Opportunity Information: Apply for DARPARA2401
The Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2024 is a DARPA Defense Sciences Office grant program designed to spot and support early-career researchers who are positioned to become leaders in high-impact science and technology. The core idea is to bring "rising stars" into closer contact with Department of Defense needs and DARPA's mission of creating breakthrough capabilities while also preventing technological surprise. In practice, the program is meant to accelerate ambitious, innovative research directions at a point in a faculty member's career when a well-timed infusion of resources can help launch a distinctive, high-risk, high-reward research agenda.
The opportunity specifically targets junior faculty in academia as well as equivalent early-career roles at nonprofit research institutions. A notable emphasis is placed on investigators who have not previously received DARPA funding, reflecting the program's intent to broaden and refresh the pipeline of researchers engaged with national security-relevant challenges. While the program is framed around cultivating the next generation of national security-focused researchers, it is fundamentally a research and development grant in the science and technology domain, supporting new technical ideas that could eventually translate into transformative DoD capabilities.
From an administrative standpoint, the solicitation is issued as DARPARA2401 under the broader category of discretionary funding, with awards made through a grant mechanism. The funding activity category is listed as science and technology and other research and development, and the associated CFDA number is 12.910. DARPA indicates that all responsible sources capable of meeting government needs may submit proposals, with full eligibility and submission expectations governed by the specific Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) referenced in the solicitation. The listed closing date for proposals is February 22, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of November 7, 2023. The award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the provided source data, so applicants would need to consult the full BAA for details on typical funding levels, project duration, allowable costs, and evaluation criteria.
Overall, YFA 2024 functions as both a research investment and a talent-development channel. It aims to fund early-career investigators pursuing bold technical work, while also introducing them to DARPA's way of framing problems, measuring impact, and transitioning successful research toward real defense applications.Apply for DARPARA2401
- The DARPA - Defense Sciences Office in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2024" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.910.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-07.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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