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Opportunity Summary:

The Young Faculty Award (YFA) opportunity under DARPA Research Announcement (RA) 13-08 is a discretionary grant program run by DARPA, specifically tied to technical interests within the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) and the Defense Sciences Office (DSO). The program is aimed at supporting ground-breaking, single-investigator research proposals from junior faculty at universities, as well as equivalent early-career researchers at nonprofit research institutions. The focus areas are broadly framed as science, mathematics, and engineering, but the intent is that proposed work should align with the specific problem areas and priorities described in the full RA document.

This particular posting reflects two administrative updates issued as amendments. Amendment 01 extended the proposal due date, and Amendment 02 corrected an administrative error in the research announcement text; in both cases, the changes were indicated as highlighted in yellow in the conformed (updated) RA document. While the summary does not spell out the exact text of the correction or the exact nature of the due-date extension beyond the final closing date, it makes clear that applicants were expected to rely on the updated, conformed version of DARPA RA 13-08 for authoritative submission instructions and any corrected language.

In terms of logistics and timeline, the opportunity was posted on December 5, 2012, with a creation date of January 17, 2013. The original closing date was January 21, 2013, and the updated current closing date became January 22, 2013, reflecting the Amendment 01 extension. The opportunity was later archived on July 22, 2013. The funding instrument type is listed as a grant, and the activity category is science and technology and other research and development. The CFDA number associated with it is 12.910 (Research and Technology Development). There is no cost sharing or matching requirement noted, meaning proposers were not required to provide a matching contribution as a condition of eligibility.

Eligibility is described as “unrestricted,” meaning it is broadly open to a wide range of entity types, with the important caveat that any additional constraints or clarifications could appear in the announcement’s eligibility text. Even so, the synopsis itself clearly targets junior faculty at universities and equivalent investigators at nonprofit research institutions, signaling that the program is designed around early-career independent researchers rather than large teams or senior investigators. Another notable detail is that the award ceiling and award floor are both listed as 0 in the summary data; in government listings, this often indicates that specific funding ranges are not captured in the database fields and instead are provided in the full solicitation document, so applicants would need to consult the attached RA for the expected award size, period of performance, and number of anticipated awards.

For access and support, the listing points applicants to a “Solicitations Page” for additional information and includes a point of contact for technical access issues: Dr. Alicia Jackson, identified as the RA coordinator. The key practical takeaway is that anyone preparing a submission would need to review the full DARPA RA 13-08 document to understand the office-specific topic interests, proposal format and evaluation criteria, and any special submission requirements, while also ensuring they are working from the conformed version that incorporates both amendments.

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