Opportunity timeline

PostedSep 11, 2026
DeadlineOct 30, 2026

In plain English

DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office is seeking high-risk, high-payoff research ideas in science and engineering that could support national security and lead to prototype demonstrations. Individual Disruption Opportunity topics will be issued under this announcement, with the goal of starting unclassified efforts in fewer than 120 days from idea inception.

About this opportunity

The mission of the DARPA DSO is to identify, investigate, and leverage nascent scientific advances for national security applications by pursuing high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Disruption Opportunity (DO) topics are issued to rapidly investigate new concepts with focused investments. DOs enable DARPA to initiate a new investment for unclassified efforts in less than 120 calendar days from idea inception. To enable this approach, DSO will issue individual DOs under this solicitation. These opportunities will target specific technical domains important to DSO’s mission to pursue innovative research that leads to a…

Time remaining

Closes Oct 30, 2026

46Days
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18Hours
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42Min
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07Sec

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BS-3D9459