Closed · DE-FOA-0002166 · CFDA 81.135 · Discretionary

SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL 2019

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

$2M-$20M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 25, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL 2019 is a closed discretionary listing from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy that offered $2,000,000 -- $20,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 183 other opportunities from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy.

$2M-$20M
award range
Closed
application status
81.135
CFDA program
183
other opportunities from Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

Archived opportunity record

SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY… is closed (last close September 25, 2020). 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 25, 2020

Posted Dec 17 Closes Sep 25

Est. Total Funding

$75,000,000

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL 2019 (SCALEUP)The purpose of this modification is to incorporate changes to the Funding Opportunity Announcement, DE-FOA-0002166. To obtain a copy of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) please go to the ARPA-E website at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov. ARPA-E will not review or consider submissions submitted through means other than ARPA-E eXCHANGE. For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the ARPA-E eXCHANGE User Guider at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002166

Grants.gov marks SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Only 5 other Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 184).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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

Nicole D. Clopton 202-287-5489 nicole.clopton@hq.doe.gov Contracting Officer ARPA-E CO arpa-e-co@hq.doe.gov

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What to do next

SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY… 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

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants