Closed · HR001118S0027 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS)

Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Biological Technologies Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
April 30, 2018
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 73 other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.910
CFDA program
73
other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office

Archived opportunity record

Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) is closed (last close April 30, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Biological Technologies Office still indexes 73 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed April 30, 2018

Posted Feb 15 Closes Apr 30

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

DARPA seeks innovative proposals for new systems that employ natural or engineered marine organisms as sensor elements to amplify signals related to the presence, movement, and classification of manned or unmanned underwater vehicles (M/UUV). The Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) program will leverage or develop living organisms as sensor transducers, and pair them with a detector and analysis suite to produce deployable sensor systems able to provide timely information on vehicle activity across a wide variety of maritime environments.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HR001118S0027

Grants.gov marks Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Procurement Contract. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DARPA - Biological Technologies Office book (27 peers, 36% of 74).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

BAA Coordinator PALS@darpa.mil

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What to do next

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