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* **Contract Opportunity Type:**Presolicitation (Original) * **Original Published Date:**Nov 01, 2023 04:11 pm EDT * **Original Response Date:**Nov 30, 2023 04:00 pm EST * **Inactive Policy:**Manual * **Original Inactive Date:**Dec 30, 2023 * **Original Set Aside:** * **Product Service Code:** AC11 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH * 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) * **Place of Performance:** The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is issuing an Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE) Opportunity, inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery.
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