The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to challenge the research community to develop groundbreaking technologies that could create a future energy landscape dramatically different from the one surrounding us today. More specifically, the Vision includes three goals that are critical to achieving a sustainable energy and carbon transition with: 1) Abundant greenhouse gas (GHG)-free primary energy; 2) An intermodal energy superhighway that transports diversified forms of primary energy, and 3) A carbon transition that sustainably meets the demand for polymers and other materials. Together, these goals will enable a novel and robust global energy system that meets the needs of future generations.
As described in more detail below, the purpose of this announcement is to facilitate the formation of new project teams to respond to Vision OPEN 2024. The FOA provides specific program goals, topics and subtopics, and selection criteria. FOA terms are controlling. The full Vision OPEN 2024 FOA can be found on ARPA-E eXCHANGE.
ARPA-E is compiling a Teaming Partner List for Vision OPEN 2024 as an optional tool that potential applicants may choose to utilize to facilitate the formation of new project teams and identify potential collaborations. Teaming partners include organizations and individuals who can offer expertise, facilities, or other complementary resources toward a potential ARPA-E project. The teaming list identifies partners’ capabilities as well as their areas of interest, understanding that expertise and experience in one field can often be applied successfully to a new field.
ARPA-E strongly encourages outstanding scientists and engineers from different organizations, scientific disciplines, and technology sectors to form new project teams. Interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration spanning organizational boundaries enables and accelerates the achievement of scientific and technological outcomes that were previously viewed as extremely difficult, if not impossible.
The Vision OPEN 2024 Teaming Partner List is available on ARPA-E eXCHANGE (http://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov), ARPA-E’s online application portal, starting in May 2024. The Teaming Partner List will be updated periodically until the close of the Full Application period to reflect new Teaming Partners who have provided their information.
Any organization that would like to be included on this list should complete all required fields in the following link: https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Applicantprofile.aspx. Required information includes the following: Organization Name, Contact Name, Contact Address, Contact Email, Contact Phone, Organization Type, Area of Technical Expertise, and a description of Background, Interest, and Capabilities. In the Background, Interest, and Capabilities, please specify the Vision OPEN 2024 Goal(s), Topic(s), and Subtopic(s) that the organization’s expertise applies to.
By submitting a response to this Notice, you consent to the publication of the above-referenced information. By facilitating this Teaming Partner List, ARPA-E does not endorse or otherwise evaluate the qualifications of the entities that self-identify for placement on the Teaming Partner List. ARPA-E will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses submitted to other email addresses or by other means will not be considered. This list is completely voluntarily to participate in and utilize. ARPA-E will not identify or facilitate connections through the teaming list and participation in the list has no bearing whatsoever on the evaluation of applications submitted to the potential FOA.
This Notice does not constitute a FOA. Applicants must refer to the Vision OPEN 2024 FOA, issued on May 22, 2024, for instructions on submitting an application and for the terms and conditions of funding. Questions about the FOA should be directed to ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.gov.