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Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027

Due
January 13, 2027
66 days left
Buyer
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa)
Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy · Department of Defense
NAICS
541715
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Notice ID
DARPARA2701
Posted October 23, 2026

The original documents

Deadline: January 13, 2027

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What they need

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of War (DoW) needs and DARPA�s mission to create and prevent technological surprise for national security. The YFA program provides high-impact funding to researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research that enables transformative DoW capabilities. Ultimately, the YFA program developes the next generation of researchers focused on national security issues.

Past history: who won Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) work across the US

Recent federal contract awards in the same industry across the US, from USAspending.gov. These are comparable jobs, not earlier rounds of this exact solicitation.

Typical award: $488K to $12.3Mmiddle half of 15 recent awards · median $4.9M
Who wonAmountBuyerDate
Utah State University Space Dynamics LaboratoryPrecision atomic clocks, magnetometers & navigation follow-on (pacman-fo) and communications and PNT convergen… $29,321,121Department of the Air ForceSep 2032
Concurrent Technologies CorpCall 003 large capacity energy storage $6,734,149Department of the Air ForceDec 2030
Georgia Tech Applied Research CorpGlobal strike range equipment and systems support $148,004Department of the ArmyApr 2030
Azimuth CorporationMaterials research and survivability studies structured optical materials and processing $19,945,729Department of the Air ForceOct 2027
Azimuth CorporationMaterials research and survivability studies II $16,381,720Department of the Air ForceOct 2027
North American Manufacturing Pros LLC3 month l-pbf of DS steels and refractory alloys $124,530National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOct 2027
Canyon Consulting, LLCAssured space-based PNT innovation, research & experiment (aspire) R&D program. in accordance with: 10 USC 237… $31,433,651Department of the Air ForceOct 2027
Leidos, INC.Cyber physical sensor development $8,201,209Department of the Air ForceAug 2027

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