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April 30, 2009

ARPA-E Solicitation Released

Attached is the first ARPA-E solicitation associated with the federal stimulus funding

This is the first solicitation for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). As discussed at a number of ASERTTI meetings and on our monthly calls, ARPA-E is a new organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), created specifically to foster research and development (R&D) of transformational energy-related technologies. Transformational technologies are by definition technologies that disrupt the status quo. They are not merely better than current technologies, they are significantly better. Often, a technology is considered transformational when it so outperforms current approaches that it causes an industry to shift its technology base to the new technology.

ARPA-E anticipates that most awards will be for total project costs in the range of $2 million to $5 million. Some may be as low as $500,000 or as high as $10 million. In extremely exceptional cases, ARPA-E may choose to accept efforts up to $20 million. Multiple awards are anticipated. ARPA-E anticipates awarding agreements totaling up to $150 million.

For more information, contact ASERTTI or visit: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/