Project Grant DEAR0002125
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,788,621 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois for the "HIGH EFFICIENCY, SOLID STATE MICROWAVE-POWERED HYDROGEN PLASMAS FOR USE IN DIRECT REDUCTION OF TACONITE ORE AND ORE CONCENTRATES IN A ROTARY KILN FURNACE" project. This 3-year project, with a start date of August 15, 2024, will develop a microwave-powered hydrogen plasma rotary kiln process for directly reducing iron ore...
- The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the Department of Energy, awarded a $3,159,114 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.135) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation on July 29, 2024. The 3-year ROSIE (Revolutionizing Ore to Steel to Impact Emissions) program aims to develop novel technologies for producing iron-based products from ore with zero greenhouse gas emissions from the ironmaking process and ultra-low lifecycle emissions. Key objectives include demonstrating...
- This $2,909,514 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA #81.135) supports Tufts University's project titled "Solving Ore Concentrate Reduction with New Chemistry" to revolutionize the ore-to-steel process and reduce emissions. The project aims to directly reduce iron ore concentrates using ammonia, eliminating CO2 emissions from ironmaking and reducing costs by 10-25%. As part of the project, the University of Minnesota's Natural...
- The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $2,820,071 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the DE-FOA-0003117 - Revolutionizing Ore to Steel to Impact Emissions (ROSIE) program. The award will fund a 3-year project titled "Ultrafast Hydrogen Microwave Plasma Reduction of Iron Ore" that aims to develop an innovative, fully electrified microwave hydrogen plasma process as a carbon-free approach to iron ore reduction. This...
- The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $2,102,353 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, under the ROSIE (Revolutionizing Ore to Steel to Impact Emissions) program. The 3-year, $35 million ROSIE program is developing novel technologies to produce iron-based products from iron-containing ores and alternative feedstocks without process emissions in the ironmaking step. The goal is to achieve cost...
- The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a 3-year, $35 million Cooperative Agreement under the ROSIE (Revolutionizing Ore to Steel to Impact Emissions) program to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The ROSIE program seeks to develop and demonstrate novel technologies that can produce iron-based products from iron-containing ores and alternative feedstocks without process emissions in the ironmaking step, while achieving cost parity with traditional...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) provides $2,814,082 to the University of Utah, in collaboration with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Center of Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT), to develop an innovative "Hydrogen-Reduction Melt-Less Steelmaking (HRMLES)" technology. This project aims to produce steel products through an integrated process of directly reducing iron ore...
- Grant Award Summary The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $1.1M Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, awarded on September 18, 2025, with a completion date of September 17, 2028. The project, titled "Gaseous Optics for Next Generation Fusion Energy Lasers," addresses a critical technical barrier in laser-driven inertial fusion energy (IFE) by developing gas-based optical components to replace...
- Molten Industries Inc. received a $499,866 two-year Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) federal grant program. The grant will support Molten's development of a new reactor technology to directly convert biogas into carbon-negative syngas for producing $500K sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel. ARPA-E aims to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. This...
- This $500,000 Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, under CFDA 81.135, was made to EVA Technology Corp. on September 19, 2023. The funding supports the company's project titled "Anoprotonic Devices for >240 Performance Analog AI Hardware", which aims to develop novel analog artificial intelligence hardware components. This award aligns with ARPA-E's mission to fund transformative research and development...
GVD Corporation received a $499,926 Project Grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) under the IGNIITE 2025 Funding Opportunity Announcement to develop a laser furnace technology for the direct reduction of iron ore to iron metal without carbon dioxide emissions. The award, issued on March 26, 2026, with a completion date of March 25, 2028, funds research and development of semiconductor laser diode-based technology designed to replace traditional fossil fuel-powered blast furnaces in ironmaking. The laser furnace technology will enable the processing of both high-grade and low-grade iron ore fines into molten iron metal through new temperature and pressure ranges, with the goal of achieving cost competitiveness with conventional blast furnace methods while utilizing clean electricity-powered lasers. This cooperative agreement supports ARPA-E's mission to advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. The research, performed at GVD Corporation's Cambridge, Massachusetts facility, directly addresses the agency's objectives of enhancing U.S. economic and energy security while reducing greenhouse gas emissions through transformative industrial decarbonization technology. The project represents the type of breakthrough innovation in advanced materials and sustainable energy production that ARPA-E prioritizes within its energy technology portfolio.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $499.9k | 3/26/26 |