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DARPA Research Solutions Opening

DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

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Response status

Due in 277 days

Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Jun 2, 2026
Archive date
Jul 1, 2027
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY published this solicitation.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
d1155c988d264b8da5815333ffee3e7b
Solicitation
DARPA-PA-26-08
Base type
Solicitation
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation number
DARPA-PA-26-08
NAICS
541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC
AC11 — NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
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Posted
Jun 2, 2026
Responses due
Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC
Archive date
Jul 1, 2027
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
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Category source
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Last seen
Aug 29, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
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Subagency
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Subagency code
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Office
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Organization path
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Organization path codes
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Office address
ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA
Place of performance
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City code
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State
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State code
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Postal code
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Country
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Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

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This Research Solutions Opening (RSO) aims to strengthen the DARPA Program Manager (PM) community by engaging academic researchers capable of addressing DARPA's hard problems. PMs that are passionate about tackling the most complex technical challenges, pushing the boundaries of science and technology, and shaping the future of defense and innovation. Together, through this effort, we will pioneer revolutionary solutions, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and empower the brightest minds to make the impossible possible. This RSO also seeks to fund the independent research ideas of these passionate researchers. This RSO is limited to Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) candidates and proposals from accredited U.S. colleges and universities.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Amendment history

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VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1SolicitationAug 10, 2026Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC14170bcc6a02980d
2SolicitationAug 28, 2026Jun 1, 2027, 11:59 PM UTC63861d38793dc5e4

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 29, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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