Closed · HR001121S0040 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines (HARDEN)

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
March 21, 2022
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines (HARDEN) 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. PlainGrants indexes 78 other opportunities from DARPA - Information Innovation Office.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
12.910
CFDA program
78
other opportunities from DARPA - Information Innovation Office

Archived opportunity record

Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emer… is closed (last close March 21, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Information Innovation Office still indexes 78 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 March 21, 2022

Posted Sep 20 Closes Mar 21

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

The HARDEN program will explore novel approaches that use formal verification methods and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-aided program models, analyses, and logics to develop practical tools to anticipate, isolate, and mitigate emergent execution engines throughout the entire software development lifecycle in order to disrupt the patterns of robust, reliable, and composable exploit primitives that empower attackers.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HR001121S0040

Grants.gov marks Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emer… 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: Procurement Contract. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DARPA - Information Innovation Office book (37 peers, 47% of 79).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

BAA Coordinator HARDEN@darpa.mil

What to do next

Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emer… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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