What is required to register in the EERE Program Information Center?
Depending on the type of account you are registering for, the following requirements must be met
before registering:
- If you are registering as part of Industry, Academia, a Non-Profit, or Federal/State/Local Government, your organization will need to have an active SAM.gov account with an assigned SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI) and an assigned Electronic Business Point of Contact (EBiz POC) who will act as your Authorizing Organizational Representative (AOR) to grant account access in the EERE Program Information Center.
- If you are registering as part of a DOE Federally Funded Research and Development Center (DOE FFRDC), your AOR will need to be registered in the system to approve your account.
- If you are registering as an Individual (i.e. not affiliated with an organization), then your account will automatically be approved once you register in the EERE Program Information Center.
After the above requirements are met, you will need to register in the EERE Program Information Center. To access the EERE Program Information Center, potential applicants will be required to have a Login.gov account. As part of the EERE Program Information Center registration process, new users are directed to create an account in Login.gov. Please note that the email address associated with the Login.gov account must match the email address associated with the EERE
Program Information Center account.
What is a login.gov account?
Login.gov is a secure sign-in service used by the public to sign in to participating government agencies. Participating agencies will ask you to create a Login.gov account to securely access your information on their website or application.
You can use the same username and password to access any agency that partners with Login.gov. This streamlines your process and eliminates the need to remember multiple usernames and passwords.
To create a Login.gov account, go to: https://login.gov/create-an-account/
If I have a login.gov account, can I use my login.gov account to register in the EERE Program Information Center?
Yes. If you have an existing Login.gov account, you may use Login.gov authentication to register
in the EERE Program Information Center.
Note: Please remember that if you are affiliated with an Industry, Academia, Non-Profit,
Federal/State/Local Government, your organization will need to have an active SAM.gov
account with an assigned SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI) and an assigned Government Business
Point of Contact (POC), Alternate Government Business POC, Past Performance POC, Alternate
Past Performance POC, Electronic Business POC, or Alternate Electronic Business POC who will
act as your Authorizing Organizational Representative (AOR) to grant account access in the
EERE Program Information Center.
8. What is an account affiliation?
Upon registration in the EERE Program Information Center, the user will need to select the
appropriate account affiliation, detailed below:
Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, Federal/State/Local Government affiliation should be
selected if the user is an employee of a commercial or government organization that is not
associated with DOE (e.g., Department of Transportation, IBM, George Mason University). The
registrant’s organization must be registered in SAM.gov. If the user’s organization is currently
registered, the user should ensure that the information in SAM.gov is up to date, to include having
a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Upon registration in the EERE Program Information Center, the user’s
organization’s Government Business Point of Contact POC, Alternate Government Business
POC, Past Performance POC, Alternate Past Performance POC, Electronic Business POC, or
Alternate Electronic Business POC will be auto approved based on the information provided in
SAM.gov. They will then be able to approve roles within the organization as an AOR.
DOE Federally Funded Research and Development Center (DOE FFRDC) affiliation should
be selected if the user is associated with one of the DOE National Labs (e.g., Ames Laboratory,
Livermore National Laboratory). If the applicant is a National Energy Technology Laboratory user
applying for applications, they should use this affiliation as well.
Individual affiliation should be selected if the user is not affiliated with an organization, such an
individual researcher. These users do not need account approvals, but they should have
information on their Technical and Business POC and any other person who prepares, reviews,
or submits applications for EERE funding opportunities.
9. Which affiliation will a large for-profit user select?
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For-profit users should select ‘Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, Federal/State/Local Government’
for their account affiliation.
10. Which affiliation will a recognized tribe use?
Tribes should have a UEI number and be registered in SAM.gov and should select the ‘Industry,
Academia, Non-Profit, Federal/State/Local Government’ affiliation in the system.
11. Please clarify Independent Principal Investigator, are they not associated with an
organization?
An Independent Principal Investigator (PI) should register as an Individual in the EERE Program
Information Center because they are not affiliated with an organization.
12. Would PI's who want to submit their own applications be just a technical point of contact,
not an account administrator?
Unless the user needs to manage and approve user accounts, the user should be assigned as
either a Business POC or a Technical POC. Technical POCs are typically responsible for
directing/leading the proposed project and are the PI/Lead Lab POC on the application. Business
POCs are typically responsible for the administrative aspects of an application. Both roles can
create, edit, and/or submit applications. Please refer to Role Permission Matrix for additional
information.
13. Would other financial representatives entering submissions for their divisions be Account
Administrators (AAS) or technical points of contact? Can you clarify if for a small company
the aa and the technical POC are the same? do you need to assign the technical POC or is
that implied in the aa role?
The Account Administrator (AA) role can be assigned to a user to manage and approve user
accounts. Unless the user needs this capacity, they should register as either a Business POC or
a Technical POC. Technical POCs are typically responsible for directing/leading the proposed
project and are the PI/Lead Lab POC on the application. Business POCs are typically responsible
for the administrative aspects of an application. Both roles can create, edit, and/or submit
applications. Please refer to Role Permission Matrix for additional information.
14. How do I know if my organization is registered in grants.gov?
If you are unsure if your organization is registered in grants.gov, contact the grants.gov support
team at 1-800-518-4726 (Domestic), 1-606-545-5035 (International), or at support@grants.gov.
Once you provide them with the organization name and UEI number, they will be able to verify if
the organization is registered in grants.gov. Please note that registering in grants.gov is not part
of the EERE Program Information Center process.
15. How do I know if my AOR has registered my organization in the EERE Program Information
Center?
If your account is not approved in a timely manner, the assumption is that your AOR has not
registered. If you are still unsure, you can contact the EERE Program Information Center Help
Desk at EERE-epichelpdesk@ee.DOE.gov.
16. can a user select more than one organization populated from sam.gov that shows up in
the system when registering?
During registration, you can only select one organization from the drop-down menu. Once the
registration is approved, the user can request additional roles from another organization within
the EERE Program Information Center.
17. Do all users need to be registered in sam.gov to use the system?
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Only users affiliated with Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, Government need to be registered in
SAM.gov.