Proactive Health Office (PHO) Mission Officer Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)
ARPA-H is soliciting solutions and proposals to improve proactive health, including prevention, early detection, prophylactic interventions, and system-level delivery innovations for healthspan and wellness.
⚑ Federal contract/other-transactions solicitation; eligibility is not stated in the notice excerpt. · Submissions run through ARPA-H Solutions portal with a required solution summary step and then proposal step. · Cooperative agreements were removed by Amendment 2; other transaction/proposal structure applies. · Close date listed as 2029-03-05.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 65 good | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds applied research; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
The Proactive Health Office (PHO) at ARPA-H is seeking solutions to improve the healthspan and health outcomes of Americans prior to the onset of disease and/or the development of diminished quality of life from illness. Specifically, PHO hypothesizes that 1) population-level improvements in access to and uptake of disease prevention and wellness-promoting behaviors and 2) development of novel early-detection methods and prophylactic interventions could drastically improve the health of American throughout their lives, and 3) that system level innovations are required for delivery of proactive health effectively. Solution summary submissions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov Questions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Ask-A-Question/ Proposal submission should be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Submit-Proposal/ Amendment 2 is effective immediately; however, if an entity has previously submitted a solution summary and/or a proposal, the base solicitation will be followed for those submissions. If a solution summary is submitted; however, a proposal has not been submitted yet, the proposal will be evaluated in accordance with this amendment. The amendment: Updated solutions summary template; Updated bundle of attachments for other transactions (admin & national policy requirements document, cost proposal narrative, cost proposal workbook, task description document, and technical & management proposal) for proposal submissions; Removed cooperative agreements as a potential award instrument and removed bundle of attachments for cooperative agreements; Updated various sections of the ISO.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH / ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H).
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