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NOTE: The Solicitations and topics listed on this site are copies from the various SBIR agency solicitations and are not necessarily the latest and most up-to-date. For this reason, you should visit the respective agency SBIR sites to read the official version of the solicitations and download the appropriate forms and rules.

  1. 1: Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL)

    Release Date: 08-08-2022Open Date: 08-08-2022Due Date: 09-19-2022Close Date: 09-19-2022

    As the U.S. works to decarbonize the transportation sector and produce an increasing amount of “clean” (zero emission) electricity, electric vehicles (EVs) become logical alternatives to internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, to accelerate and/or broaden EV adoption, consumer-centric considerations need to be more thoroughly addressed, including cost, convenience, reliability, and safety ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  2. U: SF6-Free Routes for Electrical Equipment (S-FREE)

    Release Date: 05-21-2021Open Date: 05-21-2021Due Date: 07-23-2021Close Date: 07-23-2021

    The goal of the Topic is to support development of alternative technologies which substitute SF6 in GIE with alternative gas, alternative gas mixtures, or vacuum-based technologies and address SF6 emissions across the life cycle of the equipment. Within the scope of this program, ARPA-E expects to evaluate the viability and risks associated with alternative gas solutions, identify potential new al ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  3. R: LOwering CO2: Models to Optimize Train Infrastructure, Vehicles, and Energy Storage (LOCOMOTIVES)

    Release Date: 09-23-2020Open Date: 09-23-2020Due Date: 11-23-2020Close Date: 11-23-2020

    Through this LOCOMOTIVES Topic, ARPA-E seeks the development of validated planning and simulation tools that are able to model the deployment of a wide range of ES technologies in the Class 1 Rail Freight sector and that determine associated lifecycle GHG emissions and levelized cost of Mt-km (LCOTKM) values over various time scales (e.g., 10, 20, 30 years). ARPA-E seeks the development of these t ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  4. 1: Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy (ECOSynBio)

    Release Date: 09-10-2020Open Date: 09-10-2020Due Date: 10-26-2020Close Date: 10-26-2020

    Carbon, as a major component of most fuels and materials, is the backbone of the modern global economy. Currently this requires reliance on fossilized carbon-based products which present sustainability, resource management, and greenhouse gas (GHG) exacerbated climate change challenges. Due to these challenges, there is the need for a global industrial transition towards sustainable production wit ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  5. 1: Ultrahigh Temperature Impervious Materials Advancing Turbine Efficiency (ULTIMATE)

    Release Date: 04-21-2020Open Date: 04-21-2020Due Date: 08-31-2020Close Date: 08-31-2020

    The ULTIMATE Program seeks to fund the development and demonstration of ultrahigh temperature materials that can operate continuously at 1300 ºC in a standalone material test environment (or with coatings, enabling gas turbine inlet temperatures of 1800 °C) or higher, targeting gas turbine applications in the power generation and aviation industries. The successful materials must be able to with ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  6. 1: Submarine Hydrokinetic and Riverine Kilo-Megawatt Systems (SHARKS)

    Release Date: 04-09-2020Open Date: 04-09-2020Due Date: 08-28-2020Close Date: 08-28-2020

    The SHARKS Program seeks to develop new designs for economically attractive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) for tidal and riverine currents. Tidal and riverine energy resources are renewable, have the advantage of being highly reliable and predictable, and are often co-located with demand centers, while HKT devices can be designed with low visual profiles and minimal environmental impact. These energy ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  7. L: Insulating Nanofluids and Solids to Upgrade our Large Aging Transformer Equipment (INSULATE)

    Release Date: 05-20-2020Open Date: 05-20-2020Due Date: 07-22-2020Close Date: 07-22-2020

    ARPA-E is interested in receiving Full Applications in support of exploring vital insulating elements in large power transformers (LPTs) in order to increase their resilience. In particular, the objective of this topic is to explore solutions related to increasing the life expectancy of the transformer, including: (i) high-performance solid insulation materials, (ii) advanced insulating fluids wit ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  8. M: Mining Incinerated Disposal Ash Streams (MIDAS)

    Release Date: 05-20-2020Open Date: 05-20-2020Due Date: 07-22-2020Close Date: 07-22-2020

    ARPA-E is interested in receiving Full Applications in support of advancing the recovery and reclamation of CMs and other valuable elements from MSWI ashes. The broad objective of the MIDAS topic is to explore (i) real-time, cost-effective elemental identification techniques for MSWI ash, (ii) economically feasible methods of concentrating and extracting elements that may initially be in low conce ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  9. N: Waste Into X (WIX)

    Release Date: 05-20-2020Open Date: 05-20-2020Due Date: 07-22-2020Close Date: 07-22-2020

    ARPA-E is interested in receiving Full Applications in support of advancing the beneficiation of MSWI ash into valuable products. The broad objective of the WiX topic is to explore (i) real-time, cost-effective characterization techniques for the MSWI ash output stream, (ii) the feasibility of adding co-feeds to waste pre-combustion, or to the MSWI ash post-combustion to yield a consistent product ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
  10. O: Direct Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Oceanwater (DOC)

    Release Date: 05-20-2020Open Date: 05-20-2020Due Date: 07-22-2020Close Date: 07-22-2020

    Capture of dispersed greenhouse gases (GHGs) is an important part of a diversified portfolio of technologies to mitigate U.S. GHG emissions. A large portion of the 5.2 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 emitted each year in the United States is released in relatively small quantities from distributed sources (e.g., from small point sources or some transportation sources). For such emissions, point source captur ...

    SBIR/STTRPhase I/Phase IIDepartment of EnergyARPA-E
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