EFFECTIVE 21 May 2026, this call is temporarily paused while strategic priorities are re-aligned. An updated BAA is expected to resume accepting abstracts in August 2026. No submissions will be accepted during this period.
DARPA’s I2O delivers future capabilities in the information and computational domains.
Submissions are sought in the key thrust areas below. Submissions outside these areas may be considered if they involve the development of novel capabilities having a promise to provide decisive information or computational advantage for the US and its allies.
I2O seeks unconventional approaches that are outside the mainstream, challenge accepted assumptions and have the potential to radically change established practices. Proposed research should enable revolutionary advances in science, technology or systems.
Abstracts are required and will be accepted and assessed on a rolling basis until 1 November 2026.
Selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full proposal by 30 November 2026.
Key Thrust Areas
- Transformative AI – trustworthy, disruptive AI technologies and methodologies relevant to national security; trustworthy systems operate competently, interact appropriately with humans and behave ethically and morally
- Resilient, Adaptable and Secure Software and Complex Systems – using formal methods and third-wave AI to make it easier to understand, build, update, repair and restore complex software and cyber-physical systems with multi-system-wide, security-relevant correctness guarantees; methods to provide continuing operation of a system under duress
- Offensive and Defensive Cyber Security and Privacy – state-of-the-art AI and secure and resilient tools and technologies to produce trustworthy cyber capabilities that operate beyond human capacity and speed; capabilities to assure the privacy of users and user information and actions; anticipating adversary countermeasures to create enduring capabilities
- Fighting in the Information Domain– measuring the health of and detecting attacks on the information domain, broadly construed; eg cognitive, semantic, tracking, transport
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BAA – I2O Office-Wide – HR001126S0001
