Active DARPA SBIR & STTR Topics

Active DARPA SBIR & STTR topics — high-risk, high-reward research to create breakthrough technologies for national security — open for proposals and sorted by deadline.

11 open DARPA topics

Active DARPA SBIR & STTR topics

Topic	Agency / Component	Program	Topic #	Close date
Biomanufacturing of Hierarchical Biocomposites for High-Performance Thermal Interface Materials	DARPA · DARPA	STTR	DPA26TZ03-DV002	2026-07-22
Real-Time Pathogen-Host Interactome Prediction	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV014	2026-07-22
Expeditionary Closed and Air-Independent Power and Energy (ExCAIPE)	DARPA · NSIN	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV013	2026-07-22
Engineering Sleep for Cognitive Performance	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV012	2026-07-22
Manufacturing Technologies for Ryberg-based Atomic Sensors (MANTRAS)-SBIR XL	DARPA · NSIN	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV011	2026-07-22
Real-Time Pathogen-Host Interactome Prediction	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV014	2026-07-22
Expeditionary Closed and Air-Independent Power and Energy (ExCAIPE)	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV013	2026-07-22
Engineering Sleep for Cognitive Performance	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV012	2026-07-22
Manufacturing Technologies for Ryberg-based Atomic Sensors (MANTRAS)-SBIR XL	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV011	2026-07-22
Biomanufacturing of Hierarchical Biocomposites for High-Performance Thermal Interface Materials	DOW · DARPA	STTR	DPA26TZ03-DV002	2026-07-22
Broadening Availability of Regimens for K-9s (BARK) - Open Topic	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ01-NP001	2026-07-24

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