DARPA 101: Engaging with DARPA/DSOTyler McQuade, PhDDeputy Director, DSO

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Discovery DSO Day

June 15, 2017

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II. Conversations, Executive Summaries, White Papers, RFIs

III. Understanding the Funding Opportunities

IV. Proposers Days

I. Who, What, Where and Whys of DARPA/DSO

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II. Conversations, Executive Summaries, White Papers, RFIs

III. Understanding the Funding Opportunities

IV. Proposers Days

I. Who, What, Where and Whys of DARPA/DSO

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DARPA an Overview

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BroadAgency

Announcement

Essential Elements Yielding DARPA’s Magic

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DARPA Technical Offices

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Program Managers

James GimlettPhysics

John MainMaterial System Innovation

Ale LukaszewPhysics/Materials

Fariba FahrooMathematics

Vincent TangApplied Physics

Michael FiddyInverse Problems in Electromagnetics

John PaschkewitzSystems, Design, & Materials

Predrag MilojkovicImaging & Optics

Jan VandenbrandeMath, Design, & Production Automation

Adam RussellBehavioral/Social Sciences

Anne FischerChemical Systems

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Essential Elements Yielding DARPA’s Magic

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BroadAgency

Announcement

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II. Conversations, Exec. Summaries, White Papers, RFIs

III. Understanding the Funding Opportunities

IV. Proposers Days

I. Who, What, Where and Whys of DARPA/DSO

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Program Managers Need Your Input

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BroadAgency

Announcement

Community Engagement

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Program Development

Ideas from inside & outside DARPA

Seedlings, RFIs, &

workshops

Internal planning,

wrangling &approval

New Program!

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Four Ways to Give Your Input

Conversations – Telephone/In Person/ During Workshops

Executive Summaries – Directly or Via Open Office BAA

White Papers – Directly or Via Open Office BAA

Request for Information (RFIs)

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II. Conversations, Executive Summaries, White Papers, RFIs

III. Understanding the Funding Opportunities

IV. Proposers Days

I. Who, What, Where and Whys of DARPA/DSO

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Flavors of Support

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DSO’s $

Programs Seedlings

ACCESSA-TeamsACDCA2P

CASCADEEQUIPSX-Solids

EXTREMEFLA

Fold FxFunLoLDetectGS3Etc…

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Getting While the Getting’s Good

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Pre-BAA Post-BAA Post-Kickoff

Send Full Proposal

Build Team

Receive FundingGrants

Cooperative AgreementsContracts

OTs

0-9 months

>9 months

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II. Conversations, Executive Summaries, White Papers, RFIs

III. Understanding the Funding Opportunities

IV. Proposers Days

I. Who, What, Where and Whys of DARPA/DSO

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Translating the BAA

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“A webcast Proposers Day for the RadioBio program is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2017. A Special Notice with details is available here: http://go.usa.gov/x9Fm6.”

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Proposers Day is the Place to Find a Team

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Primes

&

Subs

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Essential Elements Yielding DARPA’s Magic

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www.darpa.mil

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