@BOOK{NAP24811, author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Pradeep K. Khosla and Paul Beaton", title = "An Assessment of ARPA-E: Summary", doi = "10.17226/24811", abstract = "In 2005, the National Research Council report Rising Above the Gathering Storm recommended a new way for the federal government to spur technological breakthroughs in the energy sector. It recommended the creation of a new agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, as an adaptation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) model\u2014widely considered a successful experiment that has funded out-of-the-box, transformative research and engineering that made possible the Internet, GPS, and stealth aircraft. This new agency was envisioned as a means of tackling the nation\u2019s energy challenges in a way that could translate basic research into technological breakthroughs while also addressing economic, environmental, and security issues. \n\nCongress authorized ARPA-E in the 2007 America COMPETES Act and requested an early assessment following 6 years of operation to examine the agency\u2019s progress toward achieving its statutory mission and goals. This publication summarizes the results of that assessment.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24811/an-assessment-of-arpa-e-summary", year = 2017, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }