Closed · DARPARA2502 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary
Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026
Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Defense Sciences Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- January 20, 2026
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026 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
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on January 20, 2026. CFDA 12.910 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Varies by applicant.
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, 2026
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) needs and DARPA’s mission to create and prevent technological surprise for national security. The YFA program will provide high-impact funding to researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research that enables transformative DoD capabilities. Ultimately, the YFA program is developing the next generation of researchers focused on national security issues.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DARPARA2502
Grants.gov marks Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026 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: Cooperative Agreement. 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 YFA2026@darpa.mil
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What to do next
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