ARI is seeking white papers under the Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied and Advanced Scientific Research (W911NF-23-S-0010).
Developing NCO Promotion Situational Judgement Test
- up to USD$1.8M over 4 years. Initial 12 month phase (USD$350,000) plus 3 optional sequential 12 month phases (USD$350,000; USD$550,000; USD$550,000)
- White papers due 2 August 2023.
- BAA Topic II A.2 – a.ii: Holistic Personnel Assessment
- Research objectives
- Review key Army resources on NCO attributes and leader development (eg Army Talent Attribute Framework, Army Leader Requirements Model) to inform NCO research
- Develop and validate (criterion-related) a static version of an SJT tailored for junior NCO promotion
- Extend beyond the static SJT with a scientific, innovative approach and develop a computer adaptive SJT prototype applicable across NCO ranks
Tactical Decision-Making Exercises to Assess and Develop Leader Critical Thinking Competencies
- Up to USD$950,000 over 3 years. Initial 12 month phase (USD$350,000) plus 2 optional sequential 12 month phases (USD$350,000; USD$250,000)
- White papers due 17 August 2023.
- BAA TOPIC II A.2-.b.4: Assessing and Developing Junior Leader Competencies for Multidomain Operations
- ARI is seeking to leverage advances in artificial intelligence to develop a diagnostically focused tactical decision-making system. This system should present tactical decision-making exercises in such a way that a student-leader is required to explain his/her thought process, thus allowing instructors to diagnose misconceptions and knowledge gaps at a deeper level than traditional testing allows. In this way, a model of critical thinking development across the career trajectory may be developed.
- This research should be theory-driven and pursue the goal of building purposeful training exercises that can probe individuals’ task-relevant problem representations in order to diagnose specific misconceptions and knowledge gaps.
Documentation
- Sources Sought Notice – Developing NCO Promotion Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
- Sources Sought Notice – Tactical Decision-Making Exercises to Assess and Develop Leader Critical Thinking Competencies (TDEDev)
- Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied and Advanced Scientific Research: W911NF-23-S-0010
