Welcome to the NREL 2025 CECA 'Cycle A' Application Portal.
Please review the application guide for detailed instructions and information about the selection process.
In summary, you must complete the following sections:
- Basic Information
- Eligibility Questions
Technologies must be or have been supported in part or in whole by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development funds.
Technologies must be principally designed to improve the security of critical energy infrastructures, which includes at least one system or asset of the bulk-power system, physical or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which would negatively impact national security, economic security, public health or safety, or any combination of these.
Technologies participating in the program must be at or between a technology readiness level (TRL) of 3 and 6 as defined by the DOE Technology Readiness Assessment Guide. (see appendix for definitions).
Technologies must be able to be deployed in the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) Cyber Range. The cyber range can support physical hardware, but virtualized deployments are strongly preferred.
Technology owners must be available to collaborate in a CECA acceleration cycle for ~6 months once the statement of work is accepted by the selected technology owner.
- Application Questions (Sections A-E). Unless marked optional, you need to fill out all the questions.
You can save your application at any time and come back to complete it. Please review your application before submitting. You won't be able to make any changes to it once submitted.
Please remember to download a copy of your application. Click the three dots next to your application in the portal and click download.
The deadline to complete your submission is Friday, May 23, at 11:59pm MT.
Please contact CECA@nrel.gov with any questions you may have regarding the application process.
CECA Cycle A
Welcome to the NREL 2025 CECA 'Cycle A' Application Portal.
Please review the application guide for detailed instructions and information about the selection process.
In summary, you must complete the following sections:
- Basic Information
- Eligibility Questions
Technologies must be or have been supported in part or in whole by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development funds.
Technologies must be principally designed to improve the security of critical energy infrastructures, which includes at least one system or asset of the bulk-power system, physical or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which would negatively impact national security, economic security, public health or safety, or any combination of these.
Technologies participating in the program must be at or between a technology readiness level (TRL) of 3 and 6 as defined by the DOE Technology Readiness Assessment Guide. (see appendix for definitions).
Technologies must be able to be deployed in the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) Cyber Range. The cyber range can support physical hardware, but virtualized deployments are strongly preferred.
Technology owners must be available to collaborate in a CECA acceleration cycle for ~6 months once the statement of work is accepted by the selected technology owner.
- Application Questions (Sections A-E). Unless marked optional, you need to fill out all the questions.
You can save your application at any time and come back to complete it. Please review your application before submitting. You won't be able to make any changes to it once submitted.
Please remember to download a copy of your application. Click the three dots next to your application in the portal and click download.
The deadline to complete your submission is Friday, May 23, at 11:59pm MT.
Please contact CECA@nrel.gov with any questions you may have regarding the application process.