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[Rezwan]

Wow. Hot off the press. That’s dated April 27. Reading it, I see we are a great fit. We can check off all 4 boxes of the ARPA-E Mission Areas, and they DO have a box for Nuclear Fusion in the Application Areas. Even the amounts:

ARPA-E anticipates that most awards will be for total project costs in the range of $2 million to $5 million.

Now, to apply.

…ARPA-E applicants are required to submit a concept paper as the first step of the application process. ARPA-E will review the concept paper and provide early feedback on whether the kernel of the R&D;idea is likely to form a basis of a successful full application. Only after notification from ARPA-E on the concept paper will the applicant be permitted to submit a full application.

And we’re to do it via “Fedconnect“. Are we registered with them?

In any case, clicking the “Search public Opportunities” link and “Reference Number” DE-FOA-0000065 brings us to our target. (Somehow I can’t put a direct link here in the forum. As you see, it says “session ended” or you have to re-enter the ref #. So you have to go through the steps.)

Anyway, back to the concept paper:

The concept paper must be submitted through http://www.FedConnect.net. The total concept paper is limited to eight (8) pages, exclusive of the cover sheet (Appendix 1). All pages shall be formatted to fit on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper with type not smaller than 12 point and margins not less than one inch on every side. The concept paper must be submitted as a PDF file. The page limitation for applications includes all figures, tables, and charts. The submission of other supporting materials is strongly discouraged as it will not be considered for review. All applications must be written in English.
No later than one week prior to the concept paper submission deadline, the applicant must submit a web-based cover sheet through http://www.arpa-e.energy.gov/foa/coverpage.html (Appendix 1). Once the cover page is submitted, ARPA-E will email the applicant an application control number. This number must be placed at the top right corner of each page of the concept paper.

So, it looks like the first step is the web-based cover sheet, and it’s not up yet – link above goes to page that says, “Link to Cover Sheet Template: Will be posted soon.” I suppose in a few days. We’re chomping at the bit here. But the application itself gives a sample.

Let’s do this thing!