This solicitation closed on January 20, 2026
View current Department of Defense opportunities →Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026
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DARPA seeks innovative junior researchers to develop cutting-edge technologies addressing national security challenges. The Young Faculty Award provides early-career scientists opportunities to create transformative defense capabilities through high-impact research funding.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) needs and DARPA’s mission to create and prevent technological surprise for national security. The YFA program will provide high-impact funding to researchers early in their c...
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