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|Mission=To fund and accelerate high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private sector investment. ARPA-E's mission is to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources, increase energy efficiency, and reduce energy-related emissions through transformative energy research and development. | |Mission=To fund and accelerate high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private sector investment. ARPA-E's mission is to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy sources, increase energy efficiency, and reduce energy-related emissions through transformative energy research and development. | ||
|ParentOrganization=Department of Energy | |ParentOrganization=Department of Energy | ||
|TopOrganization=Department of Energy | |||
|CreationLegislation=America COMPETES Act of 2007 | |CreationLegislation=America COMPETES Act of 2007 | ||
|Employees=120 | |Employees=120 | ||
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=== Launch === | === Launch === | ||
ARPA-E was created as part of the America COMPETES act signed by President | 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 | 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''' | ||