Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy grants

Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (DOE-ARPAE) currently lists 1 open federal funding opportunity on Grants.gov.

Open opportunities

• SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL (SCALEUP) READY
  Open DE-FOA-0003467 · closes September 29, 2029

Recently closed

• INSPIRING GENERATIONS OF NEW INNOVATORS TO IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES IN ENERGY 2026 (IGNIITE 2026)
  Closed DE-FOA-0003624 · closed August 26, 2026
• High-performance Optimized Recycled Nuclear Isotopes for Gen IV reactors (HORNIG)
  Closed DE-FOA-0003623 · closed August 6, 2026
• SPURRING PROJECTS TO ADVANCE ENERGY RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE SWIFTLY (SPARKS)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003164 · closed April 28, 2026
• Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies SBIR/STTR (SUPERHOT SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003557 · closed March 5, 2026
• Stimulate Utilization of Plentiful Energy in Rocks through High-temperature Original Technologies (SUPERHOT)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003556 · closed March 5, 2026
• CATALYTIC APPLICATION TESTING FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING CHEMISTRIES VIA HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION AND MODELING EFFICIENTLY (CATALCHEM-E)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003505 · closed February 25, 2026
• Reliable Ore Characterization with Keystone Sensing SBIR/STTR (ROCKS SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003593 · closed September 25, 2025
• Reliable Ore Characterization with Keystone Sensing (ROCKS)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003592 · closed September 25, 2025
• MAGNETIC ACCELERATION GENERATING NEW INNOVATIONS AND TACTICAL OUTCOMES SBIR/STTR (MAGNITO SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003591 · closed September 24, 2025
• Magnetic Acceleration Generating New Innovations and Tactical Outcomes (MAGNITO)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003590 · closed September 24, 2025
• Request for Information (RFI) on Active Substations with Flexible Large Power Transformers
  Archived DE-FOA-0003581 · closed September 22, 2025
• Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters SBIR/STTR (RECOVER SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003511 · closed August 28, 2025
• Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters (RECOVER)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003510 · closed August 28, 2025
• Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) 2025
  Archived DE-FOA-0003477 · closed March 7, 2025
• PLANT ENGINEERING TO REVOLUTIONIZE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND HEIGHTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOVEL EFFICIENCY SBIR/STTR (PERSEPHONE SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003552 · closed March 4, 2025
• PLANT ENGINEERING TO REVOLUTIONIZE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND HEIGHTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOVEL EFFICIENCY (PERSEPHONE)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003551 · closed March 4, 2025
• DISRUPTIVE DC CONVERTERS FOR GRID RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SBIR/STTR (DC-GRIDS SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003500 · closed March 3, 2025
• DISRUPTIVE DC CONVERTERS FOR GRID RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (DC-GRIDS)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003499 · closed March 3, 2025
• GRID RELIABILITY WITH AUTOMATIC DAMPING AND INERTIA FOR ELECTRICAL NETWORKS AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS SBIR/STTR (GRADIENTS SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003555 · closed February 14, 2025
• GRID RELIABILITY WITH AUTOMATIC DAMPING AND INERTIA FOR ELECTRICAL NETWORKS AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (GRADIENTS)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003554 · closed February 14, 2025
• HARNESSING AUTONOMY FOR ENERGY JOINT VENTURES OFFSHORE SBIR/STTR (HAEJO SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003537 · closed February 13, 2025
• HARNESSING AUTONOMY FOR ENERGY JOINT VENTURES OFFSHORE (HAEJO)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003536 · closed February 13, 2025
• Request for Information (RFI) on Nuclear Heat for Modular Process Intensification in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
  Archived DE-FOA-0003534 · closed February 12, 2025
• Galvanizing Leaps in Advanced Super INsulating Glass (GLASING)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003488 · closed February 7, 2025
• Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry SBIR/STTR (QC3 SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003483 · closed February 6, 2025
• CATALYTIC APPLICATION TESTING FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING CHEMISTRIES VIA HIGH-THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION AND MODELING EFFICIENTLY SBIR/STTR (CATALCHEM-E SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003506 · closed December 17, 2024
• RFI on Geologic Hydrogen Resource Exploration
  Archived DE-FOA-0003494 · closed December 2, 2024
• Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry (QC3)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003482 · closed November 21, 2024
• Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON), DE-FOA-0003418
  Archived DE-FOA-0003418 · closed November 21, 2024
• Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) SBIR/STTR, DE-FOA-0003419
  Archived DE-FOA-0003419 · closed November 21, 2024
• Request for Information (RFI) Plant Genetic Engineering for Energy Applications
  Archived DE-FOA-0003470 · closed November 11, 2024
• Request for Information (RFI) - Three-Dimensional Characterization of the Subsurface by Advanced Modeling and Sensing Techniques
  Archived DE-FOA-0003480 · closed November 4, 2024
• TECHNOLOGIES TO EMEND AND OBVIATE SYNTHETIC NITROGEN’S TOLL ON EMISSIONS (TEOSYNTE SBIR/STTR)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003408 · closed October 30, 2024
• TECHNOLOGIES TO EMEND AND OBVIATE SYNTHETIC NITROGEN’S TOLL ON EMISSIONS (TEOSYNTE)
  Archived DE-FOA-0003405 · closed October 30, 2024
• Vision OPEN 2024
  Archived DE-FOA-0003387 · closed October 29, 2024

Assistance Listings with funding history

• 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
  $799.9M obligated FY2024–FY2026 · 992 awards · 1 open