Closed · HR001121S0024 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU)

Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Information Innovation Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
July 2, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU) is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Information Innovation Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.910
CFDA program

Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU) - is cataloged under number HR001121S0024 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 12.910, posted by DARPA - Information Innovation Office. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on April 29, 2021 and last updated on June 25, 2021. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a procurement contract.

Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.

Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 2, 2021. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.

Award Range

Varies by applicant

Close Date

July 2, 2021

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Posted

April 29, 2021

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

The Computational Cultural Understanding (CCU) Program will create cross-cultural language understanding technologies to improve a DoD operator’s situational awareness and interactional effectiveness. CCU will build natural language processing technologies that recognize, adapt to, and recommend how to operate within the emotional, social, and cultural norms that differ across societies, languages, and group affinities. To support diverse and emergent use cases, CCU technologies will be engineered to require minimal-to-no training data in a local culture, while maximizing operator success during negotiations and other interactions in the field. Automated systems would be a welcome force-multiplier for DoD interpreters; however, unlike the human cultural interpreters who enable US forces today, such systems are currently incapable of accurately analyzing cross-cultural communication or providing useful assistance to negotiations beyond basic machine translation. To achieve relative parity with human interpreters, CCU research will provide foundational technical innovations to assist negotiators and analysts with language analysis and cross-cultural dialogue in the field. These advances in the area of cross-cultural understanding will also inform processes for training and planning.

Eligibility

Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.

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Agency Contact

BAA Coordinator CCU@darpa.mil

Key Dates

Posted April 29, 2021
Close Date July 2, 2021
Archive Date July 16, 2021
Last Updated June 25, 2021

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this grant opportunity?
This is a federal funding opportunity titled "COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU)", offered by DARPA - Information Innovation Office. It is associated with CFDA program 12.910. The Computational Cultural Understanding (CCU) Program will create cross-cultural language understanding technologies to improve a DoD operator’s situational awareness and interactional effectiveness....
Is this opportunity still open?
No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on July 2, 2021. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.
How much funding is available?
The award range for this opportunity is Varies by applicant.
How do I apply?
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