ARPA-E IMPACT / SCALEUP

ARPA-E IMPACT / SCALEUP sits under the US Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and is built as a follow-on path for ARPA-E projects moving toward larger clean-energy scale. The notes frame it as SCALEUP, and the target is clearly post-research rather than early discovery. It gives companies a bridge from technical success to something that can carry deployment weight. The program is a grant route with awards from $5 million to $30 million and a median award of $12 million. It runs annually, is limited to US-based for-profit applicants, and expects TRL 4 to 8. The route also sets a 30% match-funding requirement, so applicants need a credible co-investment plan as well as a strong technical case. The sector focus is clean energy scale, and the routing works best for teams that already have a working platform, a defined scale-up plan, and a project that stands on its own rather than needing to be stacked with another award. The strongest applicants will look like companies that can absorb the operational burden of a larger award and explain why ARPA-E is the right transition point. This is a growth-stage federal grant, not a first-check research program.

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.