Closed · DE-FOA-0001978 · CFDA 81.135 · Discretionary

RFI - High Efficiency Internal Combustin Engine Development

Federal grant opportunity posted by Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$1
Award range
Closed
Status
September 21, 2018
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

RFI - High Efficiency Internal Combustin Engine Development is a closed discretionary listing from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy that offered $1 -- $1 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 183 other opportunities from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy.

$1-$1
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
81.135
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

RFI - High Efficiency Internal Combustin Engi… is closed (last close September 21, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 81.135 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy still indexes 183 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 21, 2018

Posted Aug 21 Closes Sep 21

Est. Total Funding

$1

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

Request for Information only. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance. The purpose of this RFI is solely to solicit input for ARPA-E consideration to inform possible formulation of future programs. The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) of the US Department of Energy is seeking information concerning the current state of development of advanced, high-efficiency internal combustion engines (ICEs) suitable for light truck and SUV applications, as well as an indication of the potential of these engines to meet future vehicle performance, fuel efficiency and emissions requirements. The target vehicle application of interest for the ICEs is in the light-duty 6,001-8,500 lbs GVWR range (in the EPA LDT classification), and includes full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). ARPA-E seeks information on (i) the current status of technical development of any high-efficiency ICE that is suitable for, and capable of meeting the performance, utility and emissions requirements of the above target vehicle application, and (ii) what further technical developments are required before such an engine can be successfully integrated into a target vehicle, as a necessary technical demonstration before the commercialization of that engine can be achieved. ARPA-E is seeking information on ICEs that currently exist at an advanced level of development, albeit still prior to commercialization and full-scale production. ARPA-E is not interested in unproven ICE technologies, or technologies that have not yet been reduced to practice in the form of operating engines, or engines that do not yet exist in the size and power range suitable for the target vehicle application. Depending on the responses to this RFI, ARPA-E may consider the rapid initiation of one or more funded collaborative research projects to advance the state of the art of high-efficiency ICEs with the potential for substantial fuel savings in light-duty trucks and SUVs. The information you provide may be used by ARPA-E in support of program planning. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMEN (FOA). NO FOA EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0001978

Grants.gov marks RFI - High Efficiency Internal Combustin Engi… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy book (138 peers, 75% of 184).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.135

Environmental Cleanup

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

ARPA-E CO ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.gov

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