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Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the United States
TABLE 3.1 DOE-Funded Methane Hydrate Research from 2000 through 2003 by Solicitation or Project Type
FY 2001 funding
FY 2002 funding
FY 2003 funding
Totals for 2000-2003
(in dollars)
Targeted solicitation
4,000,000
4,596,244
5,648,014
14,244,258
Broad-based solicitation
1,148,000
889,560
214,304
3,694,395
National laboratory
1,200,000
1,160,000
915,000
3,775,000
Interagency
1,298,870
1,077,438
491,000
3,342,308
NETL in-house projects
700,000
450,000
950,000
2,795,000
Other nonfederal government procurements
689,272
188,660
0
917,932
Total funding
9,036,142
8,361,902
8,218,318
28,768,893
SOURCE: Data from DOE, 2004a.
Targeted solicitations were designed for a specific research area, hence awards were issued exclusively for projects that matched the specifications. The original program solicitation issued in 2001 was targeted and included studies addressing gas hydrate research needs in four specific research areas: (1) the Gulf of Mexico (both lab and field), (2) Alaska, (3) hydrate as a medium for transporting natural gas, and (4) gas hydrate modeling consortium and partnership development. The selection criteria for these projects included technical criteria (scientific and technical merit, technical approach, and technical management capabilities) and government cost evaluation (DOE, 2004a). Six cooperative agreement awards with planned DOE allocations of $33.8 million (67 percent of planned program expenditures) resulted from this solicitation, including three industrial projects with planned allocations of $30.8 million (63 percent of planned program expenditures through 2005). No awards were granted in the areas of transportation or modeling partnership development.
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