ARPA-E OPEN (next cycle)
Funds high-risk energy technologies in United States with cross-cutting potential for climate and industrial transformation.
ARPA-E OPEN is the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy's broad-aperture call for transformational energy technologies that do not fit within the agency's existing focused programs. It is the largest and most inclusive ARPA-E solicitation by eligibility, accepting proposals from companies, universities, non-profits, and national laboratories across any energy technology domain that addresses…
Transformational energy and climate technologies that fall outside ARPA-E's existing focused programs. Recent Vision OPEN themes: greenhouse-gas-free abundant primary energy; intermodal energy transport; sustainable carbon transition for polymers and materials.
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