ARPA-E Archived Funding Opportunities

DE-FOA-0000471: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage (HEATS)

More than 90% of energy technologies involve the transport and conversion of thermal energy. Therefore, advancements in thermal energy storage – both hot and cold – would dramatically improve performance for a variety of critical energy applications. ARPA-E seeks to develop revolutionary cost-effective thermal energy storage technologies in three focus areas: 1) high temperature storage systems to deliver solar electricity more efficiently around the clock and allow nuclear and fossil baseload resources the flexibility to meet peak demand, 2) fuel produced from the sun’s heat, and 3) HVAC systems that use thermal storage to dramatically improve the driving range of electric vehicles.

Documents

HEATS FOA Mod 003_6.27.2011 (Last Updated: 4/20/2011 09:44 AM ET)

Previous Versions

SF-424: Application for Federal assistance. (Last Updated: 6/14/2011 04:50 PM ET)
SF424A: High Level Budget Spreadsheet. Must provide separate tabs by yearly period and total amount. Applicants must also provide tabs for the yearly and total budgets for any subawardees that are expected to perform 10% or more of the total project costs. (Last Updated: 6/17/2011 02:26 PM ET)
Budget Justification: Detailed budget spreadsheet. Must provide separate tabs by yearly period and total amount. Applicants must also provide tabs for the yearly and total budgets for any subawardees that are expected to perform 10% or more of the total project costs. (Last Updated: 6/17/2011 08:46 AM ET)
Budget Justification Guidance (Last Updated: 6/17/2011 08:49 AM ET)
NEPA Questionnaire: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance certification form. (Last Updated: 6/14/2011 04:49 PM ET)
Public Summary Form: Public (non-confidential) project summary in paragraph format to be released to the public in the event an award is made (Last Updated: 6/14/2011 04:50 PM ET)
Sample Indirect Rate Proposal (Last Updated: 6/14/2011 04:50 PM ET)
Summary Slide: Project summary in PowerPoint format (Last Updated: 6/14/2011 04:51 PM ET)

Contact Information

ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.govFor questions regarding Funding Opportunity Announcements
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ExchangeHelp@hq.doe.govFor questions regarding ARPA-E’s online application portal, ARPA-E eXCHANGE.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Responses to questions are posted to the FAQs webpage.

Submission Deadlines

Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 5/19/2011 5:00 PM ET
Full Application Submission Deadline: 7/18/2011 5:00 PM ET
View Full Application Reviewer Comments Period: 8/23/2011 12:00 PM ET – 8/25/2011 5:00 PM ET