DARPA Research Solutions Opening
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DARPA-PA-26-08 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 2, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Sep 3, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This Research Solutions Opening (RSO) aims to strengthen the DARPA Program Manager (PM) community by engaging academic researchers capable of addressing DARPA's hard problems. PMs that are passionate about tackling the most complex technical challenges, pushing the boundaries of science and technology, and shaping the future of defense and innovation. Together, through this effort, we will pioneer revolutionary solutions, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and empower the brightest minds to make the impossible possible. This RSO also seeks to fund the independent research ideas of these p… (show all)
assionate researchers. This RSO is limited to Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) candidates and proposals from accredited U.S. colleges and universities.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY), same product/service code (PSC) AC11 and NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $626K to $126.4M, median $1.4M; range $300K to $499.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | 1 | $499.8M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | 1 | $2.0M | Jan 22, 2025 |
| RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA | 1 | $735K | May 11, 2026 |
| NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, INC. | 1 | $300K | Jan 31, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 19, 2026THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$499.8MJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Support ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 11, 2026RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA$735KHR001126CE068 Code-to-model Analysis Ready for Verification Engines (CARVE)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 31, 2025NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, INC.$300KHR001125C0046 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wideNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 22, 2025TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$2.0MHR001125C0039 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wideNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.