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Opportunity Summary:

The I2O Office Wide BAA (DARPA BAA 11-34) is a broad, office-level funding announcement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), specifically its Information Innovation Office (I2O). Rather than describing a single narrowly defined research project, this type of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is designed to invite proposals across a wide range of science and technology topics that align with I2O's mission area, generally centered on advanced information technologies and innovative research and development. The description provided in the listing points applicants to the full announcement for specifics ("See announcement"), which is typical for DARPA BAAs where the detailed technical areas, proposal structure, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions are contained in the full solicitation package rather than summarized in the grants.gov entry.

From a funding mechanics standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and supports multiple award instruments: cooperative agreements, grants, other transactions/arrangements, and procurement contracts. This flexibility is common for DARPA because different efforts may require different levels of government involvement, different intellectual property and deliverables structures, or different contracting approaches depending on whether the work is exploratory research, prototype development, or a more structured acquisition-oriented effort. The funding activity category is listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number is 12.910 (Research and Technology Development), which is frequently associated with Department of Defense R&D activities. The listing explicitly notes that there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning proposers generally are not required to contribute their own funds as a condition of eligibility, though voluntary cost share can sometimes be proposed depending on program norms and negotiation.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open to any type of entity, subject to clarifications in the full text. In practical terms, DARPA BAAs often allow participation by universities, small and large businesses, nonprofit research organizations, federally funded research and development centers (as allowed), and sometimes individuals, as long as the proposal meets the requirements and the proposer can comply with applicable federal contracting or assistance rules. The official posting date and creation date are both May 31, 2011, and the opportunity was open for nearly a year, with an original and current closing date of May 30, 2012 at 12:00 noon Eastern. It was archived on June 29, 2012. This longer open period is consistent with an "office-wide" BAA format, where DARPA may accept and evaluate proposals over time (often with specific submission windows, cycles, or topic-specific deadlines described in the full announcement).

For applicants trying to pursue this opportunity (historically, since it is archived), the key instruction is that the authoritative details are in the full announcement, referenced as being posted on FedBizOpps (the federal procurement portal used at the time; many such notices have since migrated to SAM.gov). That full announcement would normally contain the technical thrust areas, guidance on white papers versus full proposals, formatting and page limits, security classification guidance if any, submission methods, and the process DARPA uses to downselect or request revised proposals. The contact listed is the I2O BAA Coordinator, intended to help if an applicant has trouble accessing the full announcement electronically, which underscores that the grants.gov record is more of an index entry and not the full solicitation itself.

In short, DARPA BAA 11-34 was an open, competitive research solicitation run by DARPA's Information Innovation Office to attract novel R&D proposals in I2O-relevant technology areas, offering multiple potential award mechanisms, no mandatory cost sharing, broad eligibility, and a year-long application window, with the complete requirements and topic descriptions provided in the associated FedBizOpps announcement.

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