Assistance program
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY for HEALTH (ARPA-H)
$2.1 Billion committed in FY2023–FY2026
- Agency
- Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H), Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 93.384
- What it does
- The purpose of this program is to coordinate the acceleration of biomedical and health breakthroughs to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for everyone by – (A) facilitating collaboration between Advance Research Projects Agency for Health and other Federal agencies, relevant industries, academia, and other persons, with respect to advance high-potential, high impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research and commercial activity; (B) identifying and promoting revolutionary advanced in health sciences; (C) promoting high reward innovation to develop high need cures (D) ensuring that the United States maintains, global leadership and science and innovation and the highest quality of life and health for its citizens.
- Who benefits
- ARPA-H is launched to conduct R&D that accelerates better health outcomes for all Americans.
- Who applies
- All types of entities are eligible, including highly qualified foreign nationals outside of the United States either alone or in collaboration with American participants when such transactions may inure the benefits of the American people. Applicants should review the individual funding opportunity announcements issued under this ARPA-H program. Nondomestic recipients are encouraged to collaborate with a domestic entity. Awards shall not be made to nondomestic entities organized under the laws of a covered foreign country.
- Authorized by
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division H, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act
- Program site
- https://arpa-h.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$1.5B
71%
Grants
$598.3M
29%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
Administering agencies
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments