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IPTO is Looking for...

Program Managers:

The most important people in IPTO are our Program Managers. The Program Manager is at the center of the DARPA universe -- developing ideas, interacting intensely with the technical community, pitching programs, and managing the world's greatest researchers, all in support of changing the world with new technology. We are always looking for excellent new people to join us. Please consider spending a few years with us in Washington (Arlington, VA, actually) and helping us create the future.

IPTO Program Managers tell what it's like to work at DARPA (Video)

If you are interested in learning more, please follow this link to our Personnel information pages.

New Ideas:

What makes DARPA tick is the continuous flow of new and exciting ideas. We are always interested in startling new technology, thoughts about exploratory "seedling" projects, and compelling inputs to the Broad Agency Announcements (BAA's) that detail our approved technical programs. Please explore our current solicitations (including the IPTO Office-Wide BAA) to see if you have the next relevant world-changing idea. Before contacting IPTO, please understand we are interested in new technology, as opposed to an existing product or service.

If you believe you have new technology that matches our published areas of interest, we encourage you to submit through the BAA process. If you have an idea but are unsure it is in an area of interest to IPTO, you may send a short description to ipto_new_ideas@darpa.mil. We will let you know how or if you should proceed with further discussion, white paper, or formal BAA response.

When describing your ideas to IPTO we ask that you answer, to the extent that you are able, the following questions developed by former DARPA Director George H. Heilmeier: