Closed · DARPA-RA-21-01 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

Young Faculty Award (YFA)

Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Defense Sciences Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
January 20, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Young Faculty Award (YFA) is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 175 other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.910
CFDA program
175
other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office

Archived opportunity record

Young Faculty Award (YFA) is closed (last close January 20, 2021). 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 January 20, 2021

Posted Oct 2 Closes Jan 20

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior faculty positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions and expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) and National Security challenges and needs. In particular, YFA will provide high-impact funding to elite researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research directions in the context of enabling transformative DoD capabilities. The long-term goal of the program is to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers in the research community who will focus a significant portion of their future careers on DoD and National Security issues. DARPA is particularly interested in identifying outstanding researchers who have previously not been performers on DARPA programs, but the program is open to all qualified applicants with innovative research ideas.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DARPA-RA-21-01

Grants.gov marks Young Faculty Award (YFA) 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: Grant. 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

BAA Coordinator YFA2021@darpa.mil

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What to do next

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