2016-06-22","Application Content/Format","In the Energise FOA there is a link to reporting requirements:\nhttp://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/05/f0/Attch_FA_RepReqChecklist_COMBINED_FINAL_4-23-13%20%283%29_0.pdf.  The link does not exist.\n","The link has been changed to http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/resources.html."]
[48,"2016-06-20","Eligibility","I understand that the deadline for the concept paper was on June 17 (last Friday). Is there a way we could still submit a concept paper on the subject?  \n","As listed on the cover page of the FOA, \"Applicants must submit a Concept Paper by 5:00pm ET the due date listed above to be eligible to submit a Full Application.\""]
[49,"2016-07-18","Eligibility","Does the wording in the FOA regarding “applicant” refer to one organization or to the individual PI’s that are applying?","The \"applicant\" is the entity identified in Block 8 of the SF-424.  This can be any entity as listed in Section III of the FOA."]
[50,"2016-07-22","Application Content/Format","For the category-2, budget limit is $ 2M. Does this mean federal money is $2M or the net project value including cost-share?","For topic area 2, the maximum federal amount is $2,000,000"]
[51,"2016-07-22","Application Content/Format","Our application will be collaboration, where we are the primary institution and there will be three subcontractors, one of which is a FFRDC. In addition to the Field Work Proposal (FWP), does the FFRDC also need to complete the Subaward Budget Justification (EERE 335)?","FFRDC's will need The Field Work Proposal, Authorization and a Subaward budget justification."]
[52,"2016-07-29","Eligibility","Can the partner organizations be changed (additions and replacements) between the concept paper and the full proposal?","While partner organizations, may be changed between the Concept Paper and Full application, changes may impact the Technical Review Criteria (Section V.A.2 of the FOA) and/or the level of interest of the government."]
[53,"2016-08-03","Application Content/Format","For the 1-page resume for ENERGISE’s full proposal, is there a preferred format and content? ","No, there isn't a preferred format."]
[54,"2016-08-03","Labs/FFRDCs","Could you please confirm how FFRDCs as a sub-recipient will be funded?","FFRDC's will be paid through the Prime Recipient."]
[55,"2016-08-05","Technical Topics","Is the validation with 1,000,000 virtual nodes required to be run in real-time?","To clarify Table 4, page 26, Validation for Topic Area 2: \"Require at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in hardware-in-the-loop simulation and 1,000,000 virtual nodes monitored and controlled in computer simulation\""]
[56,"2016-08-05","Technical Topics","We understand that the 100 physical nodes are to be run in real-time based on the reference to hardware-in-the-loop; however, the document does not make it clear whether the second part concerning 1,000,000 virtual nodes is required to be run in real-time. Also, could you clarify whether the 1,000,000 virtual nodes are to be electrically coupled to the 100 physical nodes?","The first part, \"at least 100 physical nodes monitored and controlled in hardware-in-the-loop simulation\", is required to run in real-time; the second part, \"1,000,000 virtual nodes monitored and controlled in computer simulation\", is also required to run in real time in order to meet the performance metrics described in Table 3. The Applicant should choose reasonable assumptions for the virtual nodes and computer simulation environment."]
[57,"2016-08-08","Application Content/Format","The “Required Application Documents” lists a document entitled “EERE_200.docx”  This document in turn specifies “A detailed explanation of the rationale for the estimated technology readiness level should be provided.”  Can any additional guidance be provided about the expected format or guidelines to meet this requirement?","The “Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)” document - entitled “EERE_200.docx” is provided as a reference. It is not required to be submitted with the full application. "]
[58,"2016-07-25","Application Content/Format","Can you clarify whether commercialization is expected or open-source tools are expected in this FOA? ","The applicant should describe the proposed Workplan and Market Transformation Plan, including \"identification of a product development and/or service plan, commercialization timeline, financing, and product marketing\" AND/OR \"identification of the potential for open source software distribution or alternative software distribution methods\", wherever is applicable."]
[59,"2016-08-09","Application Content/Format","Page 48 of the FOA says, “Attach letters of commitment from all Subrecipient/third party cost share providers as an appendix.”  Please clarify the meaning of this sentence and the slash (/).  ","This sentence refers only to Subrecipients or third parties that are providing cost share.  The prime recipient must provide commitment letters from any entity, other than itself, which is providing cost share (cash or in-kind) to the project.  If an entity is not providing any cost share, this letter is not required."]
[60,"2016-08-10","Application Content/Format","We've submitted a concept paper under topic area 2, can we switch to topic area 1?","While topic areas may be changed between the Concept Paper and Full application, changes may impact the Technical Review Criteria (Section V.A.2 of the FOA) and/or the level of interest of the government."]
[61,"2016-08-10","Application Content/Format","Is it permitted for the budget that will be submitted in the full proposal to be different than the budget that was submitted with the concept paper? ","While budgets may be changed between the Concept Paper and Full application, changes may impact the Technical Review Criteria (Section V.A.2 of the FOA) and/or the level of interest of the government."]
[62,"2016-08-15","Eligibility","Is there anyway to submit an application at this point without having submitted the concept paper in June?","As listed in the FOA, section III.C,  Concept Papers and Full Applications must meet all Compliance criteria listed below or they will be considered noncompliant. EERE will not review or consider noncompliant submissions,"]
[63,"2016-08-16","Application Content/Format","On page 40 of the DE-FOA-0001495, it states that “All pages must be formatted to fit on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper with margins not less than one inch on every side.”  Does this apply to resumes for the personnel involved in the project?","The requirements for all elements of submission are listed in the FOA, section IV.A."]
[64,"2016-08-17","Due Dates","Section V.E of Modification 0001 of the FOA (see page 63) indicates “EERE anticipates notifying applicants selected for negotiation of award by September 2016 and making awards by November 2016”. However, the FOA’s cover page and the May 2016 webinar slides (slide #34) indicates applicants selected for an award will be anticipated on December 9, 2016 and awards are anticipated to be made in February 2017.  Please kindly confirm if the December 9, 2016 is the anticipated award selection date and February 2017 is the anticipated timeframe when awards will be made.","The cover page of the FOA is correct.  December 9, 2016 is the anticipated award selection date and February 2017 is the anticipated timeframe when awards will be made."]
[65,"2016-08-20","Application Content/Format","Should this application be filled only by the main applicant (Prime Recipient)? Or also by every other member of the team (subrecipients/subawardees)?","Only the 'Prime' or Lead organization is the applicant, so the SF-424 should only be completed by that entity."]
[66,"2016-08-21","Application Content/Format","Do subrecipients/subawardees also need to Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)? Or only the main applicant?","“First tier subrecipients are required to be registered in SAM if the application is selected for award negotiations, prior to approval of an Award.”"]
[67,"17/21/16","Technical Topics","Can you please clarify if 100 physical nodes in HIL simulation and 1 million virtual nodes in computer simulation are to be conducted as two separate simulations, or they need to be done in a co-simulation environment where both simulations occur simultaneously? ","The required 100 physical nodes HIL simulation and 1 million virtual nodes computer simulation can be conducted either as two separate simulations, or in a co-simulation environment where both simulations occur simultaneously. "]
[68,"2016-08-19","Eligibility","Can a sub recipient for an applicant be named a prime recipient if they did not submit a concept paper?","Sub recipients can 'change places' with the prime as long as the concept remains the same"]
[69,"2016-08-22","Application Content/Format","Do the Interoperability Plan and Cybersecurity Plan need to be in a separate document or incorporated into the technical volume work plan and market transformation section to count as part of the 30%?","As listed in the FOA sections IV.J and IV.K, the recipient is required to submit each of these within three months of an award notification.  As such each is a stand alone document and not part of the Technical Volume.  Details for generating these documents are found in appendixes E and F of the FOA.  Any references to these documents in the full application are subject to requirements of the section in which they appear."]
[70,"2016-10-07","Due Dates","In the email received today notifying that Reviewer Comments are available, it states:  The deadline to submit a Reply to Reviewer Comments is 5:00pm ET on Friday, October 14, 2016. However, in the Exchange it states: Reply to Reviewer Comments Submission Deadline: 11/4/2016 5:00 PM ET.  Can you please clarify the correct deadline? Thank you.","The deadline to submit a Reply to Reviewer Comments is 5:00pm ET on Friday, October 14, 2016."]

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