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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
|OrganizationType=Research and Development Agencies (Sub-organization)
|Mission=ARPA-E advances high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment, aiming to radically improve U.S. economic prosperity, national security, and environmental well-being.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Energy
|TopOrganization=Department of Energy
|CreationLegislation=America COMPETES Act
|Employees=100
|Budget=$470 million [2023 FY]
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|Services=Funding for transformational energy technology projects; Technology-to-Market program; Energy Innovation Summit
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89455, -77.03324
|HeadquartersAddress=1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20585, USA
|Website=https://arpa-e.energy.gov/
}}
{{Short description|Agency of the U.S. Energy Department}}
{{Short description|Agency of the U.S. Energy Department}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Lead too short|date=March 2021}}
{{update|date=June 2023}}
}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
| abbreviation = ARPA-E
| image = ARPA-E logo 2021.png
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = [[Evelyn Wang]]
| formation = {{start date and age|2009}}
| type = [[Governmental organization]]
| parent_organization = [[United States Department of Energy|US Department of Energy]]
| website = {{URL|arpa-e.energy.gov}}
}}


'''ARPA-E''', or '''Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy''' is a [[United States government]] agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies. It is modeled after the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA).
'''ARPA-E''', or '''Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy''' is a [[United States government]] agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies. It is modeled after the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA).
{{As of|since=y|2023|01|post=,}} the director is [[Evelyn Wang]].<ref name="Leadership">{{cite web |date=January 9, 2023 |title=Dr. Evelyn Wang Sworn In as Director of ARPA-E |url=https://arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media/press-releases/dr-evelyn-wang-sworn-director-advanced-research-projects-agency |url-status=live |access-date= |website=[[United States Department of Energy|DoE]] ARPA-E |publisher=[[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]}}</ref>


==History and mission==
==History and mission==
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=== Launch ===
=== Launch ===
ARPA-E was created as part of the America COMPETES act signed by President [[George W. Bush]] in August 2007. President [[Barack Obama]] announced the launch of ARPA-E on April 27, 2009 as part of an announcement about federal investment in research and development and science education. Soon after its launch, ARPA-E released its first [[Funding Opportunity Announcement]], offering $151 million in total with individual awards ranging from $500,000 to $9 million. Applicants submitted eight-page "concept papers" that outlined the technical concept; some were invited to submit full applications.<ref name="apr09">{{cite news|url=http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12478 |title=DOE Launches the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E |date=April 29, 2009 |work=EERE news |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123810/http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id%3D12478 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
ARPA-E was created as part of the America COMPETES act signed by President George W. Bush in August 2007. President [[Barack Obama]] announced the launch of ARPA-E on April 27, 2009 as part of an announcement about federal investment in research and development and science education. Soon after its launch, ARPA-E released its first [[Funding Opportunity Announcement]], offering $151 million in total with individual awards ranging from $500,000 to $9 million. Applicants submitted eight-page "concept papers" that outlined the technical concept; some were invited to submit full applications.<ref name="apr09">{{cite news|url=http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12478 |title=DOE Launches the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E |date=April 29, 2009 |work=EERE news |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123810/http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id%3D12478 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>


[[Arun Majumdar]], former deputy director of the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]], was appointed the first director of ARPA-E in September 2009, over six months after the organization was first funded.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/09/18/arpa-e-nomination/ |title=White House nominates Berkeley Lab's Majumdar to head key DOE agency |date=September 18, 2009 |work=Berkeley Lab News Center |access-date= August 14, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080234/http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/09/18/arpa-e-nomination/| archive-date= 16 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>  
[[Arun Majumdar]], former deputy director of the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]], was appointed the first director of ARPA-E in September 2009, over six months after the organization was first funded.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/09/18/arpa-e-nomination/ |title=White House nominates Berkeley Lab's Majumdar to head key DOE agency |date=September 18, 2009 |work=Berkeley Lab News Center |access-date= August 14, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716080234/http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/09/18/arpa-e-nomination/| archive-date= 16 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>  
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'''August 9, 2007'''
'''August 9, 2007'''


President [[George W. Bush]] signed into law the America COMPETES Act that codified many of the recommendations in the National Academies report, thus creating ARPA-E.
President George W. Bush signed into law the America COMPETES Act that codified many of the recommendations in the National Academies report, thus creating ARPA-E.


'''April 27, 2009'''
'''April 27, 2009'''
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