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Opportunity Summary:

The Young Faculty Award (Funding Opportunity Number DARPA RA 11-02) is a DARPA discretionary grant opportunity aimed at supporting early-career (junior) university faculty who can propose bold, single-investigator research with the potential to create major advances relevant to national defense. The program is positioned as a “groundbreaking” research solicitation rather than an incremental funding call, and it encourages high-risk, high-reward ideas that align with DARPA mission needs.

This announcement is issued under DARPA’s research and development portfolio and spans a wide range of technical disciplines. Specifically, it invites proposals across the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, medicine, biology, information sciences, and social sciences, as long as the research aligns with the interests of DARPA’s participating offices: the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), the Defense Sciences Office (DSO), and the Information Innovation Office (I2O). The notice also clarifies that I2O encompasses what were previously known as the Transformational Convergence Technology Office (TCTO) and the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), signaling continuity for topic areas that may have been associated with those earlier office names.

Eligibility is limited to higher-education institutions, including both private institutions of higher education and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education. The announcement points applicants to the full DARPA RA 11-02 document (page 9) for the detailed eligibility rules, which likely define what DARPA considers “junior faculty,” how appointment status is verified, and any institutional or PI-level constraints. The solicitation is structured as a grant (not a contract) and does not require cost sharing or matching funds, meaning applicants are not expected to contribute a mandatory institutional cost share as a condition of award.

The posted opportunity dates indicate it was originally announced on November 1, 2010, with an initial closing date of December 10, 2010. Amendment 01 updates the schedule by revising the full proposal due date and the closing date. Under the amendment, the current closing date is December 15, 2010, and the revised dates are highlighted in the updated DARPA RA 11-02 document referenced in the notice. This amendment is essentially an administrative timing change, and applicants are expected to rely on the revised attached solicitation for the authoritative deadlines and instructions.

Funding amount fields in the synopsis list an award ceiling and floor as “0,” which typically means the public synopsis record does not specify standardized minimum/maximum dollar amounts and that the actual funding levels, period of performance, and any budget guidance are described in the full solicitation document. The opportunity is cataloged under CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development), consistent with DARPA’s R&D grantmaking.

For applicants who cannot access the full announcement online, DARPA provides a point of contact through the DARPA/MTO RA Coordinator. An additional information link is also provided via the MTO solicitations page, which is where related DARPA opportunities and updates are commonly posted. The opportunity record shows an archive date of June 15, 2011, indicating the solicitation was time-limited and later archived after the submission window closed and the competition concluded.

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