Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy

Description

AVIATION-CLASS SYNERGISTICALLY COOLED ELECTRIC-MOTORS WITH INTEGRATED DRIVES (ASCEND) SBIR/STTR The purpose of this modification is to incorporate changes to the Funding Opportunity Announcement, DE-FOA-0002239. Accordingly, this modification: • Inserted certain deadlines, including the deadlines for submitting questions and Full Applications. Modified Anticipated Award Range. See Cover Page and Required Documents Checklist. • Changed naming from ASCEND Phase I and ASCEND Phase II to ASCEND Phase 1 and ASCEND Phase 2, to clearly distinguish from SBIR/STTR Phases (i.e., Phases I, II, and IIS). • Updated Section I.E.3 Program Structures and Deliverables • Updated Section II.A Award Overview. • Revised the following sections of the FOA to provide guidance on required application forms and the content and form of Full Applications and Replies to Reviewer Comments: Required Documents Checklist and Sections IV.A, IV.D, IV.E, and IV.G of the FOA. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the templates provided on ARPA‐E eXCHANGE (https://arpa‐e‐foa.energy.gov). • Inserted criteria that ARPA‐E will use to evaluate Full Applications, see Section V.A.2 of the FOA. • Inserted criteria that ARPA‐E will use to evaluate Replies to Reviewer Comments in Section V.A.3 of the FOA. • Inserted an additional Program Policy Factor in Section V.B.1. • Inserted information on the anticipated announcement and award dates, see Section V.C of the FOA. • Inserted information concerning Full Application Notifications, see Section VI.A.3 of the FOA. • Inserted Administrative and National Policy Requirements, see Section VI.B of the FOA. • Inserted Reporting Requirements, see Section VI.C of the FOA. • Inserted additional Definitions, see Section IX of the FOA. 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 other means. For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the ARPA-E eXCHANGE User Guide at https://arpa-e-foa-energy.gov/Manuals.aspx.

Who can apply

• Small businesses

Contact

Contracting Officer ARPA-E CO <br/>arpa-e-co@hq.doe.gov
arpa-e-co@hq.doe.gov