# Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2025

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpara2501

- Solicitation number: DARPARA2501
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was February 5, 2025
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC11 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Basic Research
- First posted: October 23, 2024
- Last posted: January 8, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f679299c99084590b3c37108ac196c82/view

## 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.

## Publications

- October 23, 2024: Solicitation, due February 5, 2025. Notice baf06d6b719f4251a9780b70095b21d5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/baf06d6b719f4251a9780b70095b21d5/view
- November 8, 2024: Solicitation, due February 5, 2025. Notice 77df1991142947aba382d7984707841f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/77df1991142947aba382d7984707841f/view
- November 15, 2024: Solicitation, due February 5, 2025. Notice 7f4fa928a98347d7bc369fadb6f99e17. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7f4fa928a98347d7bc369fadb6f99e17/view
- January 8, 2025: Solicitation, due February 5, 2025. Notice f679299c99084590b3c37108ac196c82. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f679299c99084590b3c37108ac196c82/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, YFA2025@darpa.mil

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