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This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being addressed by ongoing IPTO programs or other published solicitations. Potential proposers are highly encouraged to visit the IPTO technical office page (https://www.darpa.mil/about/offices/ipto) to view current and upcoming IPTO programs and solicitations in order to avoid proposing efforts that duplicate existing activities or that are responsive to other published IPTO solicitations.
Funding Opportunity Number: HR001126S0011. Assistance Listing: 12.910. Funding Instrument: CA,G,O,PC. Category: ST.
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Or 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.
Applications for Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide are due June 22, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Yes — Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide is offered by DARPA - Information Processing Technologies 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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Past winners and funding trends for this program
DARPA made 1,010 awards totaling roughly $1.5 billion to a select group of 171 recipients in FY2021-2025, with a median award of $350,000. The University of Southern California ($84.5 million) and Harvard College ($66.9 million) topped the recipient list, and 62 percent of recipients won more than one separate award.
| Organization | Total awarded |
|---|---|
| University of Southern California(CA) | $84.5M |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College(MA) | $66.9M |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MA) | $62.8M |
| Regents of the University of Michigan(MI) | $59.6M |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York(NY) | $50.5M |
| Northwestern University(IL) | $45.0M |
| Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the(CA) | $44.4M |
| Clemson University(SC) | $41.4M |
Linked organizations have Granted profiles. Top recipients of DARPA assistance awards, FY2021–FY2025, ranked by total obligations (CFDA 12.910.x). Source: USAspending. Last verified July 2026.
Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE) is sponsored by DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office. The DICE program seeks to develop the theory and algorithms for decentralized coordination and local inference control to enable a scalable, adaptive, and resilient collective of heterogeneous AI agents that can autonomously execute sustained long-time-horizon missions in contes…
The DICE program seeks to develop the theory and algorithms for decentralized coordination and local inference control to enable a scalable, adaptive, and resilient collective of heterogeneous AI agents that can autonomously execute sustained long-time-horizon missions in contested environments while remaining under human control. In contrast to small-scale, rigid, and fragile centralized orchestration or the high-risk unpredictable nature of ad hoc compositions of AI agents, DICE aims to harness the scalability and adaptability of self-organizing systems while minimizing risks and ensuring that the collective behavior remains predictable and aligned with intended outcomes. This approach mirrors the principles of decentralized self-organization that underpin the internet's own scalability and resilience, where robust global behavior emerges from simple, local rules. Funding Opportunity Number: HR001126S0010. Assistance Listing: 12.910. Funding Instrument: CA,O,PC. Category: ST.
DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Broad Agency Announcement is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This office-wide Broad Agency Announcement invites researchers, companies, universities, and innovators to submit ideas for breakthrough technologies in artificial intelligence innovation and execution, inherent security and privacy, and resilient megasystems, that fall outside …
DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). This office-wide BAA invites researchers, companies, universities, and innovators to submit ideas for breakthrough technologies that fall outside the scope of current DARPA programs and solicitations.
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Read articleDARPA BTO pre-released four FY26 SBIR/STTR topics on April 30, 2026, with proposals due June 3. Two topics — SWiFT and EXPOSITION — offer Direct-to-Phase-II awards up to $1.5M, bypassing the standard Phase I gate. Here is what each topic is actually solving, why the DP2 structure matters, and how small biotech, surgical robotics, and battlefield-medicine teams should decide whether to compete.
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