This article informs users affiliated with Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, Government or DOE Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) on determining their AOR in EERE Program Information Center and SAM.gov and their registration status.

Create an Account

Accounts affiliated with an Industry, Non-Profit, Academia, Government or FFRDC must be approved by an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) or Account Administrator (AA) prior to applying to opportunities. An organization’s AORs are the same individuals as the organization’s POCs in SAM.gov. FFRDC AORs are a set of individuals from a pre-determined list provided to EERE Program Information Center. Please refer to the Creating an Account Quick Guide for your affiliation for more information.

 Step 1: AOR Information in EERE Program Information Center

1. Upon registration, you can view your Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, or Government’s AOR in the Submit Request page under Authorized Organization Representative once the account registration pages have been completed.
2. If your AOR still needs to register in EERE Program Information Center to approve accounts, red text will appear notifying that your AOR has not registered Click Authenticate with OneID and Login.gov to be taken to the OneID landing page. Click on the Login.gov title in the sign on with another account section.
3. Once you submit your role request, a submission confirmation page will appear that your request has been submitted for AOR approval.

Step 2: Finding your AOR in Sam.gov for Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, Government

Organizations classified as Industry, Academia, Non-Profit, or Government must be registered in SAM.gov to register in the EERE Program Information Center. To verify your organization is in SAM.gov, and to find your AOR(s):

1. Open any web browser and go to SAM.gov
2. Once on the SAM.gov homepage, select Search, enter your organization information in the search box.
3. View the search results and click the organization name to view more details.
4. On the left menu under Entity Registration select POCs to view the list of SAM.gov POCs that are the AORs for EERE Program Information Center.

Step 3: How do I contact SAM.gov?

If you need to create a SAM.gov account for your organization, check on the status of your organization’s registration, or have any other questions about your organization’s information in SAM.gov, please contact their Federal Service Desk at www.fsd.gov, by telephone at 866-606-8220, or check out their user  

Registration Status

Once you complete account registration for EERE Program Information Center you will be notified when your account has been verified by the AOR or AA via email from EPIC_DoNotReply@ee.doe.gov.