Awards made in response to the solicitation for focused programs support the aggressive technical targets established in that solicitation. This announcement is purposely broad in scope, and will cover a wide range of topics to encourage the submission of the most innovative and unconventional ideas in energy technology.
The program goal of ONWARDS is to support the development of technologies that address significant challenges to closing the back-end of advanced reactor AR nuclear fuel cycles.
Specifically, projects funded under the ONWARDS Program will develop and demonstrate sustainable technologies that will significantly improve the disposal impact of used nuclear fuel UNF and other waste streams stemming from the implementation of AR fuel cycles by developing innovative and cost-effective approaches in reprocessing, material accountancy, and waste forms.
B above , while simultaneously transforming buildings into net carbon storage structures. Specifically, projects funded under the HESTIA Program will develop and demonstrate building materials and whole-building designs that are net carbon negative see Section I.
B above from a wide range of potential feedstocks e. This FOA supports the development of viable technologies to achieve these metrics in a cost-effective manner to meet building construction industry demand for low-cost. Technical categories of interest are identified in Section I. E of the FOA. Performance targets for the technical categories of interest are provided in Section I.
F of the FOA. Section I. To ensure that the technologies developed through this Program are evaluated consistently and transparently, a separate solicitation[3] will be used to develop and perform Life Cycle Assessments LCAs in conjunction with and to support Applicants of this FOA.
C above , while simultaneously transforming buildings into net carbon storage structures. C above from a wide range of potential feedstocks e. G of the FOA. The objective of this program would be to nullify embodied emissions while driving the transformation of buildings into carbon sinks. The timing of this program coincides with the urgency in both achieving aggressive reductions in embodied emissions, particularly in new construction, as well as the need for market-ready negative emission technologies and practices for implementing carbon removal strategies.
Performance requirements for building construction and operational energy usage must also be satisfied and surpassed. These new designs will drive down both lifetime embodied and operational emissions while also incorporating carbon storing materials with the goal of cradle-to-grave carbon negative buildings.
We anticipate reuse and design for deconstruction as critical strategies in achieving this emission reduction goal. Of note, ARPA-E is considering funding a team or teams through a separate solicitation to perform Life Cycle Assessments LCAs in conjunction with the Building Materials and Design Teams for this FOA, to ensure that the technologies developed through this potential program are evaluated consistently and transparently. Multidisciplinary 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.
Furthermore, ARPA-E strongly encourages involving industry partners to advise and collaborate with these project teams, with the goal of achieving successful industry adoption and integration of the innovative technologies these projects teams develop.
A Teaming Partner List is being compiled to facilitate the formation of new project teams. Once posted, 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.
By submitting a response to this Announcement, respondents consent to the publication of the above-referenced information. Responses submitted to other email addresses or by other means will not be considered.
No FOA exists at this time. Applicants must refer to the final FOA, expected to be issued August , for instructions on submitting an application, the desired technical metrics, and for the terms and conditions of funding. As a component of this program, ARPA-E is considering funding a team or teams through a separate solicitation to perform Life Cycle Assessments LCAs in conjunction with the Building Materials and Design Teams, which would be selected under the Primary Solicitation, to analyze the environmental impacts of various carbon negative building materials under development through the program and to enable comparisons between materials and entire buildings consistently and transparently with sensitivity analyses.
ARPA-E empowers America's energy researchers with funding, technical assistance, and market readiness. We invest in short-term research projects that can have transformational impacts. ARPA-E does not fund basic or incremental research. Department of Energy. Open FOAs are generally issued every two to three years.
ANSWER: The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit is an annual conference that brings together thought leaders from academia, business, and government to discuss cutting-edge energy issues and facilitate relationships to help move technologies into the marketplace. Summit topics range from high-level overviews to focused discussions centered on developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies.
In addition, the Technology Showcase is a major attraction of the Summit and includes several hundred carefully selected transformational technologies—many of which are demonstrated publicly for the first time during the Summit.
Click here for more information on the Summit. Due to the volume of questions received, ARPA-E will only answer questions that have not yet been answered and posted at the above link. All emails must include the FOA name and number in the subject line. ARPA-E will not accept or respond to communications received by other means e.
Emails sent to other email addresses will be disregarded. ARPA-E will post responses on a weekly basis to questions that are received. ARPA-E will cease to accept questions approximately 5 business days in advance of each submission deadline.
Responses to questions received before the deadline will be posted approximately one business day in advance of the submission deadline. ARPA-E may re-phrase questions or consolidate similar questions for administrative purposes.
ARPA-E may consolidate similar questions for administrative purposes. ARPA-E will review compliant and responsive concept paper submissions and provide feedback either encouraging or discouraging submission of a Full Application. ARPA-E will provide support at the highest funding level only for applications with significant technology risk, aggressive timetables, and careful management and mitigation of associated risks.
ANSWER: Congress directed ARPA-E to establish and monitor project milestones, initiate research projects quickly, and just as quickly terminate or restructure projects if such milestones are not achieved.
See 10 C. ARPA-E may negotiate a TIA when it determines that the use of a standard cooperative agreement, grant, or contract is not feasible or appropriate for a project.
All entities selected for award negotiations must comply with pre-award requirements. Only in compelling circumstances, and only for discrete parts of a project that necessitate foreign work, would ARPA-E grant such a request.
Such requests are rarely made or granted. Project Teams are free to determine the allocation of project work among team members.
These clauses are controlling, but following is a brief summary of key topics:. Title to inventions arising from ARPA-E research : In almost all cases, Prime Recipients and Subrecipients may elect to retain title to the inventions of their employees conceived or first actually reduced to practice subject inventions under ARPA-E funding agreements.
This election is subject to 1 certain administrative requirements including the reporting the inventions to DOE and the filing of a patent application, and 2 the government retaining a government use license.
Inventions first actually reduced to practice, solely at private expense prior to issuance of an award : ownership is retained by the recipient.
No license is provided to the Government to use the invention. US manufacturing requirements : ARPA-E requires products embodying or produced through the use of subject inventions to be substantially manufactured in the United States by Project Teams and their licensees, as described below.
An awardee may request a modification or waiver of the U. Manufacturing Requirement. Small businesses that are Prime Recipients or Subrecipients under ARPA-E funding agreements are required to substantially manufacture the following products in the United States for any use or sale in the United States: 1 products embodying subject inventions, and 2 products produced through the use of subject invention s.
Small businesses must apply the same U. Manufacturing requirements to their assignees, licensees, and entities acquiring a controlling interest in the small business.
Small businesses must require their assignees and entities acquiring a controlling interest in the small business to apply the same U. Manufacturing requirements to their licensees. Large businesses and foreign entities that are Prime Recipients or Subrecipients under ARPA-E funding agreements are required to substantially manufacture the following products in the United States: 1 products embodying subject inventions, and 2 products produced through the use of subject invention s.
This requirement applies to products that are manufactured for use or sale in the United States and outside the United States. Large businesses and foreign entities must apply the same U.
Manufacturing requirements to their assignees, licensees, and entities acquiring a controlling interest in the large business or foreign entity.
Large businesses and foreign entities must require their assignees and entities acquiring a controlling interest in the large business or foreign entity to apply the same U. Universities must specifically ask that this protection be included in their awards. In addition, invention disclosures may be protected from public disclosure for a reasonable time in order to allow for filing a patent application. Government, may choose to retain limited rights to use or require delivery of such technical data only as necessary to monitor technical progress and evaluate the potential of proposed technologies to reach specific technical and cost metrics.
Government and the Laboratory. Applicants that anticipate the need for a foreign work waiver to perform some work outside of the U. Individuals are typically eligible to apply for funding. However, any ARPA-E award funding would need to be made to a business entity formed by the applicant, if selected for award negotiations. State, local and Tribal government entities are typically eligible to apply for funding as a member of a project team, but not as a Standalone Applicant or as the lead organization for a project team.
Every cost share contribution e. In addition, all cost share contributions must be allowable under the applicable Federal cost principles to be counted towards meeting the cost share requirement. Allowable in-kind contributions include, but are not limited to: 1 personnel costs; 2 indirect costs; 3 facilities and administrative costs; 4 rental value of buildings or equipment; and 5 the value of a service, other resource, or third-party in-kind contribution.
In addition, project teams may use funding or property received from state or local governments to meet the cost share requirement, so long as the funding or property was not provided to the state or local government by the Federal Government. Applicants may wish to refer to 2 C. Parts and , and 10 C.
R Part for additional guidance on cost sharing, specifically 2 C. Project Teams may not use the same cash or in-kind contributions to meet cost share requirements for more than one project or program. Applicants should carefully review the cost sharing requirements for the specific FOA to which they intend to submit a Concept Paper or Full Application. If the project does not continue beyond one year, the recipient will not be required to contribute cost share.
Any proposed cost share that will be contributed by a non-U. Applicants that are interested in potential cost share funding from State sources must contact the State sources directly. If Applicants exceed the maximum page lengths specified for each section, ARPA-E will review only the authorized number of pages and disregard any additional pages.
Applicants must provide sufficient citations and references to the primary research literature to justify the claims and approaches made in the Technical Volume. ARPA-E and reviewers may review primary research literature in order to evaluate applications. Second Component: SF The SF includes instructions for completing the form.
Applicants are required to complete all required fields in accordance with the instructions. Prime Recipients must complete each tab of the Budget Justification Workbook for the project as a whole, including all work to be performed by the Prime Recipient and its Subrecipients and Contractors.
Fourth Component: Summary for Public Release. Applicants are required to provide a word maximum Summary for Public Release. This summary should not include any confidential, proprietary, or privileged information. The summary should be written for a lay audience e. A of the FOA. The summary should be written at technical level suitable for a high-school science student and is designed for public release. E of the FOA for additional information on marking confidential information.
Fifth Component: Summary Slide. Applicants are required to provide a single PowerPoint slide summarizing the proposed project. The slide must be submitted in Microsoft PowerPoint format. The information must be submitted in Adobe PDF format. Seventh Component: U. Manufacturing Plan that should not exceed one page in length. Manufacturing Plans are a Program Policy Factor during the review and selection process. See Section V.
Manufacturing Plan must contain a commitment to the U. S manufacturing requirements stated in Section VI. In addition, the plan should include other specific and measurable commitments. For example, an Applicant may commit particular types of products to be manufactured in the U. These plans should not include requirements regarding the source of inputs used during the manufacturing process.
In addition to or instead of making a commitment tied to a particular product, the Applicant may make other types of commitments still beneficial to U. An Applicant may commit to a particular investment in a new or existing U. Manufacturing Plan, though the Applicant is not required to use the template as long as the Applicant provides all of the information noted above. When an Applicant is selected for an award, the U. Manufacturing Plan submitted by the Applicant will become part of the terms and conditions of the award.
It is important to note that the U. Manufacturing Plan is in support of and not a replacement for the U. Manufacturing Requirement described in Section VI. Manufacturing Plan is no longer economically feasible. F of the FOA.
Under this class patent waiver, domestic large businesses may elect title to their subject inventions similar to the right provided to the domestic small businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofits by law.
Manufacturing Plan submitted by the Applicant will become part of the terms and conditions of the award in addition to the requirements attaching to subject inventions. Content and Form of Replies to Reviewer Comments. Written feedback on Full Applications is made available to Applicants before the submission deadline for Replies to Reviewer Comments. Applicants have a brief opportunity to prepare a short Reply to Reviewer Comments responding to one or more comments or supplementing their Full Application.
ARPA-E will review and consider each compliant and responsive Full Application, even if no Reply is submitted or if the Reply is found to be noncompliant.
Replies to Reviewer Comments must conform to the following content and form requirements, including maximum page lengths, described below. Intergovernmental Review. Funding Restrictions. Allowable Costs. All expenditures must be allowable, allocable, and reasonable in accordance with the applicable Federal cost principles.
Pursuant to 2 C. Part The cost principles contained in 2 C. Part , Subpart E apply to all entities other than for-profits.
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