Special notice
National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) Proposers Day
DARPA-SN-26-29
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Response deadline
February 9, 2026
Closed 221 days ago. Posted January 21, 2026. Scheduled to archive February 24, 2026.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program will aim to establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives: - Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics - Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft.
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
January 21, 2026
Special notice
Due February 9, 2026. SAM.gov, notice a1e31888dab24044a83508625d3a5493
Points of contact
- Solicitation CoordinatorNASCENT@darpa.mil
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