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"DARPA-SN-26-80RFI: AI Forge" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
DARPA-SN-26-80RFI: AI Forge is sponsored by DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office. Seeks information on approaches, tools, and practices for achieving graduated levels of software resilience and assurance aligned to mission needs, cost, and lifecycle constraints.
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Department of War organization. DARPA and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have jointly developed AI Forge to catalyze breakthroughs in AI for national security, working in close collaboration with the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The program is focused on aligning government, academia, and industry around forward-looking foundational research to accelerate advances in AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. AI Forge hypothesizes that pre-competitive AI research in these thrust areas can accelerate the adoption of AI innovations by industry and federal agencies.
AI Forge aims to accelerate progress towards AI that is significantly more reliable and predictable in high-stakes settings, understandable to its operators, and secure in contested environments. It also envisions building a durable research ecosystem around priority AI challenges and enabling a more robust exchange of talent and ideas across universities, frontier AI companies, and government than is possible today.
AI Forge will establish a forum – comprised of industry, university, and government participants – to identify, fund, and manage university-led research efforts aimed at challenges defined in the AI Forge Critical AI Challenges for National Security report . The forum will be administered by a nonprofit. This page will be updated with additional details as they become available.
AI Forge: Critical AI Challenges for National Security Report AI Forge: Accelerating AI breakthroughs for national security Information Processing Techniques Office
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to all proposers who can meet the agency’s needs. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was June 22, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
DARPA-SN-26-80RFI: AI Forge is funded by DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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