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ARPA-E IGNIITE (Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy)

Status

Status not published

IGNIITE runs as an annual call; the IGNIITE 2026 opportunity was posted on Grants.gov.

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Amount
$500,000

Awards of up to $500,000 for early-career energy innovators to pursue a transformational energy concept, with mentorship and commercialisation support.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — IGNIITE runs as an annual call; the IGNIITE 2026 opportunity was posted on Grants.gov.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Targets early-career innovators who have not previously led a federally funded energy R&D project; individuals apply through an eligible organisation.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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