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Rapid Explanation, Analysis and Sourcing Online (REASON)

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), in partnership with DEVCOM ARL, aims to develop novel technologies that will enable intelligence analysts to substantially improve the evidence and reasoning in draft analytic reports. Intelligence analysts sort through huge amounts of often uncertain and conflicting information as they strive …

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Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

External Sponsor:

IARPA

Advanced Graphic Intelligence Logical Computing Environment (AGILE)

IARPA, in partnership with DEVCOM ARL’s Army Research Office, seeks research and development of innovative, energy-efficient, reliable computer architectures for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) to implement large-scale data-analytic applications.

Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

External Sponsor:

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

ARL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is a competitive solicitation procedure used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research.

Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign Government

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)
6.2 (Applied Research)

Army Center for Synthetic Biology

The Army Center for Synthetic Biology is a basic research program initiated by the Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory. It focuses on areas of strategic importance to U.S. national security. It seeks to increase the Army’s intellectual capital in synthetic biology and improve its ability to address future challenges.

Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)

Collection of DEVCOM ARL’s announcements used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research and the part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement.

Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, U.S. Government, Foreign Business, Foreign Government

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)
6.2 (Applied Research)

Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA)

Collaborative Research Alliances (CRAs) are academia-led partnerships which leverage the cutting-edge innovation found in the academic environment. They are partnerships between Army laboratories and centers, industry, and academia that facilitate university- and industry-based research.

Target Audience(s):

Academia, Large Business, Small Business

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Collaborative Partnerships

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)

A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) establishes a cooperative relationship between a federal laboratory and its collaborator(s) for the purpose of advancing research and development and generating new intellectual property (IP).

Target Audience(s):

Academia, HBCU/MI, Large Business, Small Business, Foreign Business

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Collaborative Partnerships
Technology Transfer

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)
6.2 (Applied Research)

Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)

The Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) is a capacity building program that is designed to strengthen the research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in underutilized States/Territories.

Target Audience(s):

Academia

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation.

Target Audience(s):

Academia

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)

External Sponsor:

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))

Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)

The Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative is a tri-service Department of Defense Program, part of the University Research Initiative.

Target Audience(s):

Academia

Avenue(s) for Collaboration:

Funded Research

Research Type(s):

6.1 (Basic Research)