To apply for funding, review DARPA's research interests, find suitable solicitations, and follow the instructions therein to submit your proposal.

All of DARPA's research is performed by outside researchers at businesses (with some opportunities reserved for small businesses), universities, non-profit institutions, government laboratories, and other research organizations.

DARPA's Research Needs

DARPA announces its research needs through solicitations which most often take the form of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), but may also be called Special Notices, Research Announcements or Requests for Proposals. Solicitations may be office-specific or may involve multiple offices.

Solicitations are published, as appropriate, in many different places:

• Each technical office's individual website
• For small businesses through the Small Business Programs Office
• Through Federal Business Opportunities, also known as FedBizOpps and Grants.gov.