Selective Harnessing of Intrinsic Neuroplasticity Engineering (SHINE)
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DARPA-PA-25-07-06 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is issuing a Disruption Opportunity (DO), inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of targeted neuroplasticity. This DO is issued under the Program Announcement for Disruptioneering, DARPA-PA-25-07 Amendment 1. All awards will be made in the form of an Other Transaction (OT) for Prototype Agreement. The total award value for this DO is limited to $2,000,000 per award. This total award value includes Government funding and performer cost share if required or p… (show all)
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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 Services
- May 11, 2026RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA$735KHR001126CE068 Code-to-model Analysis Ready for Verification Engines (CARVE)
- Jan 31, 2025NEWBRIDGE PARTNERS, INC.$300KHR001125C0046 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide
- Jan 22, 2025TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$2.0MHR001125C0039 Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide
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.
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