Timeline
2006
The National Academies release report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”.
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.
April 27, 2009
President Barack Obama allocated $400 million in funding to ARPA-E from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
September 18, 2009
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Arun Majumdar, as Director of ARPA-E.
October 22, 2009
Senate confirmed Dr. Arun Majumdar as ARPA-E’s first Director.
October 26, 2009
Department of Energy awarded $151 million in Recovery Act funds for 37 energy research projects under ARPA-E’s first Funding Opportunity Announcement.
December 7, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced ARPA-E’s second round of funding opportunities in the areas of “Electrofuels”, “Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT)” and “Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).”
March 1 – 3, 2010
ARPA-E hosted the inaugural “Energy Innovation Summit,” which attracted over 1,700 participants.
March 2, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced ARPA-E’s third round of funding opportunity in the areas of “Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS),” “Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT)” and “Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices (BEET-IT).”
April 29, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden announced 37 awarded projects under ARPA-E’s second funding opportunity.
July 12, 2010
Department of Energy Awarded $92 Million for 42 cutting-edge research projects under ARPA-E's third funding opportunity.
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