Restorative and health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST)
ARPA-H is seeking proposals to develop objective, home-based closed-loop sleep technologies that detect sleep microstructures in real time and intervene to improve sleep and long-term health outcomes.
⚑ Solicitation states applicant restrictions as a federal contract notice; confirm directly from the solicitation whether universities may apply. · ARPA-H programs are often highly technical and milestone-driven; this is a technology development effort, not a clinical service program.
This is primarily biomedical/clinical device-development work on objective sleep measurement and closed-loop treatment, which is far outside IPPRA’s core social-science program. The team might touch public-health implications of sleep, but none of the listed researchers has a clear publication line in sleep technology or clinical intervention development.
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| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 75 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 53 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; social/behavioral work is minor; 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 Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) seeks proposals for the Restorative & health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST) program, a bold effort to transform how poor sleep is measured and treated by enabling objective, home-based, closed-loop technologies that detect health-relevant sleep microstructures and respond to them in real time. If successful, REST will establish the technical foundation for a new generation of sleep health technologies that are objective, personalized, and capable of improving long-term health outcomes at scale.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: No Set aside used. 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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