The purpose of this amendment is to change the submission due date to June 20, 201 9.
Request For Information (RFI) - Pre-pilot and Pilot R&D Projects to Scale, Mature, and Advance ARPA-E Funded Technologies.
This is a Request for Information only.
This RFI is not
credit:
accepting applications for financial assistance The purpose of this RFI is solely to solicit input for ARPA-E consideration to inform the possible formulation of future programs.
ARPA-E is seeking information to help frame a potential new funding opportunity for public-private partnerships supporting the further refinement, scaling, and piloting of successful ARPA-E technologies.
The potential program would collaborate with investors and private sector partners to advance promising technologies developed under ARPA-E awards (both prior and ongoing) to pre-pilot and pilot R&D projects.
The projects would need to demonstrate scalability, reliability, and manufacturability.
Success of these scale-up/pilot projects will establish the path forward to continued private sector development and deployment of these transformational technologies.
In addition to the energy-related benefits, this development would establish a new manufacturing base for energy technologies in the U.
S.
Through this RFI, ARPA-E seeks to:
• Identify successful ARPA-E technologies that have established proof of concept and are ready for scaling R&D projects in manufacturability, reliability, etc.
• Identify the companies that propose to lead the next stage of development for these ARPA-E technologies.
• Gauge interest from potential investors and industry partners to support and participate in scale-up/pilot projects.
• Frame the structure and management for potential funding opportunities to support scale-up/pilot projects of ARPA-E technologies with investor and industry participation.
• Facilitate engagement between innovators and partners, specifically to make connections in advance of the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in July 201 9.
More detailed information follows on the background of the technology and competitiveness challenges ARPA-E seeks to address, the different groups of stakeholders ARPA-E hopes to engage, and the potential next steps for such a funding opportunity.
The information you provide may be used by ARPA-E in support of program planning.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMAITON ONLY.
THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA).
NO FOA EXISTS AT THIS TIME.