ARPA-E

ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is an agency within the United States Department of Energy tasked with funding the research and development of advanced energy technologies. The goal of the agency is to improve U.S. economic prosperity, national security, and environmental well being. ARPA-E typically funds short-term research projects with the potential for a transformative impact. It is inspired by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The program directors at ARPA-E serve limited terms, in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and bias. the director is Conner Prochaska.[https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/22/23]

ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is an agency within the United States Department of Energy tasked with funding the research and development of advanced energy technologies. The goal of the agency is to improve U.S. economic prosperity, national security, and environmental well being. ARPA-E typically funds short-term research projects with the potential for a transformative impact. It is inspired by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The program directors at ARPA-E serve limited terms, in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and bias. the director is Conner Prochaska.[https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/22/23] ==History and mission== ===Legislative history=== ARPA-E was initially conceived by a report by the National Academies entitled Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. The report described a need for the US to stimulate innovation and develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy. ARPA-E was officially created by the America COMPETES Act , authored by Congressman Bart Gordon, within the United States Department of Energy (DOE) in 2007, though without a budget. The initial budget of about $400 million was a part of the economic stimulus bill of February 2009. In early January 2011, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 made additional changes to ARPA-E's structure; this structure is codified in Title 42, Chapter 149, Subchapter XVII, § 16538 of the United States Code. Among its main provisions, Section 16538 provides that ARPA-E shall achieve its goals through energy technology projects by doing the following: Identifying and promoting revolutionary advances in fundamental and applied sciences; Translating scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological innovations; and Accelerating transformational technological advances in areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty. ==References==

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