Young Faculty Award (YFA)

The summary for the Young Faculty Award (YFA) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Young Faculty Award (YFA): DARPA would like to encourage new faculty members at institutions of higher learning to participate in its programs. This Research Announcement offers a venue by which research ideas proposed by young faculty can be sponsored and promoted within the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) at DARPA. The Young Faculty Award (YFA) is expected to provide MTO with revolutionary research ideas that are critical to future technology developments. This solicitation is for single-author grant proposals for concept development and validation in one, or combinations of, the following thrust areas of interest to MTO: 1) electronics, 2) photonics, 3) micro and nano electro mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), 4) architectures, and 5) algorithms. Proposers must select one of these thrust areas for their proposal and identify this thrust on the cover page. Proposed research should focus on innovations that enable revolutionary advances in physics, materials, and devices. Speculative and high-risk ideas are strongly encouraged. The proposal should clearly state the problem being addressed, the proposed solution, and critical milestones the YFA research activity will address. Note the problem statement can be broader than the focused effort addressed in the first year of research, but the interrelationship of the two must be clearly articulated. The initial research should focus on a clearly defined problem which can be answered in a 12 to 18-month activity consisting of critical analysis, design, or experimental exploration. MTO expects that successful YFA efforts will be a precursor and proof of a concept solution to a larger problem that is sufficiently important and challenging to warrant a follow-on, full-scale DARPA program embodied in a future Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. This solicitation is limited to participation by young investigators as defined in the Proposer Eligibility section. See Research Announcement.
Federal Grant Title: Young Faculty Award (YFA)
Federal Agency Name: DARPA Microsystems Technology Office
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RA07-44
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 12.910
CFDA Descriptions: Research and Technology Development
Current Application Deadline: September 14th, 2008
Original Application Deadline: September 14th, 2008
Posted Date: September 14th, 2007
Creation Date: September 14th, 2007
Archive Date: Sep 19, 2008
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $0
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Last Updated: September 14th, 2007
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
Link to Full Grant Announcement
Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact
Thomas Kenny, Ph.D. Program Manager DARPA/MTO 3701 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203-1714 Fax: (703) 741-0079
PM Email [[email protected] ]
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