Biological Technologies
Overview
What you need to judge this in 30 seconds
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) is soliciting proposals that leverage biological properties and processes to revolutionize our ability to protect the nation’s warfighters. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
- Category
- R&D
- Industry
- Space & Defense, Other
- Technology
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- Target stage
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- Project duration
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- Estimated preparation
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Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
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- Currency
- USD
- Total programme budget
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- Support type
- Cash
- Co-funding
- None (fully funded)
- Matching fund
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- Disbursement
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- Note
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Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
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.
- Company age
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- Employees
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- Revenue limits
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- Consortium
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Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
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- Local entity
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- Location condition
- A US federal programme: the applicant must be an eligible entity based in the United States.
Required Documents
Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions
Document requirements were not captured (needs verification). Check the official announcement.
Application Process
How you apply
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Evaluation
Review process and criteria
Evaluation process not captured.
Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
Process steps were not captured.
Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
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- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
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- IP ownership
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- Deliverable ownership
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- Exclusivity
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- Right of first refusal
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- Audit & settlement
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- Bayh-Dole government licence
US federal R&D funding commonly carries a government licence clause.
Source: Standard across grants.gov federal programmes — check the individual announcement.
Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
No risk assessment yet. Re-analyse from Admin.
IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
No IP assessment yet.
AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
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- Nothing flagged
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Source & Provenance
Every value carries its source URL and fetch time
- Application URL
- https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360698
- Last fetched
- 2026.08.17
- Human review
- Not reviewed — check the official announcement
- First seen
- 2026.08.17
- Data status
- Auto-collected, not reviewed
- AI enrichment
- Needs verification
- PRIMARYGrants.gov HR001126S0003
Fetched 3h ago
- OFFICIAL_APIGrants.gov Search2 API
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