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Amendment 01: The purpose of this amendment is to correct the email address cited on fbo.gov. The email address cited in the BAA is correct and remains unchanged. Original Synopsis below. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of developing hardware and software architectures with physically provable guarantees to isolate high risk transactions and to enable systems with multilevel data security assertions.
Funding Opportunity Number: HR001119S0017. Assistance Listing: 12.910. Funding Instrument: CA,O,PC. Category: ST.
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Search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal that shall be considered by DARPA. See the Eligibility Information section of the BAA for more information. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was April 8, 2019, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Yes — Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security (GAPS) is offered by DARPA - Microsystems Technology Office and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
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