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• Prior to the EE-1 Spend Plan Briefing, all planned Lab Calls are required to be entered into EPIC with the following minimum required information by page:
  • Create New Announcement Pop-up
  • Announcement Type
  • Announcement Title
  • Anticipated Fiscal Year of Publication
  • Funding Source: (Base/BIL/IRA)If BIL/IRA…Associated Provisions
  • Servicing Office
  • Technology Office
  • Announcement Manager
  • Basic Information Page
  • Brief Announcement Description (Include a list of any planned Topic Areas/Subtopics for the Announcement)
  • Announcement Schedule Page
  • Anticipated Date of Publication
  • Anticipated Date of Selection
  • Points of Contact
  • Coordinating Office (if another EERE Office, DOE Office, or Federal Agency will contribute funds)
  • Funding & Award Details Page
  • Will another EERE Office, DOE Office, or Federal Agency contribute funds:
    • If yes…Select the DOE Office or Federal Agency name and provide the anticipated amount to be contributed. Contributions from other EERE offices must be captured in the Subprogram table below.
    • If yes…amount
  • Subprogram / Appropriation Year:
  • Estimated Federal Funding - Minimum
  • Estimated Federal Funding - Maximum
  • Will a Mortgage be required for this Announcement?
    • If yes…Describe why
    • If yes…Subprogram
  • Expected Number of Awards (Minimum and Maximum)
  • Crosscuts & Congressional Interest Items Page
  • Crosscuts: DOE Crosscut Title and Percent Allocation
  • Crosscuts: Office Crosscuts and Community Benefit Area (CBA) Title and Percent Allocation
  • Congressional Interest Items (CIIs): CII Title and Percent Allocation

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• After creating a Lab Call, EPIC will place you on the Announcement Planning Tab. You will start on the Basic Information page.

  • General Details Section:

  1. Enter the AOP year. For a standard lab call, this will be the fiscal year after you publish the lab call. For off-cycle lab calls, this will be the same fiscal year as your publish year. Later, this information is transferred to Exchange and used for AOP integration, so ensure it is correct.
  2. Set the Will the Announcement have Topic Areas? slider to Yes.
  3. Enter information for Brief Announcement Description. This can be as short as a few sentences for now. It will populate weekly reporting to leadership, and eventually, the Announcement Overview document.
  4. Skip the Announcement Document Description

  • Topic Areas Section:

  1. Click the plus sign to add a topic area.
  2. EPIC automatically assigns the Topic Area Number, but you can change it if necessary.
     • Note: If you have subtopics, do NOT add a parent topic (e.g., Topic 1). Instead, only add the subtopics (e.g., Topic 1a, Topic 1b, etc.).
  3. Enter the Topic Area Title. A working title is fine for now; you can change this later.
  4. Topic Area Lead: EPIC will automatically assign you as the Topic Area Lead. To change this, use the trash can icon to delete yourself and the plus sign to add someone else.
  5. Skip the other fields in this section for now. Later, you’ll use the Brief Topic Area Description for the Announcement Overview and the Announcement Document Topic Area Description for the Lab Call document.

  • Status Notes Section:

  1. Skip the Status Notes section. EERE is not currently using this functionality for Lab Calls (only for NOFOs).

  • Related Announcements Section:

  1. If this Lab Call has an associated RFI, confirm it appears here. If the RFI has not yet been created in EPIC, refer to the EPIC Quick Guide: Create RFI for assistance. Otherwise, skip this section.
  2. Click the Next button to save and continue.

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