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DARPA AI Forward Open Call is sponsored by DARPA. Seeks novel AI applications, including educational tools and curricula for AI-native skills development; nonprofits can propose or partner. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: An official website of the United States Government Official websites use .mil .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of War organization. Secure .mil websites use HTTPS ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Reimagining the future of artificial intelligence for national security DARPA’s Information Innovation Office Director Dr. Kathleen Fisher presents on trustworthy AI at the DARPA Forward event in Pullman, Wash., on Sept. 13, 2022. AI Forward is DARPA’s initiative to explore new directions for artificial intelligence (AI) research that will result in trustworthy systems for national security missions. To initiate AI Forward, DARPA hosted two workshops in summer 2023 at which participants brainstormed new directions for the field. Approximately 200 participants from across the commercial sector, academia, and government attended and generated ideas that inform DARPA’s next phase of AI exploratory projects, known as AI Exploration opportunities (AIEs). AIEs are a key component of the agency’s broader AI investment strategy aimed at ensuring the United States maintains an advantage in this critical and rapidly accelerating technology area. AIEs constitute a series of unique funding opportunities that use streamlined contracting procedures and funding mechanisms to achieve a start date within three months of an opportunity announcement. Researchers then work to establish the feasibility of new AI concepts within 18 months of award. Through this nimble approach to exploring new AI concepts, DARPA aims to outpace competing, global AI science and technology discovery efforts. What does it mean to be trustworthy? Despite progress in the field, AI still requires significant investment and advancement to develop technology that reliably operates, interacts appropriately with people, and meets the most pressing national security and societal needs in an ethical manner. DARPA seeks qualified researchers and experts to join the agency and help define the future of AI technology. Trustworthy AI research thrusts --> DARPA experts estimate that research in the following areas will be essential to creating trustworthy technology: Foundational theory, to understand the art of the possible, bound the limits of particular system instantiations, and inform guardrails for AI systems in challenging domains such as national security; AI engineering, to predictably build systems that work as intended in the real world and not just in the lab; and Human-AI teaming, to enable systems to serve as fluent, intuitive, trustworthy teammates to people with various backgrounds. Building on 60+ years of AI research DARPA has been generating groundbreaking research and development for 65 years – leading to game-changing military Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Funding amounts vary by project scope and award track.; eligibility guidance Nonprofits, universities, industry partners Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
DARPA AI Forward Young Faculty Award is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Funds early-career researchers in AI technologies, potentially adaptable to child therapy applications with dual-use potential. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: An official website of the United States Government Official websites use .mil .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of War organization. Secure .mil websites use HTTPS ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Young Faculty Award (YFA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage researchers in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic and non-profit research institutions and expose them to national security needs and DARPA’s program development process. The YFA program provides funding, mentoring and industry and national security contacts to awardees early in their careers so they may develop their research ideas in the context of national security needs. The long-term goal of the YFA program is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who will focus a significant portion of their career on national security issues. The annual research announcement seeking YFA applications is typically posted to the grants.gov , and sam.gov websites between August and September. YFA 2026 Research Announcement Administrative (as of Jan. 12, 2026) Technical (as of Dec. 15, 2025) RSS feed for Opportunities Be part of a cutting-edge research and development agency that’s pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, in an energetic environment with excellent benefits. Find your future with DARPA Careers Our program managers are visionary leaders whose experience spans industry, government, and academia. They conceive, plan, and oversee the high-risk R&D efforts for which we are best known. Research Opportunities View Programs DARPA has pushed, and will continue to push, the boundaries of technological possibility. See the dreams we turned to reality Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency To create and prevent technological surprise for our national security Investors & Entrepreneurs Podcast (Voices from DARPA) Communications & Public Affairs Think beyond the impossible Accessibility/Section 508 Freedom of Information Act Privacy and Civil Liberties Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information $500,000 - $1,000,000; eligibility guidance U.S. academic institutions, tenure-track assistant/associate professors Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
DARPA AI Forward is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Initiative to push AI frontiers including human-AI teaming and trustworthy AI systems for broader societal impact. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: An official website of the United States Government Official websites use .mil .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of War organization. Secure .mil websites use HTTPS ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Reimagining the future of artificial intelligence for national security DARPA’s Information Innovation Office Director Dr. Kathleen Fisher presents on trustworthy AI at the DARPA Forward event in Pullman, Wash., on Sept. 13, 2022. AI Forward is DARPA’s initiative to explore new directions for artificial intelligence (AI) research that will result in trustworthy systems for national security missions. To initiate AI Forward, DARPA hosted two workshops in summer 2023 at which participants brainstormed new directions for the field. Approximately 200 participants from across the commercial sector, academia, and government attended and generated ideas that inform DARPA’s next phase of AI exploratory projects, known as AI Exploration opportunities (AIEs). AIEs are a key component of the agency’s broader AI investment strategy aimed at ensuring the United States maintains an advantage in this critical and rapidly accelerating technology area. AIEs constitute a series of unique funding opportunities that use streamlined contracting procedures and funding mechanisms to achieve a start date within three months of an opportunity announcement. Researchers then work to establish the feasibility of new AI concepts within 18 months of award. Through this nimble approach to exploring new AI concepts, DARPA aims to outpace competing, global AI science and technology discovery efforts. What does it mean to be trustworthy? Despite progress in the field, AI still requires significant investment and advancement to develop technology that reliably operates, interacts appropriately with people, and meets the most pressing national security and societal needs in an ethical manner. DARPA seeks qualified researchers and experts to join the agency and help define the future of AI technology. Trustworthy AI research thrusts --> DARPA experts estimate that research in the following areas will be essential to creating trustworthy technology: Foundational theory, to understand the art of the possible, bound the limits of particular system instantiations, and inform guardrails for AI systems in challenging domains such as national security; AI engineering, to predictably build systems that work as intended in the real world and not just in the lab; and Human-AI teaming, to enable systems to serve as fluent, intuitive, trustworthy teammates to people with various backgrounds. Building on 60+ years of AI research DARPA has been generating groundbreaking research and development for 65 years – leading to game-changing military Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information $1M - $10M; eligibility guidance Universities, nonprofits, for-profits; California researchers eligible Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
DARPA Artificial Intelligence Next (AI Next) is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA funds cutting-edge AI research with potential dual-use applications. Scope typically favors defense applications, but breakthrough AI methods could be relevant. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: An official website of the United States Government Official websites use .mil .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of War organization. Secure .mil websites use HTTPS ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. For more than five decades, DARPA has been a leader in generating groundbreaking research and development (R&D) that facilitated the advancement and application of rule-based and statistical-learning based AI technologies. Today, DARPA continues to lead innovation in AI research as it funds a broad portfolio of R&D programs, ranging from basic research to advanced technology development. DARPA believes this future, where systems are capable of acquiring new knowledge through generative contextual and explanatory models, will be realized upon the development and application of “Third Wave” AI technologies. DARPA announced in September 2018 a multi-year investment of more than $2 billion in new and existing programs called the “AI Next” campaign. Key areas of the campaign include automating critical Department of Defense (DOD) business processes, such as security clearance vetting or accrediting software systems for operational deployment; improving the robustness and reliability of AI systems; enhancing the security and resiliency of machine learning and AI technologies; reducing power, data, and performance inefficiencies; and pioneering the next generation of AI algorithms and applications, such as “explainability” and common sense reasoning. AI Next builds on DARPA‘s five decades of AI technology creation to define and to shape the future, always with the Department’s hardest problems in mind. Accordingly, DARPA will create powerful capabilities for the DOD by attending specifically to the following areas: New Capabilities: AI technologies are applied routinely to enable DARPA R&D projects, including more than 60 exisiting programs, such as the Electronic Resurgence Initiative, and other programs related to real-time analysis of sophisticated cyber attacks, detection of fraudulent imagery, construction of dynamic kill-chains for all-domain warfare, human language technologies, multi-modality automatic target recognition, biomedical advances, and control of prosthetic limbs. DARPA will advance AI technologies to enable automation of critical Department business processes. One such process is the lengthy accreditation of software systems prior to operational deployment. Automating this accreditation process with known AI and other technologies now appears possible. Robust AI: AI technologies have demonstrated great value to missions as diverse as space-based imagery analysis, cyberattack warning, supply chain logistics and analysis of microbiologic systems. At the same time, the failure modes of AI technologies are poorly understood. DARPA is working to address this shortfall, with focused R&D, both analytic and empirical. Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information $500,000 - $5,000,000; eligibility guidance Defense contractors, research institutions, and technology companies; U. S. -owned entities preferred Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
DARPA Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Two-year competition focused on developing novel AI systems to autonomously find and fix software vulnerabilities in critical open-source code. Finals concluded with winners announced; now in transition phase with $1. Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt: AIxCC: AI Cyber Challenge | DARPA An official website of the United States Government Official websites use .mil .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of War organization. Secure .mil websites use HTTPS ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. AIxCC: AI Cyber Challenge AIxCC: AI Cyber Challenge Launched in 2023, the Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) is a two-year competition that brings together the best and brightest in AI and cybersecurity to safeguard the software critical to all Americans. AIxCC will ask competitors to design novel AI systems to secure this critical code and will award a cumulative $29.5 million in prizes to teams with the best systems, including $7 million in prizes to small businesses to empower entrepreneurial innovation during the initial phase of AIxCC. AIxCC will unite top AI companies with DARPA and ARPA-H to make their cutting-edge technology and expertise available for challenge competitors and facilitating the development of state-of-the-art cybersecurity systems. AIxCC is collaborating closely with the open-source community, to guide teams in creating AI systems capable of addressing vital cybersecurity issues, such as the security of critical infrastructure and software supply chains. Most software, and thus most of the code needing protection, is open-source software, often developed by community-driven volunteers. This software runs everything from transportation to water and wastewater systems, emergency services, and energy sources. At the center of this infrastructure are the health care and public health sectors, which are uniquely sensitive to disruptions in these areas. AIxCC competitions will occur at one of the world’s top cybersecurity conferences, DEF CON. The semifinal competition will be at DEF CON 2024, and the final competition at DEF CON 2025, where the top prize will be $4 million. Visit the official website at AICyberChallenge.com for information and resources about the competition. Information Innovation Office DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge releases scoring guide for $8.5 million final competition DARPA AI Cyber Challenge Aims to Secure Nation’s Most Critical Software DARPA AI Cyber Challenge Proves Promise of AI-Driven Cybersecurity Be part of a cutting-edge research and development agency that’s pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, in an energetic environment with excellent benefits. Find your future with DARPA Careers > Our program managers are visionary leaders whose experience spans industry, government, and academia. They conceive, plan, and oversee the high-risk R&D efforts for which we are best known. See all people at DARPA > DARPA has pushed, and will continue to push, the boundaries of Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Funding amounts vary by project scope and award track.; eligibility guidance Teams of cybersecurity researchers and AI experts; small businesses eligible for special track Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
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