DEAR0002055
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
New award: Jupiter Volta, Inc.
Control number 3387-2097
Vision Open 2024
Project title: ''Diamond-metal composite structured materials for use in extreme environments.''
The project will deliver an operational RAD printer and 3D diamond-metal composites for customer evaluation as fusion facing materials, plasma thrusters, and extreme-current electrodes.
Tie to Vision Open goal: This project aligns with ARPA-E’s Vision Open goal of carbon as a sustainable building block by converting methane feedstock into high-performance diamond materials.
The RAD printer also supports the path to net-zero by 2050 by providing sustainable, low-GHG materials for the clean energy transition and enabling other breakthroughs.
Control number 3387-2097
Vision Open 2024
Project title: ''Diamond-metal composite structured materials for use in extreme environments.''
The project will deliver an operational RAD printer and 3D diamond-metal composites for customer evaluation as fusion facing materials, plasma thrusters, and extreme-current electrodes.
Tie to Vision Open goal: This project aligns with ARPA-E’s Vision Open goal of carbon as a sustainable building block by converting methane feedstock into high-performance diamond materials.
The RAD printer also supports the path to net-zero by 2050 by providing sustainable, low-GHG materials for the clean energy transition and enabling other breakthroughs.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THIS FOA MARKS THE SIXTH OPEN SOLICITATION IN THE HISTORY OF ARPA-E. SINCE THE AGENCY’S INCEPTION IN 2009, THE THREE-YEAR PERIODIC CYCLE OF ARPA-E OPEN PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE TRANSFORMATIVE ENERGY BREAKTHROUGHS IN CRITICAL AREAS THAT FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS. THE ENERGY TRANSITION TOWARDS NET-ZERO BY 2050 DEMANDS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF INNOVATION. VISION OPEN 2024 CHALLENGES THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE A FUTURE ENERGY LANDSCAPE THAT IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
THE VISION OPEN 2024 INCLUDES THREE GOALS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CARBON TRANSITION WITH:
1. GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG)-FREE ABUNDANT PRIMARY ENERGY;
2. AN INTERMODAL ENERGY SUPERHIGHWAY THAT TRANSPORTS DIVERSIFIED FORMS OF PRIMARY ENERGY; AND
3. A CARBON TRANSITION THAT SUSTAINABLY MEETS DEMAND FOR POLYMERS AND OTHER MATERIALS.
THESE GOALS WILL ENABLE A NOVEL AND ROBUST GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM THAT RESPONSIBLY MEETS THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. ACHIEVING THESE THREE GOALS BY 2050 WILL NECESSITATE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF DISRUPTIVE AND AMBITIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AT AN UNPARALLELED SPEED AND SCALE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Berkeley,
California
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Jupiter Volta was awarded
Cutting-Edge Diamond-Metal Composites for Extreme Environments
Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002055
worth $3,650,757
from Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy in March 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Berkeley California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Vision OPEN 2024.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 3/31/26
Period of Performance
3/26/26
Start Date
3/25/29
End Date
Funding Split
$3.7M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$3.7M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEAR0002055
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
897030 ADVANCED RSRCH PROJ AGENCY ARPA-E
Funding Office
897002 ADVANCED RSRCH PROJ AGENCY ARPA-E
Awardee UEI
LLPUV872N2Y3
Awardee CAGE
9VVJ3
Performance District
CA-12
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 3/31/26