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Has anyone here gone through this process? What is it like compared to YC?
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Has anyone here gone through this process? What is it like compared to YC?
- app4soft 5y agoCrazy ideas has more chances to be selcted by DARPA rather than YC.
- maliker 5y agoI'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