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Integrated Recovery Guide - Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency Print Share

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)
$400 million included for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E).

Agency: U.S. Department of Energy

Purposes: To support high-risk, high-payoff research to accelerate the innovation cycle for both traditional and alternative energy sources and energy

Background: In 2007, Congress approved (PL 110-69) the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Modeled after the Defense Research Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-E will develop and deploy advanced energy technologies by identifying and promoting revolutionary advances in fundamental sciences, translating those discoveries into technological innovations, and accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake.

Eligibility as Authorized: Awards to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, which may include federally-funded research and development centers.

Website: www.energy.gov
www.energy.gov/recovery

Phone: 1-800-dial-DOE (1-800-342-5363)

Authorization Reference: Section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 16538)