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Deadline was December 19, 2019; archive date January 20, 2020. This is a historical record of a closed ARPA-E SBIR/STTR solicitation.
Solicitations on Topics Informing New Program Areas (SBIR/STTR) is sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This ongoing funding opportunity from ARPA-E is specifically for small businesses and is used for exploratory and disruptive research and development seedlings, to provide resource teams that support focused programs, and to investigate topic areas in which a full focused program may later be developed.
It is purposely broad in scope to encourage innovative and unconventional ideas in energy technology.
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Solicitation On Topics Informing New Program Areas Sbir/sttr - Federal Grant Solicitation On Topics Informing New Program Areas Sbir/sttr The summary for the Solicitation On Topics Informing New Program Areas Sbir/sttr grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants. com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact .
If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant. Solicitation On Topics Informing New Program Areas Sbir/sttr: Agency Overview: The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), is chartered by Congress in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P. L.
110-69), as amended by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P. L.
111-358) to: “(A) to enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the development of energy technologies that result in— (i) reductions of imports of energy from foreign sources; (ii) reductions of energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases; and (iii) improvement in the energy efficiency of all economic sectors; and (B) to ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies.
” ARPA-E issues this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the programmatic authorizing statute codified at 42 U.S.C. § 16538. The FOA and any awards made under this FOA are subject to 2 C.
F. R. Part 200 as amended by 2 C.
F. R. Part 910.
ARPA-E funds research on and the development of high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. The agency focuses on technologies that can be meaningfully advanced with a modest investment over a defined period of time in order to catalyze the translation from scientific discovery to early-stage technology.
For the latest news and information about ARPA-E, its programs and the research projects currently supported, see: http://arpa-e. energy. gov/.
Programmatic Overview: This announcement is purposely broad in scope, and will cover a wide range of topics to encourage the submission of the most innovative and unconventional ideas in energy technology. The objective of this solicitation is to support high-risk R&D leading to the development of potentially disruptive new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications.
Topics under this FOA will explore new areas of technology development that, if successful, could establish new program areas for ARPA-E, or complement the current portfolio of ARPA-E programs.
Applications to this solicitation must have the potential for high impact — if successful, it could create a new class or new trajectory for an energy technology, with the potential to make a significant impact on ARPA-E's Mission Areas (see Section I. A).
Awards under this program may take the form of analyses or exploratory research that provides the agency with information useful for the subsequent development of focused technology programs. Alternatively, awards may support proof-of-concept research for a particular new technology, either in an area not currently supported by the agency or as a potential enhancement to an ongoing focused technology program.
Solicitation On Topics Informing New Program Areas Sbir/sttr Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (DOE-ARPAE) Funding Opportunity Number: Current Application Deadline: Original Application Deadline: Maximum Federal Grant Award: Minimum Federal Grant Award: Expected Number of Awards: Cost Sharing or Matching: Applicants Eligible for this Grant Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity below), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Additional Information on Eligibility See Section III of the FOA.
Link to Full Grant Announcement https://arpa-e. foa. energy.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Limited to "Small Business Concerns" as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Solicitations on Topics Informing New Program Areas (SBIR/STTR) is funded by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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