OpportunityTitle: OPEN 2015
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Please see Section III.A of DE-FOA-0001261 for more information on eligibility.
Description: The purpose of this modification is to incorporate changes to the Funding Opportunity Announcement, DE-FOA-00001261. Accordingly this modification, &#8226;Inserted certain deadlines, including the deadlines for submitting questions and Full Applications. See Cover Page and Required Documents Checklist. &#8226;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.E, IV.F, and IV.H of the FOA. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the templates provided on ARPA&#8208;E eXCHANGE (https://arpa&#8208;e&#8208;foa.energy.gov). &#8226;Inserted criteria that ARPA&#8208;E will use to evaluate Full Applications, see Section V.A.2 of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted criteria that ARPA&#8208;E will use to evaluate Replies to Reviewer Comments in Section V.A.3 of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted Program Policy Factors, see Section V.B.1 of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted information on the anticipated announcement and award dates, see Section V.B.4 of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted information concerning Full Application Notifications, see Section VI.A.3 of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted Administrative and National Policy Requirements, see Section VI.B of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted Reporting Requirements. See Section VI.C of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted criteria that ARPA-E will use to respond to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), see Section VII.A of the FOA. &#8226;Inserted information concerning Class Waivers. See Section VIII.F of the FOA. &#8226;Revised the instructions on submitting questions about the FOA. See the footer of each page 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 concept papers submitted through other means. 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).
GrantorContactText: Renee E. Sperling 202-287-6341&lt;br/&gt;renee.sperling@hq.doe.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: The submission deadline for Full Applications is 6/29/2015.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit at least 48 hours in advance of the submission deadlines.