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DE-FOA-0003510: Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters (RECOVER)

Closed Closed August 28, 2025 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003510 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Unlocking New Levels of Output and Capacity for Key Subsurface Resources (UNLOCK) (DE-FOA-0003630). Status: Closes November 20, 2026 (13 days left). It is in our archive of Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$4.0 million
• Award floor$1.5 million
• Total funding$40.0 million
• Expected awards16
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Other

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

See Section II.A of the NOFO.

More grants for nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses, businesses, individuals.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy awards averaged $1.9 million; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (43% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

Modification 03: - Inserted certain deadlines and updated dates, including the deadlines for submitting questions and Full Applications, see Cover Page, Required Documents Checklist, and Selection for Award Negotiations. - Updated total anticipated Federal Funds for the program. - Inserted information about indirect cost cap at 15% of Total Project Costs, see Funding Restrictions. - Inserted information about Due Diligence Review for Research, Technology and Economic Security, see Application Review. - Updated definition of ‘Project Team’ and ‘Participation’, see Eligible Applicants; updated definition of ‘Covered Individuals’, see Glossary. - Updated guidance on submitting a Summary Slide, Business Assurances and Disclosures Form, Budget Justification Workbook/SF-424A, and Reply to Reviewer Comments, see Application Contents and Format. - Added information regarding eXCHANGE login using Enhanced Identity Proofing, see Use of ARPA-E eXCHANGE. DE-FOA-0003510 – Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters To obtain a copy of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) please go to ARPA-E eXCHANGE at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov. To apply to this NOFO, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through ARPA-E eXCHANGE (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.aspx). For detailed guidance on using ARPA-E eXCHANGE, please refer to the ARPA-E eXCHANGE User Guide (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx). ARPA-E will not review or consider application materials submitted through other means. For problems with ARPA-E eXCHANGE, email ExchangeHelp@hq.doe.gov (with NOFO name and number in the subject line). Questions about this NOFO? Check the Frequently Asked Questions available at http://arpa-e.energy.gov/faq. For questions that have not already been answered, email ARPA-E-CO@hq.doe.gov. Agency Overview: The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), is chartered by Congress in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-69), as amended by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-358), as further amended by the Energy Act of 2020 (P.L.

Category: Opportunity Zone Benefits, Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003630, which is open now.

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