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Young Faculty Award
Offered by U.S. Department of Defense
The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding, and expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s program development process.
Key Details
Deadline Invalid Date
Award Amount $500 000
Host Country United States
Years Since PhD Must be one of the following (excluding any personal leaves of absence) by the full proposal deadline: current Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professors; current Tenured faculty within 3 y
Career Levels
Additional Information
Comments The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and expose them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development process. The YFA program provides funding, mentoring, and industry and DoD contacts to awardees early in their careers so they may develop their research ideas in the context of DoD needs. The program focuses on untenured faculty, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding. The long-term goal is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers and mathematicians in key disciplines who will focus a significant portion of their career on DoD and national security issues. DARPA intends to award grants to eligible university faculty and nonprofit research organizations; each grant will encompass funding for a 24-month base period consisting of two 12-month phases (a maximum of $250,000 per 12-month phase) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000).
About the Funder
U.S. Department of Defense United States
Record Information
Last Verified 19 February 2026 by asntech
Last Updated June 2020
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