SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- DARPA-BAA-15-35 Biological Technologies - DARPA-BAA-15-35
- Notice Date
- 4/29/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541711
— Research and Development in Biotechnology
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-2114, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22203-2114
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-BAA-15-35
- Archive Date
- 5/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- DARPA BTO BAA Administrator,
- E-Mail Address
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DARPA-BAA-15-35@darpa.mil
(DARPA-BAA-15-35@darpa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DARPA-BAA-15-35 Biological Technologies The D e f e nse Ad v a n c e d R e s earc h P r o j ec ts A g e n c y ( DA RP A) is soli c iting innov a tive re s e a rc h p r opo s a ls of int ere st to the B iol o g i c a l T e c hnolo g i e s O ff i c e ( B TO ). P r opos e d re s e a rc h should inv e stig a te l ea di n g e d g e a pp r o a c h e s th a t e n a ble re volution a r y a dv a n ces in s c i e n ce, t e c hnolo g i e s, or s y st e ms a t the int e r s e c tion of biology with e n g in eer i n g a nd the p h y si c a l a nd c omput e r s c i e n c e s. S p ec i f i c a l l y e x c lud e d is re s earc h t h a t p r im ar i l y re sults in e volution a r y i mp r ov e m e nts to the e x is t ing st a te of t h e ar t. B TO s ee ks un c onv e ntion a l a pp r o ac h e s th a t ar e outside the m a inst rea m, c h a ll e n ge a ss u mptions, a nd h a ve the pot e nti a l to ra d i ca l l y c h a n ge e st a blish e d p rac ti ce, l ea d to e x t ra o r d i n a r y out c om e s, a nd c r ea te e nti re l y n e w f i e lds. The mission of B TO is to f ost er, d e monst ra t e, a nd t ra nsition b rea kth r o u g h f und a m e nt a l re s e a rc h, dis c o v er i e s, a n d a ppli ca tions th a t int e g r a te biolo g y, e n g in eer i n g, c omput e r s c i e n ce, m a t h e m a ti c s, a n d the p h y si c a l s c i e n c e s to e x p a nd the n a tion a l s ec u r i t y toolkit. B TO ' s inv e stm e nt po r t f o lio g o e s f a r b e y ond li f e s c i e n ce s a ppli ca tions in m e di c ine to in c lude ar e a s of r e s e a rc h su c h a s hum a n - m a c hine i nt erf a ce s, mi cr o b e s a s p r odu c tion pl a t f o r ms, a nd d ee p e x plo ra tion of the imp ac t of e volving ec ol o g i e s a nd e n vi r onm e nts on U. S. rea din e ss a nd ca p a b iliti e s. B TO ' s p r o g ra ms o p era te acr oss a wide r a n ge of s ca l e s, fr om individu a l ce lls to the w a r f i g h t e r to g lob a l e c o s y st e ms. B TO r e spon d s to the u r g e nt a nd lon g - t er m n e e ds of t he D e p a r tm e nt of D e fe n s e ( DoD) a nd a d d re ss e s n a tion a l s ec u r i t y p r io r iti e s. The ov e r arc hi n g g o a l is to d e v e lop, d e monst ra t e, a nd t ra nsition b i olo g i ca l- b a s e d t ec hnol o g i e s a s p a r t of the toolkit a v a il a ble to DA RP A st a k e hold er s. B TO is s ee ki n g no v e l a p p r o ac h e s t h a t will build t ec hni ca l c ommuniti e s th a t t a p into sou rce s of innov a tion bo t h inside a nd outside t ra dition a l DoD p erf o r m e r c o mmuniti e s. B TO e n c ou r a g e s e ff o r ts t h a t ar e cr e a tive a nd a g ile both in t er ms of the t ec h nolo g i e s p r opos e d a nd in the st r u c tu r e of the a p p r o ac h. See the attached BAA Package for specific areas B T O is int ere st e d in receiving submissions for, and the specific abstract and proposal submission requirements.
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