Closed · DARPA-RA-18-01 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary
Polyplexus Pilot
Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Defense Sciences Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 20, 2018
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Polyplexus Pilot is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office that offered Up to $100,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 175 other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office.
- up to $100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12.910
- CFDA program
- 175
- other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office
Archived opportunity record
Polyplexus Pilot is closed (last close July 20, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Defense Sciences Office still indexes 175 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 July 20, 2018
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking participants for a pilot program designed to utilize modern connectivity to rapidly develop promising basic research pathways and then efficiently develop basic research proposals. DSO’s intent is to fund some of the research proposals resulting from this pilot program. As with other recent DARPA/DSO opportunity announcements, the intent of this program is to deliver research proposals that seek to investigate innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DARPA-RA-18-01
Grants.gov marks Polyplexus Pilot with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DARPA - Defense Sciences Office book (77 peers, 44% of 176).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
Polyplexus Pilot is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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