DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - ARPA-E is sponsored by Department of Energy ARPA-E. Funds high-risk tech for energy/environment incl.

DOE Funding Opportunity Exchange - ARPA-E Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Announcement of Teaming List: Advanced Reactor Fuels Announcement of Teaming List: Advanced Stimulation and Enhanced Recovery Technologies Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Announcement of Teaming Partner List for NOFO: SCALEUP Ready Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies SBIR/STTR (SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly (SPARKS) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Harnessing Autonomy for Energy Joint Ventures Offshore (HAEJO) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Harnessing Autonomy for Energy Joint Ventures Offshore SBIR/STTR (HAEJO SBIR/STTR) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Grid Reliability with Automatic Damping and Inertia for Electrical Networks and Transmission Systems (GRADIENTS) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Grid Reliability with Automatic Damping and Inertia for Electrical Networks and Transmission Systems SBIR/STTR (GRADIENTS SBIR/STTR) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Plant Engineering to Revolutionize Sustainable Energy Production and Heighten Opportunities for Novel Efficiency (PERSEPHONE) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Plant Engineering to Revolutionize Sustainable Energy Production and Heighten Opportunities for Novel Efficiency (PERSEPHONE SBIR/STTR) Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) RFI-0000094: Announcement of Teaming List: Advanced Reactor Fuels The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is considering issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to accelerate U.S. energy independence by increasing domestic supplies of nuclear fuels.

The purpose of this Teaming Partner List announcement is to facilitate the formation of new project teams to respond to the potential NOFO. Any potential NOFO issued in the future would provide specific program goals, technical metrics, and selection criteria. If there are any inconsistencies between this announcement and the potential NOFO, the NOFO language would be controlling.

This potential funding opportunity would aim to support the development of transuranic (TRU) fuels that use a largely untapped domestic fissile resource found across U.S. inventories. TRU fuels offer a path to expanding the nation’s nuclear fuel supply while reducing the volume of radioactive waste.

Economically viable TRU fuels will strengthen U.S. energy security, reduce reliance on foreign sources, and support long-term deployment of new nuclear power plants. This potential program would fund coordinated efforts spanning fuel design, fabrication, testing, modeling, and qualification, along with analysis of cost, impact, and deployment pathways.

It is anticipated that technologies developed under this potential program will have the ability to enable: A domestic TRU fuel supply chain; A levelized cost of fuel (LCOF) ≤ 1¢/kWh; and TRU fuel qualification and regulatory acceptance within seven years. ARPA-E strongly encourages outstanding scientists and engineers from different organizations, scientific disciplines, and technology sectors to form new project teams.

Interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration spanning organizational boundaries enables and accelerates scientific and technological outcomes that were previously viewed as extremely difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. The Teaming Partner List is being compiled to facilitate the formation of new project teams. The Teaming Partner List will be available on ARPA-E eXCHANGE (http://arpa-e-foa.

energy. gov), ARPA-E’s online application portal, starting in January 2026. The Teaming Partner List will be updated periodically until the close of the Full Application period to reflect new Teaming Partners who have provided their information.

Any organization that would like to be included on this list should complete all required fields in the following form: https://arpa-e-foa. energy. gov/Applicantprofile.

aspx. Required information includes Organization Name, Contact Name, Contact Address, Contact Email, Contact Phone, Organization Type, Area of Technical Expertise, and Brief Description of Capabilities. By submitting your information to this Teaming Partner List, you consent to the publication of the above-referenced information.

By facilitating this Teaming Partner List, ARPA-E does not endorse or otherwise evaluate the qualifications of the entities that self-identify for placement on the Teaming Partner List. ARPA-E will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses submitted to email addresses or by other means will not be considered.

Participation in and utilization of this list is completely voluntary. ARPA-E will not identify orfacilitate connections through the Teaming Partner List and participation in the list has no bearing whatsoever on the evaluation of applications submitted to the potential funding opportunity. This list does not constitute a NOFO.

A NOFO does not exist at this time. Applicants must refer to the NOFO, expected to be issued by February 2026, for instructions on applying and for details on how projects will be funded. Announcement of Teaming Partner List for Potential NOFO: Advanced Reactor Fuels (Last Updated: 1/16/2026 01:19 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements. SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities To access the Teaming Partner List for the announcement, click here .

RFI-0000095: Announcement of Teaming List: Advanced Stimulation and Enhanced Recovery Technologies The Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E) is considering issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to catalyze transformative breakthroughs in domestic energy and critical minerals extraction.

This initiative aims to achieve step-change improvements by developing and field-validating integrated stimulation and enhanced recovery technologies for low-permeability subsurface formations, reducing both costs and wastewater generation. This Teaming Partner List announcement facilitates the formation of new project teams to respond to the potential NOFO.

Any NOFO issued in the future would provide specific program goals, technical metrics, and selection criteria. If there are any inconsistencies between this announcement and the potential NOFO, the NOFO language would be controlling.

This potential NOFO aims to address persistent technical barriers that impede efficient recovery from diverse low-permeability subsurface resources, including unconventional oil and gas, geothermal energy, and mineral systems.

The program’s goal is to double the per-well recovery efficiency (or recovery factors) of energy and critical minerals from low-permeability formations, while maintaining or reducing both per-unit cost and wastewater volumes relative to state-of-the-art.

Achieving this goal requires innovative approaches to stimulation and enhanced recovery processes supported by rigorous laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, and downhole monitoring. After successful laboratory proof-of-concept, technologies would undergo field validation to ensure a practical path to real-world deployment.

Applicants can choose from one of two categories: Category A (Shale and Tight Oil & Gas) and Category B (Other Low-Permeability Subsurface Resources). ARPA-E anticipates that Category A will comprise the majority of projects selected under this potential program.

Success will not only revolutionize subsurface resource recovery but also contribute to ARPA-E’s goals of reducing foreign energy imports and enhancing energy infrastructure resilience.

Expertise in the following areas may be useful in responding to a potential NOFO: Reservoir, Petroleum, and/or Mining Engineering Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Material Science Numerical Modeling and Data Science Sensors and Instrumentation Commercial Deployment (e.g., oil and gas companies, geothermal developers, mining firms with access to field sites, permitting experience) ARPA-E strongly encourages outstanding scientists and engineers from different organizations, scientific disciplines, and technology sectors to form new project teams.

Interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration spanning organizational boundaries enables and accelerates scientific and technological outcomes that were previously viewed as extremely difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. The Teaming Partner List is now available on ARPA-E eXCHANGE (http://arpa-e-foa. energy.

gov), ARPA-E’s online application portal. The Teaming Partner List will be updated periodically until the close of the Full Application period to reflect new Teaming Partners who have provided their information. Any organization that would like to be included on this list should complete all required fields in the following form: https://arpa-e-foa.

energy. gov/Applicantprofile. aspx.

Required information includes Organization Name, Contact Name, Contact Address, Contact Email, Contact Phone, Organization Type, Area of Technical Expertise, and Brief Description of Capabilities. By submitting your information to this Teaming Partner List, you consent to the publication of the above-referenced information.

By facilitating this Teaming Partner List, ARPA-E does not endorse or otherwise evaluate the qualifications of the entities that self-identify for placement on the Teaming Partner List. ARPA-E will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses submitted to email addresses or by other means will not be considered.

Participation in and utilization of this list is completely voluntary. ARPA-E will not identify or facilitate connections through the Teaming Partner List and participation in the list has no bearing whatsoever on the evaluation of applications submitted to the potential funding opportunity. This list does not constitute a NOFO.

A NOFO does not exist at this time. Applicants must refer to the NOFO, expected to be issued Spring 2026, for instructions on submitting an application and for details on how projects will be funded.

Announcement of Teaming Partner List for Potential NOFO: Advanced Stimulation and Enhanced Recovery Technologies (Last Updated: 3/13/2026 08:48 AM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application.

Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements. SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities To access the Teaming Partner List for the announcement, click here .

DE-FOA-0003467: Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready The Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides a vital mechanism for the support of innovative energy R&D that complements ARPA-E’s primary R&D focus on early-stage transformational energy technologies that still require proof-of-concept.

An enduring challenge to ARPA-E’s mission is that even technologies that achieve substantial technical advancement under ARPA-E support face significant remaining technical and commercial risks upon completion of an award's funding period, and thus are at risk of being stranded in their development path once ARPA-E funding ends.

Experience across ARPA-E’s diverse energy portfolios, and input from a wide range of investors and industry stakeholders, indicates that pre-commercial “scaling” projects are critical to establishing that performance and cost parameters can be met in practice for these potentially transformative technologies.

These pre-commercial scaling projects aim to translate the performance achieved at bench scale to commercially scalable versions of the technology, integrate the technology with broader systems, provide extended performance data, and validate the manufacturability and reliability of new energy technologies.

Success in these scaling projects should enable industry, investors, and partners to justify the substantial commitments of financial resources, personnel, manufacturing facilities, and materials necessary to subsequently deploy the technologies at commercial scale. The objective of SCALEUP Ready is to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications.

This NOFO focuses only on scale-up and pre-pilot projects of promising technologies that ARPA-E has previously funded – following highly competitive selection processes – and for which the scale-up award would substantially build upon innovations achieved under the original ARPA-E award. This NOFO will remain open until closed or modified. Applications will be accepted any time while this NOFO remains open.

SCALEUP Ready Full Application NOFO - Modification 01 (Last Updated: 2/10/2025 03:55 PM ET) (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 03:12 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application.

Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

SCALEUP Ready Technical Volume Template (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 02:48 PM ET) SCALEUP Ready Project Plan Workbook (Last Updated: 1/9/2025 04:12 PM ET) (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 03:01 PM ET) Instructions for SF-424 Form (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 11:22 AM ET) Budget Justification/SF-424A Workbook (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 11:21 AM ET) Budget Justification/SF-424A Workbook Guidance (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 03:16 PM ET) Summary for Public Release Template (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 03:09 PM ET) (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 02:51 PM ET) Business Assurances Disclosures Form (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 01:47 PM ET) Replies to Reviewer Comments Template (Last Updated: 10/1/2024 02:57 PM ET) SCALEUP Ready Self-Assessment (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 03:44 PM ET) SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage .

Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD To access the Teaming Partner List for this announcement, click here . RFI-0000086: Announcement of Teaming Partner List for NOFO: SCALEUP Ready The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SCALEUP Ready to support the scaling of promising ARPA-E-funded technologies into early commercial products.

The purpose of this announcement is to facilitate collaboration among potential performing teams to respond to the SCALEUP Ready NOFO. The NOFO provides specific program goals, technical metrics, and selection criteria. NOFO terms are controlling.

The SCALEUP Ready program provides a vital mechanism for the support of innovative energy research and development (R&D) that complements ARPA-E’s primary focus on early-stage transformational energy technologies that still require proof of concept. ARPA-E intends for this NOFO to remain open until closed or modified. Applications will be accepted at any time while this NOFO remains open.

ARPA-E’s mission is to develop and deploy transformational energy technologies in support of U.S. national security and economic competitiveness goals. ARPA-E funds the R&D of energy technologies that, among other goals, reduce imports of energy from foreign sources; reduce energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases; and improve the energy efficiency of all economic sectors.

ARPA-E’s authorizing statute directs the Agency to ensure that the U.S. maintains a lead in developing advanced energy technologies through accelerating transformational technological advances that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty.

Technologies that achieve substantial technical advancement under ARPA-E support may still face significant technical and commercial challenges upon completion of an award's funding period, and thus are at risk of being stranded in their development path once ARPA-E funding ends.

Experience across ARPA-E’s diverse energy portfolios, and input from a wide range of investors and industry stakeholders, indicate that pre-commercial scaling projects are critical to establish practical performance and cost parameters.

These pre-commercial scaling projects aim to 1) translate the performance achieved at bench scale to commercially scalable versions of the technology, 2) integrate the technology with broader systems, 3) provide extended performance data, and 4) validate the manufacturability and reliability of new energy technologies.

Successful scaling projects should enable industry stakeholders to justify the substantial commitments of financial resources, personnel, manufacturing facilities, and materials necessary to subsequently deploy the technologies at a commercial scale. The SCALEUP Ready program seeks to scale the most promising technologies previously funded by ARPA-E.

The possibility of ARPA-E funded technologies becoming stranded along their development pathways leaves substantial intellectual property developed with American taxpayer dollars vulnerable to adoption by foreign competitors, who capture it for continued development and economic benefit overseas.

This harms national competitiveness, as U.S. industries often fall behind on the development, scaling, and manufacturing of technologies necessary to compete in rapidly evolving global energy markets. Thus, projects selected for the program will meet ARPA-E’s statutory goals by “accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty.

” ARPA-E strongly encourages different organizations with outstanding entrepreneurial scientists and engineers along with commercialization and financial entities across diverse sectors to participate in this program.

Interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration spanning organizational boundaries enables and accelerates the achievement of scientific and technological outcomes that were previously viewed as extremely difficult, if not impossible.

ARPA-E is compiling a Teaming Partner List for SCALEUP Ready as an optional tool that applicants may choose to utilize to facilitate the formation of new project teams and identify possible collaborations. Teaming Partners include organizations and individuals who can offer expertise, facilities, or other complementary resources toward a potential ARPA-E project.

The teaming list includes fields for potential partners’ capabilities and areas of interest, understanding that expertise in one field can often be applied successfully to another field. The Teaming Partner List is being compiled to facilitate the formation of new project teams. ARPA-E intends to make the Teaming Partner List available on ARPA-E eXCHANGE ( http://arpa-e-foa.

energy. gov ), ARPA-E’s online application portal, starting in October 2024. The Teaming Partner List will be updated periodically as long as the NOFO remains open to reflect the addition of new Teaming Partners who have provided their information.

Any organization that would like to be included on the Teaming Partner List should complete all required fields in the following link: https://arpa-e-foa. energy. gov/TeamingPartners.

aspx . Required information includes the following: Organization Name, Contact Name, Contact Address, Contact Email, Contact Phone, Organization Type, Area of Technical Expertise, and Brief Description of Capabilities. In the “Brief Description of Capabilities” field, include the following details: Specify whether your organization is interested in participating in a potential project as a project team lead or partner.

Describe the types of partners you are seeking to assemble for a project team if interested in participating as a project lead. Describe the role(s) your organization can fill if interested in participating as a partner. Roles may include but are not limited to potential customers, end-users, suppliers, strategic investors, manufacturers, distributors, or financial partners.

Additionally, provide details on the specific capabilities offered. By submitting a response to this Teaming Partner List, you consent to the publication of the above-referenced information. By facilitating this Teaming Partner List, ARPA-E does not endorse or otherwise evaluate the qualifications of the entities that self-identify themselves for placement on the Teaming Partner List.

ARPA-E will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses submitted via email or other means will not be considered. Participation in and utilization of this list is completely voluntary.

ARPA-E will not identify or facilitate connections through the teaming list and participation in the list has no bearing whatsoever on the evaluation of applications submitted to the NOFO. This notice does not constitute a NOFO . Applicants must refer to the SCALEUP Ready NOFO, issued on October 2, 2024, for instructions on applying and for the terms and conditions of funding.

Questions about the NOFO should be directed to ARPA-E-CO@hq. doe. gov .

SCALEUP Ready Teaming Partner List Announcement (Last Updated: 10/2/2024 02:49 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission. Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application.

Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements. SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities To access the Teaming Partner List for the announcement, click here .

DE-FOA-0003556: Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT) The NOFO was modified and an updated SF-424A/Budget Justification Workbook was uploaded February 6, 2026. Encourage/Discourage notification letters were released and the Full Application NOFO was posted January 28, 2026.

The SUPERHOT program will support the research and development of technologies that enable the production of geothermal energy from super-hot reservoirs (>375 °C and >22 MPa) for 15 years or more. This program seeks to fund the development of novel technologies for well construction, enhance testing facilities, and optimize reservoir heat extraction to make super-hot geothermal production a reality.

The program will have two categories: The program will have two categories: Category 1: Technologies related to the construction of robust super-hot wells and validation services for quality assurance of new well designs and materials. This focus will involve new materials, novel well solutions, and state-of-the-art testing facilities to assess these new approaches.

Category 2: Technologies related to the extraction of heat from the reservoir to the well. The focus of this category is to develop fracture based and non-fracture-based methods for extracting heat from a super-hot reservoir (potentially composed of ductile rocks) to a working fluid in a well.

This program seeks to fund the development of novel technologies for well construction, enhance testing facilities, and optimize reservoir heat extraction to make super-hot geothermal production a reality.

SUPERHOT Full Application NOFO - Modification 03 (Last Updated: 2/6/2026 11:08 AM ET) SUPERHOT Concept Paper NOFO - Modification 01 (Last Updated: 2/10/2025 10:07 AM ET) SUPERHOT Concept Paper NOFO (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 12:49 PM ET) SUPERHOT Full Application NOFO - Modification 02 (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 03:45 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

SUPERHOT Concept Paper Template (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 03:38 PM ET) SUPERHOT Concept Paper Summary Slide (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 03:39 PM ET) SUPERHOT Full Application Technical Volume Template (Last Updated: 2/10/2026 01:10 PM ET) SUPERHOT Summary Slide Template (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 03:53 PM ET) (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:37 PM ET) SF-424A / Budget Justification Workbook - v2 (Last Updated: 2/6/2026 11:16 AM ET) Business Assurances & Disclosures Form (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:38 PM ET) Summary for Public Release (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:38 PM ET) Replies to Reviewer Comments Template (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:38 PM ET) SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Please contact the email address above for questions regarding ARPA-E’s online application portal, ARPA-E eXCHANGE.

ARPA-E will post responses on a weekly basis to any questions that are received. ARPA-E may re-phrase questions or consolidate similar questions for administrative purposes. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage .

Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 2/19/2025 9:30 AM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/5/2026 9:30 AM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 3/26/2026 5:00 PM ET – 3/31/2026 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0003557: Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies SBIR/STTR (SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR) The NOFO was modified and an updated SF-424A/Budget Justification Workbook was uploaded February 6, 2026.

Encourage/Discourage notification letters were released and the Full Application NOFO was posted January 28, 2026. The SUPERHOT program will support the research and development of technologies that enable the production of geothermal energy from super-hot reservoirs (>375 °C and >22 MPa) for 15 years or more.

This program seeks to fund the development of novel technologies for well construction, enhance testing facilities, and optimize reservoir heat extraction to make super-hot geothermal production a reality.

The program will have two categories: The program will have two categories: Category 1: Technologies related to the construction of robust super-hot wells and validation services for quality assurance of new well designs and materials. This focus will involve new materials, novel well solutions, and state-of-the-art testing facilities to assess these new approaches.

Category 2: Technologies related to the extraction of heat from the reservoir to the well. The focus of this category is to develop fracture based and non-fracture-based methods for extracting heat from a super-hot reservoir (potentially composed of ductile rocks) to a working fluid in a well.

This program seeks to fund the development of novel technologies for well construction, enhance testing facilities, and optimize reservoir heat extraction to make super-hot geothermal production a reality.

SUPERHOT SBIR STTR Full Application NOFO - Modification 03 (Last Updated: 2/6/2026 11:10 AM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR STTR Concept Paper NOFO - Modification 01 (Last Updated: 2/10/2025 10:10 AM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR Concept Paper NOFO (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 03:47 PM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR STTR Full Application NOFO - Modification 02 (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 03:57 PM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements.

SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR Concept Paper Template (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 03:53 PM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR Concept Paper Summary Slide (Last Updated: 1/15/2025 03:53 PM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR STTR Full Application Technical Volume Template (Last Updated: 2/10/2026 01:10 PM ET) SUPERHOT SBIR STTR Summary Slide Template (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 03:59 PM ET) (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:46 PM ET) SBIR STTR SF-424A / Budget Justification Workbook - v2 (Last Updated: 2/6/2026 11:16 AM ET) SBIR STTR Business Assurances & Disclosures Form (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:47 PM ET) Summary for Public Release (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:47 PM ET) Replies to Reviewer Comments Template (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:48 PM ET) SBIR STTR VCOC Certification (Last Updated: 1/28/2026 12:48 PM ET) SF-424: Application for Federal Assistance and SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Please contact the email address above for questions regarding ARPA-E’s online application portal, ARPA-E eXCHANGE.

Please contact the email address above for questions regarding Funding Opportunity Announcements. ARPA-E will post responses on a weekly basis to any questions that are received. ARPA-E may re-phrase questions or consolidate similar questions for administrative purposes.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage .

Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 2/19/2025 9:30 AM ET Full Application Submission Deadline: 3/5/2026 9:30 AM ET View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 3/26/2026 5:00 PM ET – 3/31/2026 5:00 PM ET DE-FOA-0003164: Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly (SPARKS) This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) provides a continuing opportunity for the rapid support of early-stage applied research to explore innovative new concepts with the potential for transformational and disruptive changes in energy technology.

S purring P rojects to A dvance Energy R esearch and K nowledge S wiftly (SPARKS) awards are intended to be flexible and may take the form of analyses or exploratory research that provides the agency with useful information for the subsequent development of focused technology programs.

SPARKS awards may also support proof-of-concept research to develop a unique technology concept, either in an area not currently supported by the agency or as a potential enhancement to an ongoing focused technology program. Applications must propose concepts that are not covered by open ARPA-E focused FOAs and that do not represent incremental improvements over existing technology.

SPARKS awards are defined as single-phase efforts of durations of 18 months or less with a total project cost of $500,000 or less and will be issued through Grants. ARPA-E expects to make approximately $10 million per fiscal year available for new awards, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. This FOA will remain open until closed or replaced by a modified FOA.

Applications will be accepted any time while this FOA remains open. SPARKS Concept Paper FOA Modification 02 (Last Updated: 10/18/2024 04:08 PM ET) (Last Updated: 11/7/2023 09:56 AM ET) SPARKS Concept Paper FOA Modification 01 (Last Updated: 9/3/2024 08:45 AM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content requirements. SPARKS_Concept_Paper_Template (Last Updated: 11/7/2023 10:15 AM ET) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage .

Concept Paper Submission Deadline: TBD Full Application Submission Deadline: TBD DE-FOA-0003536: Harnessing Autonomy for Energy Joint Ventures Offshore (HAEJO) The Harnessing Autonomy for Energy Joint ventures Offshore (HAEJO) program will support the development of technical solutions to reduce the cost of seaweed biomass cultivation by a factor of four when scaled, from the low thousands today to $120-275 per Dry Metric Ton (DMT, 10% moisture) depending on the cultivated species.

The program will also develop energy-centric, million-ton-scale markets in the United States, focusing on agricultural biostimulants that support the reduction of synthetic fertilizer use in the row crop industry and the utilization of carbon from seaweed biomass. HAEJO features three technical objectives: 1. The development of new sensors and models to enable real-time, remote, and persistent understanding of farm state offshore; 2.

Engineering solutions to enable offshore scale including hardware and control systems to enable the crop to periodically access deep water nutrients, and methods of dewatering harvests at sea to improve the economics of biomass transport and extend shelf life; and 3.

The discovery of biostimulant mechanisms and investigation of their applicability to bioenergy row crops as a direct product line, and other new, innovative approaches such as carbon removal that harness embodied carbon and other components of seaweed to address U.S. energy needs.

HAEJO aims to engage technology developers from a broad range of backgrounds including optical, acoustic, electromagnetic, and chemical sensors, data-driven modeling, marine engineering and materials, moisture harvesting and hydrophilic/hydrophobic materials and processes, biostimulant analysis and terrestrial agriculture sciences. HAEJO also targets seaweed cultivation groups, processors and market developers.

Eligible recipients include U.S.-based lead organizations capable of achieving technical success in meeting or exceeding the metrics stated in this NOFO.

Collaboration with Korean entities to leverage experience in scaled seaweed cultivation research and implementation is strongly encouraged HAEJO Concept Paper NOFO - Modification 01 (Last Updated: 2/10/2025 10:02 AM ET) (Last Updated: 1/14/2025 08:32 AM ET) Application Forms and Templates The following forms and templates may be used as part of the application submission.

Note that these forms and templates do not necessarily constitute all the documents required for a complete application. Please refer to the 'Application and Submission Information' of the published announcement to learn more about the required application content