Frequently Asked Questions 

 

See ARPA-H Frequently Asked Questions

 

Other common FAQs

Institution Type and Eligibility

• Entity, in terms of award limitations, is defined by the Unique Entity ID (UEI) and is not based on other relationships.

• The three ongoing concurrent awards with ARPA-H limit applies to the prime FAR procurements,cooperative agreements, grants, and/or OTs an entity has with ARPA-H.

• The category for “Other Applicants” includes but not limited to:

     ⎯ Universities.

     ⎯ Businesses.

     ⎯ Non-profits.

     ⎯ Individuals.

     ⎯ Non-US entities (subject to the requirements included in the BAA, including in section III.A.2).

• ARPA-H does not have a preference with respect to entity type or team size.

• ARPA-H is limiting BAA awards to cooperative agreements, other transactions, and procurement contracts.

• There are no doctoral requirements as part of the BAA, however, proposals will be evaluated by the criteria laid out in the BAA including technical merit and performer capabilities.

Award Limits (PoP, Budget)

• The Open BAA does not include a funding limit for individual awards.

     ⎯ Abstracts will be evaluated based on the criteria laid out in the solicitation, such as cost realism.

• The Open BAA does not include a limit or range for the period of performance for individual awards.

     ⎯ Proposers are encouraged to propose a budget that aligns with the scope of the proposed effort.

• The Open BAA does not include a maximum budget for the program or any individual focus area.

     ⎯ Resources made available under this BAA will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds.

Submission Documents/Templates

• Citations to prior work do not count toward the 3-page abstract limit.

• The Cost Proposal spreadsheet will only be provided to entities when a full proposal is requested.

• Fields outlined in the BAA should be used for the Biosketch and Current/Pending Support; not NIH or other support templates. 

• ARPA-H is unable to accommodate individual requests for calls or meetings to discuss questions related to the Open BAA.

     ⎯ Please direct all general questions related to the Open BAA to baaquestions@arpa-h.gov.

Scope of Proposed Concept

• ARPA-H is unable to accommodate individual requests for calls/meetings to discuss technical concepts being considered as a submission to the Open BAA.

     ⎯ ARPA-H will evaluate and provide feedback on a technical concept once it has been officially submitted in an abstract.

• In general, a clinical trial is eligible to be funded as part of a project awarded through the Open BAA.

• ARPA-H will not fund projects that exclusively involve clinical trials of otherwise developed products.

     ⎯ It is expected that the clinical trial would be proposed as part of a broader R&D effort that first includes development of a high-impact technology.

• ARPA-H will consider proposals that have a future commercial market; however, the goal of ARPA-H funding is to accelerate research that would not otherwise occur through existing commercial markets.

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM)

• Cost sharing is not required (refer to section IV.A.4 of the BAA for more information).

     ⎯ Specifically, “for efforts with a likelihood of commercial application, appropriate direct cost sharing may be a positive factor in the evaluation.”