Special notice
Future Program: Smart-Red Blood Cells (Smart-RBC)
DARPA-SN-25-107
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy. Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology).
Response deadline
October 31, 2025
Closed 321 days ago. Posted September 10, 2025. Scheduled to archive November 1, 2025.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The purpose of this Special Notice (SN) is to provide public notification of additional research areas of interest to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO), specifically for the forthcoming Smart-Red Blood Cells (Smart-RBC) program. The DARPA Smart-RBC program aims to engineer red blood cells to contain novel biological features that can safely and reliably modify human physiology. Specifically, the Smart-RBC program seeks to revolutionize blood products by creating “smart red blood cells” (SRBCs).
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
September 10, 2025
Special notice
Due October 31, 2025. SAM.gov, notice bf64d14f7d764d979f327ed3b8de9e3b
Points of contact
- Dr. Christopher Bettinger, DARPA/BTOSmart-RBC@darpa.mil
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