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<div><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning! The report attached and below provides information on an opportunity to comment on the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) draft Open Funding Opportunity Announcement (Open FOA) with a funding solicitation planned to be issued on or about March 2, 2012. ARPA-E is seeking ideas for high-risk, high-reward transformational research on new energy technologies. ARPA-E plans to provide up to $150 million through the Open FOA. The current Request for Information (RFI) provides an opportunity for researchers to inform the Open FOA. <b>Comments under the Request for Information (RFI) are due to ARPA-E no later than February 29, 2012 with the funding announcement planned for early March.</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">In the current draft for public comment, the agency emphasizes that it is taking a broad look at potentially transformational energy-related research. The draft Open FOA provides a list of research areas of interest, but does not limit subject areas. ARPA-E has also included such areas as resource identification, extraction, transportation and use; and energy generation, storage, and use with an emphasis on the transportation and stationary power sectors. In the Department of Energy’s first Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR) published last September, these two sectors were called out as priorities for energy technology development.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Congress provided $275 million for ARPA-E for fiscal year (FY) 2012. The upcoming Open FOA is the first call for proposals this year, and it is a departure from past RFIs which have been targeted to specific program areas.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Opportunity to Comment: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Issues Request for Information on Draft Open Funding Opportunity Announcement – Comments Due February 29; Funding Announcement in Early March</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><i>Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – February 10, 2012</i><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">
<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) anticipates issuing an Open Funding Opportunity Announcement (Open FOA) on or about March 2, 2012. ARPA-E is seeking ideas for high-risk, high-reward transformational research on new energy technologies. ARPA-E plans to provide up to $150 million through the Open FOA. The current Request for Information (RFI) provides an opportunity for researchers to inform the Open FOA to be announced in early March. <b>Comments under the RFI are due to ARPA-E no later than February 29, 2012.</b> Information on the RFI, including a link to the full draft Open FOA, can be found at: <a href="https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/" target="_blank">https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Congress provided $275 million for ARPA-E for fiscal year (FY) 2012. The upcoming Open FOA is the first call for proposals this year, and it is a departure from past RFIs which have been targeted to specific program areas.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">In the current draft for public comment, the agency emphasizes that it is taking a broad look at potentially transformational energy-related research. ARPA-E includes such areas as resource identification, extraction, transportation and use; and energy generation, storage, and use with an emphasis on the transportation and stationary power sectors. In the Department of Energy’s first Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR) published last September, these two sectors were called out as priorities for energy technology development.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">ARPA-E classifies areas of research responsive to their interests as including (but not limited to) the generation of electricity from renewable and non-renewable sources; the transmission of electricity as well as storage and distribution; improved energy efficiency in all sectors; and technologies supporting transportation, including fuels, electric vehicles, and improved energy efficiency. The agency seeks concepts that can be developed to a point where the technology can be moved to the next level of development with emphasis on actual delivery of project goals.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">The RFI lists the technical categories and subcategories of interest to ARPA-E’s mission areas. The categories include renewable power (non-bio); bioenergy; transportation; conventional generation (non-renewable); the grid; building efficiency; and other, which includes subcategories such as water production/reuse; advanced manufacturing; behavioral/education; data centers and computation; high-temperature materials; critical materials; etc., and finally technologies which don’t fit into other categories.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">ARPA-E underscores that it will not accept applications that were previously submitted; that are focused on basic research; that represent incremental improvements to existing technologies; and that are not transformational, etc.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Carole<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Carole McGuire</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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