HR001122S0004: Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027 (DARPARA2701). Status: Closes January 13, 2027 (67 days left). It is in our archive of DARPA - Strategic Technology Office notices from 2021.
DARPA - Strategic Technology Office offered grants to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on October 31, 2022.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed November 1, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant, Other, Procurement Contract
Other notices with this title
| Notice | Posted | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR001124S0001 | November 1, 2023 | Closed November 15, 2024 | Closed |
| HR001123S0003 | November 1, 2022 | Closed April 30, 2024 | Closed |
Key dates
| Posted | November 1, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | October 31, 2022 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | November 30, 2022 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal that shall be considered by DARPA. See the Eligibility Information section of the BAA for more information.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Most of the program's money (93% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
DARPA’s STO is seeking innovative ideas and disruptive technologies that provide the U.S. military with increased lethality in this era of eroding dominance. STO seeks to carry out DARPA’s mission of creating high-risk, high-reward valuable “breakthrough” technologies. The focus is on ambitious, difficult and revolutionary projects that achieve significant changes or fundamental shifts in technical capabilities. STO is a “systems office,” seeking to create new “proof-of-concept” mission systems. The goals are to develop and demonstrate significantly new capabilities that expand what is technically possible. We bound our solution space with mission systems technology – e.g. autonomy and control algorithms, communications and networking, sensing, and non-kinetic effects. For decades, the United States has enjoyed uncontested or dominant superiority in every operating domain. Today, every domain—air, land, sea, space and cyberspace is contested and challenged by peer competitors, who have had decades to study our strengths, and are hard at work developing counters to degrade the advantages we currently possess. We face an ever more lethal and disruptive battlefield, combined across domains, and conducted at increasing speed and reach—from close combat, throughout overseas theaters, and reaching to our homeland. STO is developing a mission-focused technology portfolio aimed at peer competition across all phases and levels of intensity. When one looks at the full spectrum of peer competition, there are two fundamental drivers: the pace of peer military modernization and expansion, and the effectiveness of peer adversary exploitation of sub-threshold incrementalism. STO is helping to address these challenges with two major thrust areas: (1) Mosaic Warfare (MW) and (2) Shaping the Battlespace (StB).
Who has won Research and Technology Development grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Research and Technology Development (12.910) awarded $1.5 billion across 739 grant awards, an average of $2.1 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | California | 26 | $84.5 million |
| Clemson University | South Carolina | 2 | $82.2 million |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts | 29 | $63.1 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | 21 | $59.6 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | 5 | $44.4 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DARPARA2701, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is HR001122S0004 still open?
No. It closed on October 31, 2022. A newer notice is open: DARPARA2701, closes January 13, 2027 (67 days left).
Who can apply for Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide?
DARPA - Strategic Technology Office accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide?
Closed October 31, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
Who has won Research and Technology Development grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Southern California, Clemson University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program made 739 awards worth $1.5 billion in that time.