DARPA Research Announcement Young Faculty Award Microsystems Technology Office

Federal Agency Name – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
 Funding Opportunity Title – Young Faculty Award (YFA)
 Announcement Type – Initial Announcement.
 Funding Opportunity Number – DARPA-RA-13-08
 Dates
o Posting Date: 5 December 2012
o Proposal Due Date: 5:30pm ET, January 21, 2013
o Estimated period of performance start: April 30, 2013
 Concise description of the funding opportunity: This RA solicits ground-breaking
single-investigator proposals from junior faculty at universities and their equivalent at
non-profit research institutions for research and development in the specific areas of
Science, Mathematics and Engineering of interest to DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) and Defense Sciences Office (DSO).
 Anticipated individual awards – Multiple awards are anticipated.
 Anticipated funding Type – 6.1
 Types of instruments that may be awarded – DARPA intends to award grants to
eligible university faculty and nonprofit research organizations; each grant will
encompass funding for a 24-month base period consisting of two 12-month phases (a
maximum of $250,000 per 12-month phase) and a 12-month option period (a maximum
of $500,000).
 Agency contact
The RA coordinator for this effort can be reached via electronic mail:
DARPA-RA-13-08@darpa.mil
DARPA/MTO
ATTN: DARPA-RA-13-08
675 North Randolph Street
Arlington, VA 22203-2114