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Recurring rolling DARPA program; current Program Announcement DARPA-PA-25-07 open, closes Sept 29, 2026
Historical funding: Up to $1,000,000
Prior eligibility: Universities, for-profit organizations, and non-profits
Disruptioneering Program Announcement (DARPA-PA-23-03) is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A rapid-funding vehicle for high-risk, high-reward 'disruption opportunities' in nascent technology areas including advanced AI and mathematical discovery.
DPA26BZ06-DV023 is a Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR paying $700,000 over 18 months plus a $500,000 option. The physics demands 256x more transmit power than the systems that qualify you to compete, and DARPA will not accept modeling alone as proof. Here is the eligibility wall, the five engineering problems, and who can realistically win it before the October 21 close.
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Read articleDPA26BZ06-DV026 offers $300,000 at Phase I or $1,800,000 as a single Direct-to-Phase-II tranche with no options. The deliverable is a simulated auction market that measures whether AI agents deceive, collude, or manipulate the humans they serve — measured entirely from the outside. Here is the 90% efficiency gate, the team composition most bidders will get wrong, and why this topic sits in DARPA's biology office.
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