Get DARPA Funding for Cutting-Edge Research!
Posted: September 30, 2025
Summary
Are you a junior academic researcher with innovative ideas for national security? This program offers high-impact funding to develop transformative DoD capabilities and launch your career with DARPA.
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Full Description
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 careers to develop innovative new research that enables transformative DoD capabilities. Ultimately, the YFA program is developing the next generation of researchers focused on national security issues.