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Opportunity Summary:

The Innovative Vacuum Electronics Science and Technology (INVEST) opportunity is a DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) solicitation for fundamental research aimed at pushing vacuum electron devices into new territory at millimeter-wave frequencies above 75 GHz. The core intent is to support research that can unlock revolutionary performance gains in vacuum electronics by exploring new ways to model device physics, develop and apply advanced manufacturing methods, and create improved theory, design approaches, and component concepts. In other words, the program is looking for ideas that could change what is realistically achievable in high-frequency vacuum electron devices, rather than ideas that simply refine or incrementally improve today s established techniques and designs.

DARPA makes a clear distinction about what it wants and what it does not want. Proposed work needs to be innovative and high impact, oriented around breakthroughs that enable major leaps at mm-wave frequencies. Efforts that mainly deliver evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice are explicitly excluded, which signals that routine optimizations, small performance tweaks, or straightforward extensions of mature device architectures are not a fit. The emphasis on modeling, manufacturing, theory, and component design indicates the agency is open to foundational advances that could remove current bottlenecks, such as limitations in device fabrication tolerances at very small feature sizes, incomplete predictive models at extreme operating conditions, or design methodologies that do not scale well past 75 GHz.

From an administrative and funding standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DARPA BAA 15 40 and falls within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category, associated with CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development). DARPA indicates multiple possible award instruments, including cooperative agreements, grants, other transaction like mechanisms as applicable, and procurement contracts, giving the agency flexibility to match the award structure to the nature of the proposed work and the anticipated level of government involvement. No cost sharing or matching is required, and eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning proposals may be submitted by any type of entity as long as they meet any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.

Key dates define a standard DARPA BAA style timeline. The opportunity was posted on August 11, 2015. An abstract was due September 14, 2015, followed by a full proposal due date of October 30, 2015. The estimated start of the period of performance was March 2, 2016. The overall closing date for submissions under the announcement was February 5, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and the opportunity archive date is listed as August 5, 2016. Award floor and ceiling are both shown as 0, which usually means DARPA did not publish fixed per award minimums or maximums in the summary record and instead expects the technical volume and cost realism of proposed efforts to drive award sizing, consistent with many BAA solicitations.

For applicants seeking more information or the full text, the listing points to the DARPA Solicitations Page as the additional information link. The contact listed for access issues is Dr. William Palmer, MTO Program Manager and BAA Coordinator, which indicates the program is managed within DARPA MTO and that technical and administrative questions would typically route through the BAA coordinator process described in the full announcement.

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