Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency proposal request: May 6, 2011
Agency
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Defense Agencies
Description
The
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research
proposals of interest to the Transformational Convergence Technology Office
(TCTO). Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable
revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded
is research that results primarily in evolutionary improvements to the existing
state of the art.
DARPA
broad agency announcements (BAAs) are posted on the FedBizOpps
website (https://www.fedbizopps.gov/) and
Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov/).
TCTO
seeks unconventional approaches that are outside the mainstream, undertaking
directions that challenge assumptions and have the potential to radically
change established practice.
TCTO
collaborates with other DARPA program offices, in some cases acting as the
recipient of significant emerging technologies and, in other cases, serving as
a catalyst by identifying relevant new external technology trends. Novel
methods are sought to build technical communities and tap into sources of
innovation both inside and outside traditional DoD performer communities. TCTO sponsors programs
that involve interdisciplinary research leading to realistic demonstrations.
Solicitations
are sought in the following areas:
•
Analysis, modeling, and prediction in complex networks, including (but not
limited to) social networks, encompassing concepts such as crowd-sourcing,
strategic communications, and quantitative social and behavioral sciences
•
Engineered biosynthesis of novel materials and objects, including synthetic
biology, biosynthesis of chemicals and materials, biosensors, bioengineering,
and novel approaches to material manufacture
•
Non-human intelligence concepts as applied to robots, animals, and other
collaborative systems including sensing, training, architectures, and novel
automated systems
•
Resilient computing systems concepts including robust, evolvable, widely
available, high-performance computing systems and networks, and new approaches
to cyber defense and cyber-resilience
•
Mobilization of communities to address important national and international
problems, including incentive schemes and potential educational applications
•
Challenges and open competitions to advance science and engineering in
Defense-related areas
Potential
proposers unfamiliar with the BAA process are encouraged to consider the
submission of an abstract describing the idea, as discussed in section IV B 1.
Announcement
Number:
DARPA-BAA-10-61
Closing
Date:
May 06, 2011 4:00 pm Eastern
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Norman
Whitaker,
DARPA/TCTO