Closed · HR001122S0029 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary
Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices (BRACE)
Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Biological Technologies Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 17, 2022
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices (BRACE) 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.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12.910
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices (BRACE) - is cataloged under number HR001122S0029 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 12.910, posted by DARPA - Biological Technologies Office. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on March 28, 2022 and last updated on May 25, 2022. 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 June 17, 2022. 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
June 17, 2022
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Posted
March 28, 2022
Instrument
Procurement Contract
Description
The Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices (BRACE) Program aims to prolong the serviceability of DoD structures and airfield pavements by integrating a self-healing capability into existing concrete. The DoD relies on steel-reinforced concrete structures such as missile silos and naval piers that are many decades old, not easily replaced, and subject to cracking and corrosive deterioration. The DoD also relies on concrete airfield pavements in expeditionary settings, which are subject to damage from overuse or attack and require rapid repair under logistically challenged circumstances. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art approaches to maintain concrete are one-time interventions, limited to remediation of defects at or near the surface, and typically necessitate down-time for critical assets. No current technology provides persistent crack repair and prevention for defects deep inside existing aged concrete or prolonged repair of damaged airfield pavements. Inspired by vascular systems that support continuous repair in multicellular organisms and ecosystems, the BRACE Program will develop bio-inspired approaches that 1) penetrate deep into aged concrete to form a healing “vasculature” for persistent damage repair, and 2) combine with new concrete to increase the durability of runway patch repairs. To achieve these goals, BRACE performers will engineer and operationalize vascularizing agents for both long-term (e.g., steel-reinforced marine or buried infrastructure) and rapid (e.g., expeditionary airfield) use cases.
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 BRACE@darpa.mil
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