Closed · DE-FOA-0001979 · CFDA 81.135 · Discretionary

Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely (BREAKERS)

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

$250K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
November 13, 2018
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely (BREAKERS) is a closed discretionary listing from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy that offered $250,000 -- $1,000,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 183 other opportunities from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy.

$250K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
81.135
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilo… is closed (last close November 13, 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 November 13, 2018

Posted Sep 12 Closes Nov 13

Est. Total Funding

$15,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

BUILDING RELIABLE ELECTRONICS TO ACHIEVE KILOVOLT EFFECTIVE RATINGS SAFELY (BREAKERS) Modification 000002 The purpose of this modification is to remove inaccurate/ irrelevant information stated in Section IV.A.2. To apply to this FOA, Applicants must register with ARPA-E eXCHANGE (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.aspx. Full Applications and Replies to Reviewer Comments must be submitted through ARPA-E eXCHANGE (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/login.aspx). ARPA-E will not review or consider applications submitted through other means (e.g., fax, hand delivery, email, postal mail). For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the “ARPA-E eXCHANGE Applicant Guide” (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0001979

Grants.gov marks Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilo… 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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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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What to do next

Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilo… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.135 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Environmental Cleanup indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy lists 183 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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