Resilient
DARPA will fund innovative basic or applied research concepts for accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete under an Other Transaction prototype agreement.
⚑ DARPA Disruptioneering/DO OT prototype agreement solicitation · Phase 1 base up to $1,000,000; Phase 2 option up to $1,000,000; combined cap $2,000,000 including government funding and any performer cost share · Notice says applicant restrictions are under federal contract; no specific class restriction stated in the text provided
This is a DARPA materials/concrete testing and prediction topic, which is squarely in engineering and computational materials science rather than this team’s social-behavioral, risk-perception, warning, education-policy, or energy-public-opinion lines. IPPRA might touch the societal side of infrastructure resilience in some broader context, but there is no clear PI-level fit for anyone on this roster.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-09-05
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: environment; social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is issuing a Disruption Opportunity (DO), inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete. This DO is issued under the Program Announcement for Disruptioneering, DARPA-PA-25-07 Amendment 1. All awards will be made in the form of an “Disruptioneering – Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement SAMPLE” (DO OT Sample) project. The total award value for the combined Phase 1 (base, not to exceed $1,000,000) and Phase 2 (option, not to exceed $1,000,000) is limited to $2,000,000. This total award value includes Government funding and performer cost share if required or proposed.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) / DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY.
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