Applicant: The entity that submits the application to ARPA-E. In the case of a Project Team, the Applicant is the lead organization listed on the application.
Application: The entire submission received by ARPA-E, including the Preliminary Application, Full Application, and Reply to Reviewer Comments.
ARPA-E: is the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Cost Sharing: Is the portion of project costs from non-Federal sources that are borne by the Prime Recipient (or non-Federal third parties on behalf of the Prime Recipient), rather than by the Federal Government.
Deliverable: A deliverable is the quantifiable goods or services that will be provided upon the successful completion of a project task or sub-task.
DOE: U.S. Department of Energy
DOE/NNSA: U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration
FFRDCs: Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
FOA: Funding Opportunity Announcement
For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses) (or large businesses): Means entities organized for-profit other than small businesses as defined elsewhere in the Glossary.
GOCOs: U.S. Government Owned, Contractor Operated laboratories.
GOGOs: U.S. Government Owned, Government Operated laboratories.
Institutions of Higher Education (or educational institutions): Has the meaning set forth at 20 U.S.C. 1001.
Milestone: A milestone is the tangible, observable measurement that will be provided upon the successful completion of a project task or sub-task.
Nonprofit Organizations (or nonprofits): Has the meaning set forth at 2 C.F.R. § 200.70.
Prime Recipient: The signatory to the funding agreement with ARPA-E.- 42 -
PI: Principal Investigator.
Project Team: A Project Team consists of the Prime Recipient, Subrecipients, and others performing or otherwise supporting work under an ARPA-E funding agreement.
Small Business: Small businesses are domestically incorporated entities that meet the criteria established by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) “Table of Small Business Size Standards Matched to North American Industry Classification System Codes” (NAICS) (http://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards).
Standalone Applicant: An Applicant that applies for funding on its own, not as part of a Project Team.
Subject Invention: Any invention conceived or first actually reduced to practice under an ARPA-E funding agreement.
Task: A task is an operation or segment of the work plan that requires both effort and resources. Each task (or sub-task) is connected to the overall objective of the project, via the achievement of a milestone or a deliverable.
Total Project Cost: The sum of the Prime Recipient share and the Federal Government share of total allowable costs. The Federal Government share generally includes costs incurred by GOGOs, FFRDCs, and GOCOs.
TT&O: Technology Transfer and Outreach. (See Section IV.G.8 of the FOA for more information).