# Alert WARfighter Enablement (AWARE) Phase 0

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpaps2417

- Solicitation number: DARPA-PS-24-17
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was July 31, 2024
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- First posted: June 13, 2024
- Last posted: July 3, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c0bcaa63428b4b4e99c7852fffa11e51/view

## Description

• The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative approaches to address challenges with maintaining warfighter alertness following sleep deprivation. The AWARE program aims to develop a combination drug and device to non-invasively increase alertness following sleep loss in humans, without negative side effects such as anxiety, irritability, or euphoria, and with reduced addictive potential.

The AWARE program goals include developing 1) candidate photoswitchable dextroamphetamine (“PhotoDex”) molecules that are biologically inert in dark conditions but are reversibly activated in the presence of near infrared (NIR) light (750-900 nm), and 2) wearable device elements that emit NIR light at 850 nm to a depth of 1.5 cm, adaptable to any wavelength between 750 and 900 nm to accommodate the final optimal PhotoDex wavelength.

## Publications

- June 13, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 31, 2024. Notice 1d4409031eea4e2994dadd9c96a9fea8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1d4409031eea4e2994dadd9c96a9fea8/view
- July 3, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 31, 2024. Notice 142327b96d99486c85a903e849872ea2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/142327b96d99486c85a903e849872ea2/view
- July 3, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 31, 2024. Notice 5a29a0998aa2455c950ea9e0856b7317. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5a29a0998aa2455c950ea9e0856b7317/view
- July 3, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 31, 2024. Notice c0bcaa63428b4b4e99c7852fffa11e51. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c0bcaa63428b4b4e99c7852fffa11e51/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, AWARE@darpa.mil

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