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Opportunity Summary:

The Young Faculty Award (Funding Opportunity Number DARPA RA 10-23) is a DARPA research announcement that supports early-career, single-investigator university faculty who want to pursue high-impact research aligned with DARPA interests. The program is positioned as a discretionary science and technology research funding opportunity and is intended to help junior faculty build independent research directions that could lead to transformative advances relevant to national defense. The award mechanism allows for either grants or cooperative agreements, which generally means DARPA may choose a more hands-on collaboration model (cooperative agreement) when the technical effort would benefit from closer government involvement, while still also offering a more traditional grant pathway when appropriate.

In terms of research scope, the opportunity is broadly aimed at research and development across several major disciplines, with specific alignment to different DARPA offices. For the Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics, the focus areas are those of interest to DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) and Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). In parallel, the opportunity also invites Social Sciences research that aligns with the interests of DARPA's Transformational Convergence Technology Office (TCTO). In practical terms, that means proposals should not just be strong academically, but should connect clearly to DARPA-relevant problem spaces and mission-driven outcomes, as described in the full Research Announcement attachment referenced by the solicitation.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to any type of applicant entity, as long as they meet any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the announcement itself. Even with "unrestricted" language, the program description makes clear the intent is to fund junior faculty and to receive proposals from single investigators, so the typical target applicant is an early-career faculty member at an eligible academic institution proposing an individual research agenda rather than a large multi-PI team effort.

Administratively, this opportunity is listed under CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development), and it does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which lowers the barrier for applicants who may not have access to discretionary institutional funds. The opportunity was posted on December 22, 2009, with an original and current closing date of February 5, 2010, and it was archived on March 4, 2010. Applicants were directed to the full announcement through the additional information link, and a DARPA RA Coordinator was provided as the point of contact for issues accessing the full solicitation materials electronically.

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