2027 Technology to Market Summer Scholars

ARPA-E•Washington, DC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that cultivates transformative technologies to strengthen American energy dominance. ARPA-E programs provide funding, technical assistance, and tech-to-market guidance to researchers. The agency is seeking graduate students with a unique combination of technical and business skills to help commercialize technologies developed by ARPA-E’s programs through its Summer Scholars Program. This program offers students the chance to prepare ARPA-E’s technologies for market adoption and receive mentorship from ARPA-E’s Technology-to-Market team, Program Directors, and Fellows. The program involves researching market trends, cross-industry collaboration opportunities, go-to-market strategies, assisting in developing techno-economic analysis, performing stakeholder analysis, mapping key sectors, and identifying, designing, and quantifying metrics to support program development and performer success.

Requirements

Strong analytical abilities
Strong written communication abilities
Strong oral communication abilities
BS degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, economics, data analytics, electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer science)
Currently in the process of completing a graduate level degree (e.g. MS, MBA, PhD)
U.S. citizen

Nice To Haves

Deep immersion into the project’s subject matter
Thrive when working independently

Responsibilities

Researching market trends, cross-industry collaboration opportunities, and go-to-market strategies
Assisting in developing techno-economic analysis
Performing stakeholder analysis to identify technology adopters and laggards
Mapping key sectors within ARPA-E’s mission
Identifying, designing, and quantifying metrics to support program development and performers success
Analysis of how breakthrough DARPA technologies moved from early development to broad civilian impact, comparing with ARPA-E timelines
Cross-sector analysis of why some technologies get cheaper faster than others using Wright's Law and learning curves
Assessment of what drives successful commercialization - and what holds projects back - across ARPA-E-funded technologies
Analysis of how much real-world demonstration is needed to show that emerging technologies can scale
Assessment of what ARPA-E can learn from project challenges, failures, and strategic pivots
Analysis of how reliability modeling and testing can accelerate adoption of new technologies in risk-averse sectors such as the electricity grid
Assessment of the path from ARPA-E research to commercial markets for supercritical CO2 technologies
Mapping how advanced energy technologies can navigate defense acquisition alongside commercial transition
Market analysis of ultra-low-temperature cryocoolers for quantum computing, medical systems, and cryogenic electronics
Market analysis of plasma-heating and driver technologies across fusion and potential non-fusion applications