The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the areas of physical sciences, engineering, materials, mathematics, biology, computing, informatics, social science, and manufacturing of interest to DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO), Microsystems
Technology Office (MTO), and Biological Technologies Office (BTO).
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:DARPA/DSO Solicitation Website
Additional Information of Eligibility:Participation is open to individuals who are U. S. Citizens, U. S. Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals at U. S. Institutions who meet the eligibility criteria listed below: -Proposers must be Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professors or their equivalent at non-profit research institutions.
-By the full proposal deadline of January 18, 2017, proposers must be within 8 years of their tenure-clock/appointment start date at a U. S. Institution, excluding any personal leaves of absence.
-Previous YFA Award recipients are not eligible for this or any future YFA program.
-Former DARPA Program Managers are not eligible to apply for funding under this program.
-Non-U. S. individuals may participate to the extent that such participants comply with any necessary nondisclosure agreements, security regulations, export control laws, and other governing statutes applicable under the circumstances.
-PIs are limited to one executive summary and one full proposal submission to this RA; a proposer is strongly encouraged to submit an executive summary in advance of a full proposal to determine DARPA’s interest and minimize the effort and expense of preparing an out of scope proposal.
-Recipients of non-YFA DARPA awards are eligible to pro.pose.
Proposers must provide a listing of federal support (past, current, and pending).
This list must include the sponsor, amount, and performance dates of all federally-funded research efforts and should be present on the submission cover sheet as indicated in Section IV of Research Announcement DARPA-RA-16-63.
Full Opportunity Web Address:http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunitiesContact: RA Coordinator, DARPA/DSO
Agency Email Description: RA Coordinator, DARPA/DSO
Agency Email: YFA2017@darpa.mil
Date Posted: 2016-09-30
Application Due Date: 2017-01-18
Archive Date: 2017-02-17