ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) (93.384)
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) (Assistance Listing 93.384) is run by the Departmental Offices, part of the Department of the Interior. It awarded $524 million in 42 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $12.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $9.6 million. Half of the 42 awards fell between $5.3 million and $17.3 million, and they ranged from $1.7 million to $31.3 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$524 million
- Grant awards42
- Typical award$9.6 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$127 million
- Size rank360 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreement
Key findings
- It is the 360th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 90% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 19 states and territories.
What the program funds
The purpose of this program is to coordinate the acceleration of biomedical and health breakthroughs to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for everyone by – (A) facilitating collaboration between Advance Research Projects Agency for Health and other Federal agencies, relevant industries, academia, and other persons, with respect to advance high-potential, high impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research and commercial activity; (B) identifying and promoting revolutionary advanced in health sciences; (C) promoting high reward innovation to develop high need cures (D) ensuring that the United States maintains, global leadership and science and innovation and the highest quality of life and health for its citizens.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
All types of entities are eligible, including highly qualified foreign nationals outside of the United States either alone or in collaboration with American participants when such transactions may benefit the American people. Applicants should review the Innovative Solutions Openings issued under this ARPA-H program. Nondomestic recipients are encouraged to collaborate with a domestic entity. Awards shall not be made to nondomestic entities organized under the laws of a covered foreign country.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Awards are planned to assist in ARPA-H's goal of bringing transformational health solutions to all Americans. 100% of funds are for discretionary activities.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
See the funding opportunity announcements for deadlines.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Range: $50K -$300M Average Award Size: $25M
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2024: THEA: Transplantation of Human Eye Allografts. APECX: Antigens Predicted for Broad Viral Efficacy through Computational Experimentation. SARRTS: Supervised Autonomous Robotics Renal Tumor Surgery. MASCOT: Manufacturing Agile and SCalable Organoid Tumor models. PSI: Precision Surgical InterventionsFiscal Year2025: DACART: CAR T-Cellular Vaccine for Solid Cancers. AFC-HEALTH: The American Family Cohort-Enhancing and Validating Primary Care Data for Improving Urban and Rural Health. CHD: Eliminating Out-of-Hospital Adverse Events for Everyone with Congenital Heart Disease. CHI: Cyber Health Intelligence.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H) (93.384) awarded $524 million across 42 grant awards, an average of $12.5 million per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 96% of the money, small businesses 2.0% and nonprofits 1.0%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 35 | $504 million | 96% |
| Small businesses | 4 | $10.5 million | 2.0% |
| Nonprofits | 2 | $5.4 million | 1.0% |
| Other | 1 | $4.0 million | 0.8% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 8 | $135 million |
| Texas | 5 | $62.0 million |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $48.9 million |
| Tennessee | 4 | $45.9 million |
| Washington | 2 | $38.9 million |
| Georgia | 2 | $33.7 million |
| Illinois | 3 | $30.2 million |
| Missouri | 2 | $29.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | $24.9 million |
| New York | 1 | $18.5 million |
| North Carolina | 1 | $13.4 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $12.1 million |
| Louisiana | 1 | $9.4 million |
| Maryland | 1 | $5.9 million |
| District of Columbia | 2 | $4.4 million |
| Minnesota | 1 | $3.7 million |
| Arkansas | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $2.7 million |
| Florida | 1 | $1.8 million |