Closed · HR001124S0025 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary
Hermes
Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Biological Technologies Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 11, 2024
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Hermes 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. PlainGrants indexes 73 other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12.910
- CFDA program
- 73
- other opportunities from DARPA - Biological Technologies Office
Archived opportunity record
Hermes is closed (last close June 11, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Biological Technologies Office still indexes 73 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 June 11, 2024
Instrument
Procurement Contract
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals to develop systemic drug delivery platforms for medical countermeasures (MCMs). The Hermes program is explicitly seeking transformative approaches enabling the development of delivery platforms with systemic biodistribution, exceptional endosomal escape efficiency, and minimal toxicity. Successful proposals will include a detailed description of the proposed delivery platform including 1) screening pipeline, 2) reporter systems for monitoring biodistribution and expression in animal models, 3) methods to monitor immunogenicity/toxicity, and 4) chosen therapeutic cargo and justification. Systemic delivery platforms developed under the Hermes effort will be transferred to U.S. Government stakeholders for further development.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HR001124S0025
Grants.gov marks Hermes 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 - Biological Technologies Office book (44 peers, 59% of 74).
- 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
Dr. Shannon Greene HermesBAA@darpa.mil
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