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IARPA - Research Programs IARPA sponsors cutting-edge research on a broad range of subjects to benefit and support the Intelligence Community. Our Program Managers are currently engaged in four primary research areas, including, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, machine learning and synthetic biology.
To learn more about the types of programs our program managers have supported and are currently supporting, please see the below list. If there is a specific area of your interest that is not listed here, please contact one of our Program Managers for additional information. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your ideas for future research.
The goal of analysis research is to maximize insights from the massive, disparate, unreliable and dynamic data that are--or could be--available to analysts, in a timely manner.
Our programs are in diverse technical disciplines but have common features involving potential transition partners at all stages, beginning with the definition of success, creating technologies that can earn the trust of the analyst user by providing the reasoning for results, and addressing uncertainty and data provenance explicitly.
The goal of collections research is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources by developing new sensor and transmission technologies, new collection techniques that more precisely target desired information, and means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources.
In addition, IARPA pursues new mechanisms for combining information gathered from multiple sources to enhance the quality, reliability, and utility of collected information. The purpose of the ARTS Program is to develop novel systems that will modify spontaneous speech in r... The Biomaterial Structural Analyses for Use Recognition and Understanding Synthesis (B-SAURUS) progr...
The BENGAL program aims to understand large language model (LLM) threat modes, quantify them and to... The BRIAR program aims to provide the U.S. Intelligence Community with the ability to perform accura... COSMIC will allow the Intelligence Community to integrate temporally relevant geospatial information...
Novel and low-frequency terms (e.g., newly coined slang, jargon, coded language and undefined acrony... HAYSTAC aims to establish models of “normal” human movement across times, locations, and people... The HIATUS program aims to develop novel human-useable systems for attributing authorship and protec...
LocUS will improve the geolocation capabilities of the Intelligence Community (IC) considerably beyo... MOVES seeks create algorithms that aid clinicians in making diagnoses of a small set of neurological... The Video LINCS program aims to develop re-identification methods that autonomously associate object...
The WRIVA program aims to develop software systems to perform site modeling in scenarios where a lim... The AGILE program seeks innovative, energy-efficient, and reliable computer architectures that can a... ARCADE seeks to accelerate electrical circuit design within the Intelligence Community to enable fas...
The Entangled Logical Qubits (ELQ) program aims to advance the state of the science in universal fau... The End-Gen program seeks to develop generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and machine learning (... The EQuAL-P program aims to realize significant gains in the performance of electrically small anten...
The RESILIENCE program seeks to develop reliable power solutions to enable increased mission run-tim... The SCISRS program seeks to develop smart radio techniques to automatically detect and characterize... The IARPA SINTRA program aims to investigate the interaction of orbital debris with the surrounding...
The SMART ePANTS program seeks to develop clothing with integrated audio, video, and geolocation sen... The SOLSTICE program aims to develop novel solar-power and hybrid solar-power systems with significa...
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IARPA Research Programs is funded by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Commercial Observation for Spatio-Temporal Monitoring for Indications of Change (COSMIC) is sponsored by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The COSMIC program seeks to develop a methodology to leverage commercial remote sensing technologies and open-source geolocation information to generate pseudo-persistent data (PPD). COSMIC aims to create a methodology to rapidly integrate multiple sources of information into a unified framework to allow for incorporation into a layered GEOINT model or PPD. This framework should also allow the prediction and visualization of resolution and bands of data not provided for PPD construction through predictive processes such as image diffusion or other generative AI approaches.
IARPA COSMIC Commercial Observation AI for Spatio-temporal Geospatial Intelligence is sponsored by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). IARPA's Commercial Observation for Spatio-temporal Monitoring for Indications of Change (COSMIC) program aims to integrate commercial remote sensing data and open-source geolocation information into dynamic geospatial models and develop an agentic AI analytic system capable of a…
IARPA's Commercial Observation for Spatio-temporal Monitoring for Indications of Change (COSMIC) program aims to integrate commercial remote sensing data and open-source geolocation information into dynamic geospatial models and develop an agentic AI analytic system capable of answering intelligence questions. The program is part of IARPA's Emerging Technology Accelerator (ETA) framework released in April 2026, supporting high-risk high-payoff R&D for the Intelligence Community. COSMIC seeks to create AI systems that generate pseudo-persistent geospatial intelligence from non-persistent commercial satellite and sensor data.
DARPA Young Faculty Award is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The DARPA Young Faculty Award program identifies and engages rising academics in early-career research positions, particularly those with minimal prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of Defense (DOD) needs. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) within DARPA has open topic areas in Physical Sciences, including open quantum systems, quantum-enhanced sensing, novel qubit platforms, complex chemical systems, nuclear systems and beams, nuclear particle/photon interactions, and nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) is a federal grant program administered by FEMA through the Office of the Governor's Public Safety Office that funds enhanced border security cooperation among Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Border Patrol, and state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. The program supports joint operations to secure land and water border routes, improve intelligence sharing, and expand 287(g) screening operations within correctional facilities. In 2025, the national priority is Supporting Border Crisis Response and Enforcement, covering training, operational coordination, and risk management. Eligible expenses include operational overtime costs, staffing support for screening activities, and training programs in immigration law, civil rights protections, and 287(g) procedures.
DoD Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) is sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD) - Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI), administered by the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research, supports basic research in science and engineering at U. S.
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