Opportunity Information: Apply for DE SOL 0001140
Apply for DE SOL 0001140
- The Headquarters in the recovery act sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Recovery Act Request for Information Advanced Research Project Agency Energy" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 4, 2009 and posted on Sep 4, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 25, 2009 Comments in response to this RFI must be provided to ARPA E as an attachment to an email message addressed to arpa e rfi@hq.doe.gov. To be considered, comments must be provided no later than 5 pm EST on September 25, 2009.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
This notice is not a traditional grant solicitation; it is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the Recovery Act. ARPA-E is using the RFI to gather input from the public and from stakeholders across industry, academia, national laboratories, investors, utilities, nonprofits, and other interested parties. The purpose is to shape future ARPA-E programs and potential funding opportunities by identifying where high-impact energy innovation is most needed and where federal support could help overcome barriers that are currently blocking commercialization and large-scale deployment.
The RFI asks for feedback in two main areas. First, ARPA-E is seeking suggestions on programmatic areas that are especially well suited to ARPA-E's model, meaning areas where bold, high-risk/high-reward research and development could plausibly produce transformational outcomes rather than incremental improvements. Second, it requests specific scientific and technological opportunities that could break through key roadblocks and move emerging energy technologies toward being widely market-deployable. In practical terms, respondents are being asked to point out the hardest technical problems, the constraints that keep promising concepts stuck in the lab, and the types of breakthroughs that would materially change cost, performance, reliability, manufacturability, scalability, or adoption in the real world.
Because it is an RFI, the listing shows no expected awards and no funding attached to the announcement (EstimatedTotalFunding is listed as 0, with AwardCeiling and AwardFloor also 0). The output of this process is information: ARPA-E intends to use the submissions to inform internal planning, define possible new program topics, and potentially design later competitive funding announcements. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and tied to the Recovery Act funding activity category, but it does not itself function as a grant competition.
Participation is broadly open. The eligibility field is essentially unrestricted, meaning any type of entity or individual may submit input, subject to any clarifications that may appear in the full text attachment. Submissions were required to be sent by email as an attachment to arpa-e_rfi@hq.doe.gov, with a firm deadline of 5:00 pm Eastern Time on September 25, 2009. The opportunity was posted on September 4, 2009, and later archived on December 31, 2009. The notice also indicates the RFI was posted through federal procurement and assistance portals (FedBizOpps and FedConnect) under the same identifier, DE-SOL-0001140, and that the complete RFI language was provided in an attachment titled "Request for Information - ARPA-E - 08 31 09."
Administratively, the opportunity is associated with CFDA 81.135 (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) and indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement, which aligns with the fact that this is not a funding award action. For access and technical assistance, the notice provides an IIPS helpdesk contact (iipshelpdesk@e-center.doe.gov) for issues retrieving the announcement, and it lists an ARPA-E point of contact, Brad Poston (Bradley.Poston@hq.doe.gov), for problems related to linking to the opportunity materials. Overall, the RFI is best understood as an early market and technical intelligence-gathering step: ARPA-E is soliciting concrete ideas about where breakthroughs are needed and how future ARPA-E initiatives could be structured to accelerate transformational energy technologies into real, deployable products and systems.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) Is this a grant or a funding opportunity?
No. This notice is a Request for Information (RFI), not a traditional grant solicitation or competitive funding announcement. Its purpose is to collect input that may help ARPA-E shape future programs and potential funding opportunities.
2) Is there any funding attached to this announcement?
No. The listing indicates Estimated Total Funding of 0, with an Award Ceiling of 0 and an Award Floor of 0. This RFI does not provide awards or funding by itself.
3) What is ARPA-E using this RFI for?
ARPA-E is using submissions to inform internal planning, define possible new program topics, and potentially design later competitive funding announcements. The output of this RFI process is information to guide future ARPA-E initiatives.
4) Who is issuing the RFI?
The RFI is issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the Recovery Act.
5) What kinds of input is ARPA-E asking for?
The RFI requests feedback in two main areas:
- Programmatic areas well suited to ARPA-E's model, especially where bold, high-risk/high-reward R&D could lead to transformational (not incremental) outcomes.
- Specific scientific and technological opportunities that could overcome key roadblocks and help emerging energy technologies become widely market-deployable.
6) What does ARPA-E mean by areas suited to its "model"?
Based on the notice, ARPA-E is looking for topics where high-risk/high-reward research and development could plausibly produce transformational results, rather than small or incremental improvements.
7) What types of "roadblocks" should respondents focus on?
The RFI emphasizes barriers that block commercialization and large-scale deployment. Respondents are encouraged to identify hard technical problems and constraints that keep promising concepts stuck in the lab, and to describe breakthroughs that would materially improve:
- Cost
- Performance
- Reliability
- Manufacturability
- Scalability
- Adoption in real-world settings
8) Who can submit a response to this RFI?
Participation is broadly open. The eligibility field is essentially unrestricted, meaning any type of entity or individual may submit input, subject to any clarifications in the full RFI attachment.
9) What kinds of organizations does ARPA-E want to hear from?
ARPA-E is seeking input from the public and stakeholders across industry, academia, national laboratories, investors, utilities, nonprofits, and other interested parties.
10) How do responses need to be submitted?
Submissions were required to be sent by email as an attachment to arpa-e_rfi@hq.doe.gov.
11) What was the submission deadline?
The firm deadline listed was 5:00 pm Eastern Time on September 25, 2009.
12) When was this opportunity posted, and what is its current status?
The notice was posted on September 4, 2009, and later archived on December 31, 2009.
13) What is the opportunity identifier for this RFI?
The notice references the identifier DE-SOL-0001140, and notes it was also posted through FedBizOpps and FedConnect under the same identifier.
14) Where is the full RFI language provided?
The complete RFI language is provided in an attachment titled "Request for Information - ARPA-E - 08 31 09."
15) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The notice indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement, which aligns with the fact that this is an information-gathering RFI rather than a funding award action.
16) What CFDA number is associated with this ARPA-E notice?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 81.135 (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy).
17) What category is this opportunity listed under?
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and tied to the Recovery Act funding activity category, but it does not function as a grant competition.
18) Who should be contacted for technical help accessing the announcement?
For access and technical assistance retrieving the announcement, the notice provides the IIPS helpdesk contact: iipshelpdesk@e-center.doe.gov.
19) Who is the ARPA-E point of contact listed in the notice?
The notice lists an ARPA-E point of contact for problems related to linking to the opportunity materials: Brad Poston at Bradley.Poston@hq.doe.gov.
20) What should respondents expect to receive after submitting?
The notice describes ARPA-E's intent to use submissions to inform planning and potential future program design. It does not describe awards, selections, or funding decisions associated with this RFI itself.
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