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> Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) > make antibody-producing drugs to protect against a wide range of known and unknown emerging infectious di

> Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) > make antibody-producing drugs to protect against a wide range of known and unknown emerging infectious diseases and engineered biological threats This is amazing. I need to follow their other grants now to see what they’re looking at

FredPret 5y ago
These folks invented the internet!
carom 5y ago
Enjoy! https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities
- app4soft 5y ago
  > COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU) This![0] [0] https://beta.sam.gov/opp/a6d0788057414e2c8fd6bdf45e3fd21d/view https://beta.sam.gov/opp/a6d0788057414e2c8fd6bdf45e3fd21d/vi... [PDF¹] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayFAQ%20v15.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayFAQ%20v15.p... [PDF²] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayBriefv7.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayBriefv7.pdf [PDF³] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/HR001121S0024-Amendment-01.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/HR001121S0024-Amendment-01...
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  Has anyone here gone through this process? What is it like compared to YC?
  - app4soft 5y ago
    Crazy ideas has more chances to be selcted by DARPA rather than YC.
  - maliker 5y ago
    I've received an ARPA-E award. So a similar process and competition level. First you submit a 5 page concept paper, and if that's acceptable you write a 20 page full proposal (answering the Heielmeier Catechism in detail[0]). If you're selected (around 1-5% acceptance rates) you go through a contracting process--overall it takes about 1 year from initial concept paper to final contract. Once everything's signed you're executing on a 2-3 year and $1-5 million project where you have to hit technical milestones each quarter. And if you're in the top 10% of projects that were funded by the agency that year you can except follow-on funding at about the same level. [0] https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/heilmeier-catechism https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/heilmeier-catechism
rasz 5y ago
DARPA also funded HackRF development, afaik still cheapest SDR with TX capability.
tooltalk 5y ago
Why is this "amazing"? My understanding is that DARPA is just one of many investors and customers who approached Moderna to develope medicine for different uses. The company had raised $2B by the time they went IPO in 2018. It doesn't seem like DARPA funding had much to do with their COVID development, in the same way that Trump's Warp Speed didn't necessarily play a groundbreaking role in the vaccine development. In Pfizer's case, they refused any gov't funding, but only agreed to the gov't's guaranteed sales if their vaccined got approved.
- subsubzero 5y ago
  I have to totally disagree with this statement: > in the same way that Trump's Warp Speed didn't necessarily play a groundbreaking role in the vaccine development Operation warp speed, despite its Trump affiliation was extremely successful, If it hadn't been in place the US would have been similar to Canada or Europe in terms of Vaccine rollout. Here's an article about OWS: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-operation-warp-speed-worked-11612222129 https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-operation-warp-speed-worked...
  - tooltalk 5y ago
    I can't read the full article (paywall), but my understanding is that COVID vaccine developements were well underway by the time it was announced and the OWS had mostly to do with speeding up approval process, production, distribution and guaranting sales. Not saying it's not important, but I think DARPA's Moderna funding in 2012 is overplayed here.
  - bryanlarsen 5y ago
    Pfizer was the first vaccine approved and wasn't part of Warp Speed.
    - refurb 5y ago
      ” Company representatives said in November that "the company is part of Operation Warp Speed as a supplier of a potential coronavirus vaccine,"[60] and that "Pfizer is proud to be one of various vaccine manufacturers participating in Operation Warp Speed as a supplier of a potential COVID-19 vaccine."” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed

FredPret 5y ago

These folks invented the internet!

carom 5y ago

Enjoy! https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities

app4soft 5y ago
> COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CCU) This![0] [0] https://beta.sam.gov/opp/a6d0788057414e2c8fd6bdf45e3fd21d/view https://beta.sam.gov/opp/a6d0788057414e2c8fd6bdf45e3fd21d/vi... [PDF¹] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayFAQ%20v15.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayFAQ%20v15.p... [PDF²] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayBriefv7.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/CCUProposersDayBriefv7.pdf [PDF³] https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/HR001121S0024-Amendment-01.pdf https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/HR001121S0024-Amendment-01...
systemvoltage 5y ago
Has anyone here gone through this process? What is it like compared to YC?
- app4soft 5y ago
  Crazy ideas has more chances to be selcted by DARPA rather than YC.
- maliker 5y ago
  I've received an ARPA-E award. So a similar process and competition level. First you submit a 5 page concept paper, and if that's acceptable you write a 20 page full proposal (answering the Heielmeier Catechism in detail[0]). If you're selected (around 1-5% acceptance rates) you go through a contracting process--overall it takes about 1 year from initial concept paper to final contract. Once everything's signed you're executing on a 2-3 year and $1-5 million project where you have to hit technical milestones each quarter. And if you're in the top 10% of projects that were funded by the agency that year you can except follow-on funding at about the same level. [0] https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/heilmeier-catechism https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/heilmeier-catechism

rasz 5y ago

DARPA also funded HackRF development, afaik still cheapest SDR with TX capability.

tooltalk 5y ago

Why is this "amazing"? My understanding is that DARPA is just one of many investors and customers who approached Moderna to develope medicine for different uses. The company had raised $2B by the time they went IPO in 2018. It doesn't seem like DARPA funding had much to do with their COVID development, in the same way that Trump's Warp Speed didn't necessarily play a groundbreaking role in the vaccine development. In Pfizer's case, they refused any gov't funding, but only agreed to the gov't's guaranteed sales if their vaccined got approved.

subsubzero 5y ago
I have to totally disagree with this statement: > in the same way that Trump's Warp Speed didn't necessarily play a groundbreaking role in the vaccine development Operation warp speed, despite its Trump affiliation was extremely successful, If it hadn't been in place the US would have been similar to Canada or Europe in terms of Vaccine rollout. Here's an article about OWS: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-operation-warp-speed-worked-11612222129 https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-operation-warp-speed-worked...
- tooltalk 5y ago
  I can't read the full article (paywall), but my understanding is that COVID vaccine developements were well underway by the time it was announced and the OWS had mostly to do with speeding up approval process, production, distribution and guaranting sales. Not saying it's not important, but I think DARPA's Moderna funding in 2012 is overplayed here.
- bryanlarsen 5y ago
  Pfizer was the first vaccine approved and wasn't part of Warp Speed.
  - refurb 5y ago
    ” Company representatives said in November that "the company is part of Operation Warp Speed as a supplier of a potential coronavirus vaccine,"[60] and that "Pfizer is proud to be one of various vaccine manufacturers participating in Operation Warp Speed as a supplier of a potential COVID-19 vaccine."” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed