Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026
DARPA’s Young Faculty Award (YFA) funds early-career researchers to pursue bold, innovative ideas that could lead to new Department of Defense (DoD) capabilities. It targets junior faculty in academia and equivalent roles at non-profit research institutions, especially those who have not received DARPA funding before. Beyond funding, the program connects researchers to DoD needs and DARPA’s mi…
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 t…
Eligibility
All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal that shall be considered by DARPA. See the Eligibility Information section of the BAA for more information.
Supporting links
Documents
- summary of amendment changes doc
- Attach A Exec Sum template
- Attach D Vol 2
- Attach B Proposal Slide
- DARPARA2502.pdf
- Model Cooperative Agreement
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-01.pdf
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-02.pdf
- Summary of changes to YFA Amendment 2.
- Summary of changes to YFA Amendment 3.
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-04.pdf
- Attach C Vol 1 V2
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-01.pdf
- Summary of changes to YFA Amendment 2.
- Summary of changes for YFA Amendment 5.
- summary of amendment changes doc
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-02.pdf
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-05.pdf
- DARPARA2502-Amendment-03.pdf
- summary of changes per Amendment 4
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