ARPA-I Ideas Challenge Stage 1 Winners
See the table below for a complete list of ARPA-I Ideas and Innovation Challenge Stage 1 winners. Concept summaries, including narratives and slides, are now available in the table below for all 15 winners.
See the Stage 1 U.S. DOT Press Release
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Concept Title |
Concept Summaries |
Team Members |
Team Type |
State |
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Agentic AI for Adaptive and Resilient Middle-Mile Freight Operations |
Lacy Greening |
Individual |
Arizona |
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CivicTwin: Physics-Grounded City-Scale Digital Twins from Real-World Data for Next-Generation Mobility System Simulation |
UCLA Mobility Lab |
Academia |
California |
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Energy in Motion: Atoms on Wheels - Safe, Monitored Transportation of Microreactors |
University of Utah |
Academia |
Utah |
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Generative AI Driven City-Scale Digital Twin for Virtual Testing and Benchmarking of Autonomous Vehicles |
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), SaferDrive AI |
Academia |
Michigan |
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NavSentinel: A Resilient and Unspoofable GNSS Receiver |
TruNav, Llc |
Private Entity |
Illinois |
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Next-gen Smart Sensors Turn Every Train into an Inspector |
MetaRE Inc, Arup |
Private Entity |
New York |
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Pavement & Airfield Tactical Robotic On-site Locator (PATROL) |
Colorado State University |
Academia |
Colorado |
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PRISM: AI-Powered Dynamic Real-Time Mapping System for Safer AV Operation |
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute |
Academia |
Tennessee |
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Providing a Signal Source of Truth for Safe and Aware Navigation |
Tip & Cue, Inc |
Private Entity |
New York |
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Quantum Cooperative Air Traffic Simulation (Q-CATS) |
CNA Corporation |
Private Entity |
Virginia |
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Rapid Flood Damage Mitigation and Resilience Through Modular Biocement Infrastructure |
ARCTOS Technology Solutions, Llc |
Private Entity |
Ohio |
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SemanticVector: AI-Powered Semantic Compression for 1000x More Data-Efficient Transportation Intelligence |
Sikai Chen, Xiaopeng Li |
Individual |
Wisconsin |
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The Gravity of Infrastructure |
Leidos |
Private Entity |
Virginia |
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TransportationBench: Accelerating Responsible AI Adoption and Transformation through Benchmarking |
Numobility, Texas Transportation Institute |
Private Entity |
Georgia |
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Twin-Guided Robotic Pavement Overlays (T-GRO): Safer, Faster, Cleaner Resurfacing |
Yang Lu |
Individual |
Idaho |
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