Partnering with ARPA-H
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) aims to change the world by tackling the hardest health challenges through high-impact programs. We seek transformative breakthroughs, from diagnosis to cure, that will accelerate better health outcomes for everyone.
If you are interested in partnering with ARPA-H on research and development (R&D) efforts, visit our Open Funding Opportunities page to see current funding priorities. We make awards to proposers across a wide range of topic areas. We also work with many different types of entities, including, but not limited to:
- Companies of all sizes
- Non-profits
- Research organizations, and
- Academic institutions.
Through our flexible funding and acquisition process, ARPA-H is taking a new approach to government funding and breaking down barriers. We are able to negotiate directly with each organization and establish customized agreements that take into account the ever-evolving nature of health science research. While we have various authorities for making awards, we primarily use other transactions and cooperative agreements for R&D efforts.
Learn more below.
Industry and Academia
Our performers
As we take on the hardest problems in health, ARPA-H can unlock new markets, pathways, and opportunities for both established entities and small start-ups. We seek to invest across the spectrum, and we encourage non-traditional government performers – of any size – to contribute. ARPA-H follows a model where Program Managers bring the well-defined problems. Then performers – the teams that are funded by ARPA-H from academia, industry, government, and elsewhere – apply for funding, usually in the form of a contract, to build their idea for a solution, with rigorous measurement and evaluation along the way.
Government
Our partners
ARPA-H applies an operating model already proven successful by DARPA and other ARPAs to the health ecosystem. We work in close coordination with other agencies and aim to build partnerships across the federal government that build on our individual strengths to reach a shared goal of improving life for Americans. To be successful, ARPA-H will work closely with both regulatory partners and other research agencies. We want to ensure that the solutions driven by ARPA-H have regulatory and adoption pathways, so everyone can benefit from what we develop.
Early Adopters and Advocates
Our network
We recognize that health innovation has three components: the science, the regulatory environment, and the person who needs that solution. To make our solutions real – and accessible – in the real world, ARPA-H is building a network of investors, customers, innovation hubs, incubators, and accelerators. We want the people who will make ARPA-H innovations into on-the-shelves-everywhere options involved in projects as early as possible to mentor, advise and – eventually – ensure those innovations survive in the wild.
International Collaborators
Our reach
We work to tackle health challenges by seeking international collaborations that can inspire leading talent, create transformative solutions, and expand our knowledge. ARPA-H engages international stakeholders to identify collaborative research, funding, and transition opportunities that align with our agency's mission and enhance the impact of ARPA-H's initiatives on a global scale.
Customers and Patients
Our purpose
People are at the center of everything we do. Through bold, ambitious ideas and approaches, ARPA-H can help shape the future of health and medicine in the U.S. by transforming the seemingly impossible into reality. Ultimately, ARPA-H will strive to propel towards one goal: to directly improve the health of all Americans faster than was ever imagined to be achievable.
