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 121 STAT. 622

PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

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and high-risk technological barriers to the development of energy technologies. (3) RELATIONSHIP TO SECRETARY.—The Director shall report to the Secretary. (4) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—No other programs within the Department shall report to the Director. (e) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of the Director shall include— (1) approving all new programs within ARPA-E; (2) developing funding criteria and assessing the success of programs through the establishment of technical milestones; (3) administering the Fund through awards to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, which may include federally-funded research and development centers, to achieve the goals described in subsection (c) through targeted acceleration of— (A) novel early-stage energy research with possible technology applications; (B) development of techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation; (C) research and development of manufacturing processes for novel energy technologies; and (D) coordination with nongovernmental entities for demonstration of technologies and research applications to facilitate technology transfer; and (4) terminating programs carried out under this section that are not achieving the goals of the programs. (f) PERSONNEL.— (1) PROGRAM MANAGERS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall designate employees to serve as program managers for each of the programs established pursuant to the responsibilities established for ARPA-E under subsection (e). (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A program manager of a program shall be responsible for— (i) establishing research and development goals for the program, including through the convening of workshops and conferring with outside experts, and publicizing the goals of the program to the public and private sectors; (ii) soliciting applications for specific areas of particular promise, especially areas that the private sector or the Federal Government are not likely to undertake alone; (iii) building research collaborations for carrying out the program; (iv) selecting on the basis of merit, with advice under subsection (j) as appropriate, each of the projects to be supported under the program after considering— (I) the novelty and scientific and technical merit of the proposed projects; (II) the demonstrated capabilities of the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed project; (III) the consideration by the applicant of future commercial applications of the project,

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